Does Weather Affect your Writing?

Raindrops keep falling on my head,
and my deck...

For the last two week, it has rained.

The week before that, it rained.

Yesterday, it rained.

Today, it's raining. 

Tomorrow, guess what? Yep. It's gonna rain.

It's been raining here for what seems like months. It's not constant rain mind you, only scattered showers followed by torrential rains and  interrupted by a few moments of sunshine. The bits of sunshine serves one purpose-to tease and give false hope of a better day. Then, *boom* thunder clap, it's raining again rendering you borderline depressive. And not only is it raining all the damn time, it's also cold and windy. It's the middle of June and I've had to pull out the winter wool scarf, coat and boots. The only good thing about all this rain is I haven't had to water the vegetable garden. However, I am going to have to treat my tomato plants with Bordeaux mixture if this keeps up or I'll end up with rotting fruit like last year. Which may still end up happening. I'm good at gardening.

Anyway, many studies have been conducted over the years suggesting weather can affect ones mood in negative ways. There has been some back and forth as to what extent (ie, depression or the simple blues) but bottom line: 

Bad weather = Bad mood. 

And since I tend to be a tad on the sensitive side (read "I see dead people" no not really) then:

Bad weather = Bad mood = Bad (non-existent) writing. 

Here's my theory. And since I am a brilliant scientist beyond scope of human comprehension, the scientific method need not apply.

Extensive periods of rain generates disappointment 

Disappointment generates low self-esteem and lowers self-confidence 

Low self-confidence decreases writing on MS

And there you have it!

So, does the weather affect your writing? Do you live in an area where it rains a lot? How do you deal with bouts of bad weather? 

Note: if I find the tool that has been doing the rain dance all this time I'm going to break off his legs and beat him with the stubs. Huh? Seems extensive periods of rain also makes me crazy. (;

NOT Hungry for Hunger Games - the Movie.

!!!Spoiler Alert!!! (SA) This post contains spoilers about the books and trailers for Hunger Games. If you haven't read the books stop HERE or be spoiled (;

Now, before I get booed off the blogosphere for my pic and post title, let me say I read the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (in 2 days) and LOVED it....and hated it. But I still gave it 4 our of 5 stars.

Let me expalin. I enjoy adventure/sci-fi/ fantasy/paranormal stuff. Everything from books, stories, movies, manga, comics, and just about anything with superheroes in it. I also don't mind things getting a little violent nor do I mind some bad language, just as long as it makes sense and adds to the story. However, you will not see me fangirling over anything about zombies *shudders* or tragic storylines where animals or loved ones all die at the end. I'm still not over Charlotte's Web... (;

So why did I read the Hunger Games? For one, the hype. I'll admit, I got sucked into the hype. Second, the girl on fire with mad bow and arrow skills = my kind of gal. But what I didn't like was finding myself sobbing by page 24 and balling my eyes out by page 40 to the point where words looked like they were swimming on the page. And guess what happend on page 235? The crying thing again. I was stressed out from the first chapter all the way to the last.

Therefore, I know if I go see the movie, I'm going to cry and I don't like to cry. (some people do - they are strange to me). Plus, (SA) I don't want to see Rue die, AGAIN! Why would you want to go through that a second time? I know the first thing I'd think of when seeing Rue appear on screen, No! You're too young to die! Not sir, not me, not going to see that again. Seeing a vampire get his/her head ripped off their body, no problem...but (SA) sweet little Rue getting impaled with a spear, no.

While I cannot deny how well Suzanne Collins crafted her novel, it's obvious I'll not be reading the rest in the series. Besides, I've cheeted and have read reviews of the next two books and I'm dissapointed in the way things turn out. Nonetheless, a lot can be said about a book that is pretty much heart wrenching from beginning to end and yet, I still could not put it down. Most books like that I do put down. I have no qualms about snapping a book shut if it's too emotionally draining on me. So, I prefer to stay with my pseudo-happy ending after the first HG book and ignor the fact (SA) that Katniss is going to have to go back. She goes back?! And even though I liked the small changes seen in the trailers, (Cinna secretly giving Katniss the pin before the games was better than what's described in the book, IMO.) I will not go see the movie, either.

However, I am curious and will be looking forward to reading everyones reviews and feedback on the movie since I'm going to be about the only one on the planet sitting this one out. Enjoy the popcorn, bring tissues.