Jessanne Cook Tucsonan

New Tucson resident waits for her physics-loving boyfriend, worries about summertime

WILDCAT: Where's your boyfriend?

COOK: He's getting out of physics.

WILDCAT: How do you like him going to physics?

COOK: I think it gives him a lot of work.

WILDCAT: Well, do you think this one is prime, might he be the right catch?

COOK: Yeah.

WILDCAT: Right on. Let's get down to the real meat of the issue here; we're talking about the heat. It's hotter than heck out here right now.

COOK: Well, it was 90 or 91 today.

WILDCAT: Do you see a change in your attire? Is it time to break out the summer clothes, break out the highlights in your hair?

COOK: Well, I'm just getting used to this. I've been in Tucson for six months.

WILDCAT: From where?

COOK: From New York.

WILDCAT: Are you down with the NYC or what?

COOK: No, Ithaca.

WILDCAT: That's not to far from Attica, the prison, huh? Did you ever go?

COOK: No, I've never been to the prison.

WILDCAT: Yeah, sure, just a visitor.

COOK: Yeah, right, I was there.

WILDCAT: See? She self-implicated herself. So are you scared about the summer, are you even going to be here during the summertime?

COOK: I'm a little worried about the heat because I'm totally not used to it.

WILDCAT: Please tell me you have air conditioning.

COOK: Oh, I do.

WILDCAT: I just can't live without air conditioning. If it weren't for those electric bill things my dad keeps complaining about, my entire house would be set at 60.

COOK: Whatever works.

WILDCAT: Do you plan on going anywhere or is he just going to be bogged down with work?

COOK: We have about five years here for his major in astrophysics, for just working.