Brink of Death: Arizona in the Summertime
As if graduate school is not bad enough on its own, I have chosen to bear this torture in what feels like the hottest place on the Earth. If you have never endured a day over 110 degrees Fahrenheit, you do not know what it feels like to have your brain cook inside your skull and actually think there is a possibility that you might die of dehydration at any moment. I can now say that I have felt this lovely sensation multiple times in my life and owe it all to the delight of living in Tempe, Arizona in July and August. Let me tell you a little something about what it's like to live here in the summer.... I'll start by saying that the next person to say, "well, it's a dry heat," will be left outside here in the middle of the day without water and then punched in the face. What you don't know is that July and August are during Monsoon Season. This means that AZ gets the majority of its rain during these months, but most importantly it also means that whe