I’ve got a duvet coming (and a separate duvet cover I’m getting for free) and I’m kind of excited. It’s supposed to be “warm in winter, cool in summer.” It’s an all-weather duvet!
I kind of ranted about the “horror” movie “Snow Falls.” It’s about 5 college kids going to one of their parents’ luxury cabins for New Years. Like, that place is nicer than a lot of our homes. Those are not poor kids.
They’re just really fucking dumb.
- They only brought enough food for the night and morning they were planning on staying. (Their other friend didn’t come on the trip because he’d heard there was going to be a snowstorm and he didn’t want to miss work if they stayed an extra day.)
- They didn’t bring extra gasoline. They just assumed that the cabin was fully stocked. So when the power goes out, they don’t have gas for the generator. (And don’t ask about the car gas, because jfc. Those kids.)
- They didn’t bring any firewood with them, and the cabin was only stocked with few armfuls that they quickly burned through.
- They take the one kid’s Adderall to keep awake because “If we go to sleep in this cold… we might not wake up.”
- They burn every candle in the place during the first real night. They could have made rocket stoves!
- Multiple times they dig through closets full of coats that look thick.
For reals: They should have been gathering sticks during the day. They could have used the axe to cut some bigger pieces that they could dry IN THE GAS OVEN! Seriously: The kitchen appliances run on natural gas. They were able to light the stovetop burners with a match BECAUSE THEY HAD ACCESS TO NATURAL GAS.
Like, they started freezing to death, and I was screaming at the TV like they were real people: “Take the mattresses off the beds and use blankets and sheets to make a blanket fort. That wide open living room plan is KILLING YOU.”
“For the love of god: The closet is FULL of coats and winter gear. Why aren’t you layering up more than that?!?”
“Siphon the gas from the car! I don’t know how long it will run the generator but YOU’RE DYING!”
“Huddle together to keep warm. Why are you all spread across the living room like that? Share body heat! Check if the cabin has camping tents and sleeping bags. There’s a whole shed out there. Why are you using those tiny throw blankets?!?” Seriously: There are blankets on the beds. Why aren’t they using ALL OF THE BLANKETS rather than just whatever those were?
“Once the fire went out, why are you staying in that GIANT living room? Why wouldn’t you go into a smaller room you can close off?”
That movie has found a place in my head. Not because of the horror, which I assume comes from the kid being so cowed by the parents that they aren’t allowed to burn up the antique wood trunk.
Like, the argument against burning ALL the furniture is that they’ve been polished, and the chemicals release toxic fumes when the wood is burnt. It’s the same reason why they might hesitate chopping down the wood railings with their four feet tall 8-inch diameter solid wood decorative posts.
But like, you’re going to freeze to death. Why are you just sitting there waiting for it to happen?!?
Gather dead sticks. Dry wood in the oven. Maybe you can cut the top layer off the furniture and wood posts so that you have clean wood to burn.
Why are you freezing to death?!?
I’m sorry, but if it were me, rescue workers would show up and that cabin would be wrecked. But I’d be alive.
Anyways, I ordered a duvet.
I keep thinking of going English-style in the winter and just using a really heavy duvet with a washable cover, with no top sheet. I’ve read that that’s how they deal with top sheets that get scrunched up down under the blanket, or won’t stay even with it at the edges. I need the top sheet in summer, because I turn the A/C off at night and anything heavier than that is too much.