There has been lots of positive and happy posts about good news and how much fun we have. Even though we do have a great time most of the time and are rarely at each others throats for a long time, there are annoying and less fun things happening too.
This post will give you a bit of insight into rehearsing with CoL and it consists of my personal whining on cold, winter and the temperature in our rehearsal space.

It has been a very warm winter and it has barely snowed at all. Despite this I have been freezing more this year than the last couple of years. Because of this, I constantly have to wear not only cozy socks but also a sleeved shirt AND at least one blanket when I'm at home. I spend most of my time home on the couch, underneath covers with a cup of tea and a warm laptop on my lap, studying.
This is coming from a person who considers it to be my personal and human right to be able to wear short sleeves in my own home!
Because of this, rehearsing is sometimes a real pain. It's colder in there than in many places and it takes a while to get worked up. It doesn't really help that we have no control over the thermostat whatsoever. I am certainly not the only one who is freezing my skin off, I tell you! Last night Evve rehearsed wearing close to three sweaters over her clothes and I considered putting on my coat and gloves.

The only thing worse than our rehearsal space during winter is our rehearsal space during the summer.
Oh my word, it is terrible! We have windows on the sunny side, opening them is strictly prohibited and we have two fans that only makes the hot air circulate (and Sam always claims one for himself).
I know it's hot onstage as well, with all the lights and movements, but I feel that it's a different kind of heat. It's not as damp and muggy as our rehearsal space. Really.
The water in our space never gets cold when the weather is warm. Personally, I think that's a conspiracy from the soda company. They want us to buy ice cold soft drinks from the vending machine. The picture of soda pouring over ice into tall glasses makes soft drinks very tempting after only an hour of rehearsing in over 30*C. Because the soda is ice cold, and the tap water is not.
During the summers I always dread getting dressed for rehearsals. Every item of clothes is too much, which is why rehearsing in our underwear isn't such a bad idea.
Sometimes it feels good to just let go and have fun with the band, not caring about the heat and instead think of it like a work out. We all sweat, and it smells like a gym with broken air condition since we are six people with instruments cramped in a small space. Still, we hug, headbang and have fun, although it is really uncomfortable.
It would be all right if it were a gym. Gyms have showers. Our rehearsal space does not. This is only a problem if we were to go somewhere after rehearsal, like a birthday party or similar. Who wants to show up to a party or fancy dinner straight after a work our session? Not me.
On the other hand, if we can't go anywhere but home after rehearsing, then we might just as well stay for a while?

On a funnier note; Sam found this: http://drinkify.org/Circus%20of%20Lamia
Circus of Lamia as a drink! I think it's hilarious, even though I still would stick to tea or any other alcoholfree option.
But Arak on the rocks isn't all that bad! Arak is used together with bread/bun crumbs, marzipan and chocolate to make the swedish pastry called punschrolls (Punsch is a fun Swedish liquor made from arak, tea and other things. Popular student drink, I've heard), I used to work at a bakery making them. Baking and booze is usually a good combination.

- Jade