tonight is one of those nights when you can be perfectly warm inside, but if you go to the window and look outside, you can't help but feel chilly. because it looks cold. which, of course, it is. but there are different types of cold. the brisk cold of a november day, where, though the ground is probably wet and cold, it seems like the perfect time for tackle football. there's the inviting cold of a snowy day in december where the white stuff blots out all but the most tasteful xmas decorations (oh, by the way, hey, 31 mechanic st. it's january 26th, for fuck's sake! if you don't take 'em down, at least turn 'em off), leaving you walking through a damned norman rockwell painting. where was i? oh, there's the normal cold of january. a little darker, a little less pleasant, a little more biting, but well, it's january, so you figure you're in for it. and then there's this. by the time this winter's over, we'll have had three to five weeks of 'ow, the steering wheel hurts my fucking hands' cold, which is both abnormal and unpleasant. and it pisses me off more by preventing snow. is there anything worse than 0 degree weather with brown grass and desiccated, salty pavement that's the same color gray as the remaining ice? and sunny. don't forget that. what the fuck is the point of winter, if it's going to be sunny, but wicked cold? bah. and did i read correctly that it was warmer on mars last week? i must've been on crack, but i suppose it's possible. both my loyal readers know i like bad weather. more than most well-adjusted people do, in fact, but this weather isn't just bad, it's no fun.
but on the other hand, in keeping with my new year's resolution to provide more visual aids, i did take this really cool picture of the house next door.
> but this weather isn't just bad, it's no fun
Amen to that... But note, it's in the 40s in London this week, and the 50s in San Francisco... Any takers? ;)
oof, that picture looks like poo on a windows machine! where the hell is the gamma correction on these things anyway?
i can't leave boston yet; i have baseball tickets for this season!