5 Ways to Spend the Longest Day of the Year
Summertiiiiime, and the livin’s easy…
That’s right, I just quoted Sublime, which is completely inappropriate at any other time of the year except this. THAT’S RIGHT, GUYS, Summer is officially, 100% here. The weather said it, school vacation said it, and now the lifeblood of our species, the constant in our lives, the mothah-effing Sun itself says it, by treating us to the longest day of the year today. Of course, in San Diego, this morning is looking as cloudy as any January morning at 6 AM, but hey, I trust you, Señor Sun, to punch those clouds out of the way so I can hit the pool… don’t disappoint me, please.
Wondering what to do on this day of days? Here are a couple of BCU’s top ideas.
1. Get spiteful to the Southern Hemisphere
“HAHA! You obviously live in the inferior hemisphere, lower half of the Earth inhabitants! Ha! Enjoy your 5 o’clock sunset, idiots! We’ll be at the beach until 9 at night, losers! I bet the water in your toilets flushes the wrong way too! HA, HA, HA. Have fun with a sunny Christmas, we’ll be up here barbequeing.”
2. Get scientific
According to Wikipedia, the Summer Solstice occurs “exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° –” BORED ALREADY.
3. Get Pagan
In or around Wiltshire, England? Head out to Stonehenge with the other 20,000 creepers who flock there every year to watch the sunrise all creepily on the Summer Solstice morning. If you want to look creepy.
4. Get old school
Put on some short shorts and hunt down your childhood rollerskates. Put a sweatband around your head and repeat “Draft beer, not boys!” or something about LBJ over and over.
5. Get American
And work all day like the rest of us, SLACKER.