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Do you always need a mug of something hot and a sweater, even during summer?

Or do you always need a fan and a bottle of ice cold water or soda, even in the dead of winter?

i'm hot-blooded, so i'm pretty much a jack frost. i sleep in a tank top year-round; i can't stand sleeping in a full pajama outfit because i'll overheat.

i'm like a human radiator.

Anxiety said:

I am a Jack Frost, I can't stand trains in the Winter, everybody is wearing think clothes, temperature cranked up to 100 degrees.

Does nobody else sweat or something!!!

BUt I doo like a mug of hotness by the fire in the winter though.

Nomad said:

I have told you to curb that talk untill you feel the might of a BRitish winter

PREDOMINANT said:

true, true I'll reserve my judgement then

Dang, who knew there were so many Jack Frosts?

I'm one, too - I *HATE* artificial heat, and I always need to have a fan nearby. And I'm like Handclaps - I'm a human radiator. I kick off a lot of heat, especially when I'm sleeping.

I was always much colder than my family growing up. I would always walk by and turn the thermostat up and my parents were always turning it back down. I FREEZE in my apartment in the winter. I often walk around with a blanket draped around me. On the coldest nights last year I had to sleep in long underwear, pajamas and a hoody and then under numerous blankets. But I think that's just cause my apartment was so cold. Not me.

CarrieMpls said:

i would imagine your apartment gets real cold, because it's right below ground level...me, i can't even leave the heat on in my apartment for too long because i'll get too warm and i'll end up cracking open one of my windows for a while (if i can get one open, that is--they always freeze shut due to the condensation).

i think i'm a jack frost because i grew up in a house where my mom was a SERIOUS jack frost. as in, like, i can remember the air conditioner running on christmas morning.

it was a house where, if you were cold and complained, you'd hear "then put a sweater on!"

as a result, i think i adapted, and i like it more cold than hot. plus, a kinda cold room helps keep my energy up, whereas a hot room makes me wanna go to sleep.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

The only heat duct on my basement apartment runs along the ceiling, and heat rises. I have a little space heater, which does help, but when its really, really cold out, my apartment is an ice box.

On the other hand - I don't have air conditioning and I didn't once feel gross this summer at home, through all that 90+ degree weather we had. So that's something.

Anxiety said:

it's the opposite with me--cold air actually helps me sleep, which can be bothersome for me at times. the office where i work has its air conditioning running year-round...and i'm here in minneapolis, so it makes absolutely no sense during the wintertime. but it sucks, because i get sleepy while sitting at my desk cuz it's so cold! i wear my hoodie to work everyday.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

i like it cool when i go to sleep, it's very comforting. i guess i meant more like when i'm at work and it's hot in the office - it makes me really tired and i wanna take a nap at my desk. meanwhile, cold office + lotsa coffee = happy anxy

CarrieMpls said:

uggg....


lucky you! me and hohner were roasting in my apartment during that hot spell...all the ice water and cold showers (ice cube rubs across the fur for the kitty--he loved that, btw...he'd always meow at me whenever he saw me reaching for the freezer door, like "ooh! gimme one of those cold things!!" ) in the world didn't really help.

I never thought I was all that warm until I realized that every woman I've been with has called me a human furnace or some other variant of that. Then again, it seems like a lot of women have extraordinarily cold feet and hands so maybe it's not really me being extraordinarily warm. When a friend from Canada was here visting recently I found myself carrying around a backpack full of sweaters that she could use, just in case.

I do get incredibly hot and sweaty when I eat though, for some reason.

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Anxiety said:

I'm weird I guess. I'm definitely a Jack Frost indoors. I blast the air to the max in summer so that I can still sleep with my comforter. I don't do just sheets. But outdoors, I'm all about unbearable heat and humidity. The hotter the better, especially since I live near Lake Huron. All summer, it was high 80's and low 90's and I couldn't get enough of it. I'm absolutely dreading Winter and I hate it more with every passing year.

GangstaFam said:

i'm weird about blankets and stuff when i go to bed. i've gotten to a point where i hate blankets and i just barely use sheets. i HATE duvets because i feel like i'm being suffocated by a giant marshmallow. i kinda understand you on the being outside in the heat thing, though. aside from our ill-fated attempt at attending the 105-degree lollapalooza show, i've had a great time out in the summer heat.

And by the way, I understand this Jack Frost character is afraid of heat because it would make him melt. But it still makes me confused that being a human radiator makes you a Jack Frost, i.e. a guy covered by ice and snow...

retina said:

let us just suffice it to say that the analogy is not without flaws.

retina said:

if you're continuously hot, you always wanna keep somewhat cool.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

But you're not hot if you're made of ice and snow like Jack Frost...

Okay Anxiety, I'll let it go now.

I'm always hot. Need a fan on all the time, the less clothing the better.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I had difficulty with this too, I chose not to become embroiled. IT is too late on a Monday afternoon to deal with such philosophy.

retina said:

well, see, they were puppets too. but we're not puppets, are we? we're people! understand?

Anxiety said:

No.

Are you trying to tell me that The Frog isn't a frog and that Predominant isn't a hat with legs?

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I'm a Heat Miser, definitely....giving off LOTS of heat in my sleep and loving the sun when awake.

xpsiter said:

retina said:

My body-fat is low, so I tend to feel the cold more than your average bear. But I do keep it cool in my place 'cause I sleep better that way and I find it's more comfortable for gettin' it on (which I discussed in my 'What's your optimum temperature for shagging?' thread).
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retina said:

how can a person be an egg?!?