From: Ace Lightning <acelightning@excaliber.net.spam.sucks> Newsgroups: talk.bizarre Subject: snow Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:28:13 -0500 Organization: Purple Pentagram Productions Lines: 41 Message-ID: <34824AED.35CC@excaliber.net.spam.sucks> Reply-To: acelightning@excaliber.net.spam.sucks X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) once upon a time, a very long time ago, i rolled naked in the snow. i lived in a suburban town north of New York City, in a ground-floor apartment that had a back door opening onto an irregularly shaped cement "courtyard" area behind the building. sometimes in the summertime we'd set up a barbecue grill out there and pretend we were having a cookout. but this was wintertime. it was about three in the morning, and it had been snowing steadily since midafternoon. i don't remember why i was still up at that hour, but i was sitting in the kitchen wearing only a disreputable terrycloth bathrobe, looking out the back door at the snowdrifts accumulating in the courtyard. because of the weather and the lateness of the hour, not a living soul was out and about in the town. suddenly i was seized by a strange whim. i quickly slipped out of my robe and slippers and darted out the back door into the courtyard. i flung myself, completely naked, into the snowdrifts and rolled in them. at first it was exhilarating. the sudden stimulus of cold against my bare skin was so intense it was erotic. in addition, there was an acute awareness of breaking taboos - i'm outdoors! in the snow! in public! with no clothes on! my whole body was tingling with the physical and emotional sensations. alas, after a few moments it just felt wet and cold. shivering, i dashed back inside where it was warm. -- http://www.excaliber.net/ace/index.htm