Day 2 of the Blizzard '07
The brutal winter weather didn't kill me last night, though it tried, by pelting the Powell Fortress with several millimeters worth of hail and ice. Is that the best you have, Old Man Winter? If so, I credit you with an impressive showing. But I'm not dead yet!
It's kind of silly to admit that less than an inch of ice has barricaded me in my house all day, but it's the truth. I take a look out the window and think, "There is no WAY that I am going out in that." I live in Austin, where at the first sight of snow, you're legally obligated to slam your car into a telephone pole and pull out your pistol. If I go outside right now, I'm probably not coming back with all of my limbs. So, while I really need some kitty litter and some manilla folders (don't ask), I'm stuck here, running up my iTunes bill and watching some show about Nazis on the History Channel.
I think snow gets less entertaining as one gets older. A 5-year old me would take a look at the front yard and probably go into spastic convulsions of delight; there'd be snowball fights to start, snow forts to construct, and a whole family of snow rabbits to create. The 15-year old me would me would probably give the snow a thumbs-up, and then do a little dance of joy for getting to miss school. Adult me sees the snow and exclaims, "Damn it, I really didn't structure my NetFlix queue appropriately for all of this!" Oh well.
Posted by Cody at January 16, 2007 6:01 PM