The Dangers/Relative Safety of Washington

Cherish here.

It's another beautiful overcast summer day here in my corner of western Washington. The state, not D.C. I hear they actually get sun there. Not that I'm complaining; I'm much too white to like the sun. If you've evolved beyond actually needing vitamin D in your system, this is the place for you. If you haven't evolved so far, then be careful. According to the "Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms Guide" website, low levels of vitamin D contributes to cancer in women. That just isn't fair. I stay out of the sun to avoid getting cancer, and now they're telling me that the same bits of sun I avoid are exactly what I need? If you're an avid sunscreen user like myself, apparently you're sabotaging yourself even more. Here in Washington we get too little sun during the winter to manufacture even close to enough vitamin D and on those rare sunny days we bathe in sunscreen and still get hardly anything. In conclusion, fellow gingers, we have no luck.

Honestly though, I think I would sell my soul (assuming I have one, the jury is still out on ginger souls) to have two weeks of sunny days spread out through the rainy, and occasionally snowy, weather.

/rant

Anyway, I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. Mostly about the future. It's my senior year now I suppose. Kind of frightening, yes, but also incredibly exciting. I'm a year away from college and I've really been thinking about it. Specifically where I want to go.

I don't intend to leave the state. Yeah, it's nice to go visit other places, but for long periods of time? No. Too many disasters.

 First, cancel out sunny places, there goes Florida (which is alright, too many hurricanes. Coincidentally, that also gets rid of a bit of the South.) Also no California (earthquakes too. No go. Did you ever see the movie Volcano? Don't. I couldn't sleep for years.) Arizona, Nevada, and other desert states. Emphasis on the desert. Texas is out also, warm and on the border. (Plus everything is too big there. I don't want to swell up like a microwaved marshmellow.)

 There's that huge section of the Midwest getting bashed by tornadoes and flooding. Can't go there. Too many risks. Basically western Washington is safest. So where do I go? SU, UW, or Western. What do you think?

Cherish out!