this is much easier said than understood. when i tell people it's sunny here all the time, they think, "that's nice, but i can deal with rain." and it's true, rain isn't such a big deal in and of itself, but if you can just think to that "rainy day feeling" for a second, and then imagine feeling like that for only about one month a year (it always seems to me that it rains every day in february ), you can then see that you've got more days when you can just breathe - that relaxed way you do on sunny days. if i really wanted to properly communicate how much of an effect the weather has on los angelenos, i'd have to devote a lot more time to this post ...