Snow and Cold. Those seem to be the two major things going on in southwest Montana right now. Everyone wants to talk about it. I thought I would leave my two cents right here.
Snow: I love it. It makes skiing lots easier. It lends the world a magical glow. That moment when you first look out the window in the morning after it has snowed is always breath taking. At least to me. Everything looks so fresh and calm. It only lasts a second, then you see something moving and my thoughts turn instantly to skiing. I have to say that this has happened often in the last week. The 40 or so inches of snow that have accumulated at the nearby ski resorts made the last week super fun. It seemed like every day, when I dragged myself out of bed, grabbed a cup, and checked the snow report... bang! powder day. Any one who skis or snowboards knows the feeling. A moment of absolute clarity, when you know I'm going up today and it is going to be sick. There is no doubt in your mind, it is going to be a good day. And it is electrifying. Instant chaos. You have a thousand things to do, from finding your long underwear, to calling ski buddies, to hoping the car will start. Everything gets thrown together as fast as possible, and you are out the door. The skis are strapped to the roof, any you are gone. Traffic is delt with. Trecherous roads are navigated. Gear hastily put on in the freezing parking lot.
Its all for that one perfect, powder soaked run. Where everything just falls away, and there is nothing to worry about but the next turn, the next faceshot, the next near miss with a tree. No worries, no cares. Lets just say that I like the snow.
Cold: I like cold weather. It means snow and skiing. Perhaps my very favorite kind of day is a bright sunny cold fall afternoon. When the sun is giving off just enough warmth to keep things comfortable. Just when you feel like you might be getting a little cold a comforting ray of sun shine wraps around you and sends a shuddering warmth through you. Delicious. I would say that is the moment when you know winter fun will be here soon. Cold means snow to me, and snow means skiing- one of my very favorite things in the whole world. But there is cold and there is cold. Something about 30 degrees below zero, is just plain inappropriate... When you walk out the door and it hurts (just a little) to breathe. Less than 30 minutes to frostbite for exposed skin. Remember to bundle up and wear gloves! I could skip that. Don't get me wrong, I love winter. But the extreme cold could go away.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Daytime TV
I went to bed last night (fell asleep watching tv in all honesty) with the sweet plan of getting up and going skiing today. However, when I woke up and called the Snow Phone there was no new snow. So I decided to spend the day on the couch. That turned out to be a poor choice. Because daytime tv sucks balls.
I understand that the networks can't put their prime shows on when the Target audience is most likely not in front of the TV. But the 700 club doesn't qualify as programing, let alone good. Lets not even talk about daytime talk shows... soul crushing.
The small ray of hope in the A.M. line up was The Price Is Right, and it turns out that even that sucks now. Bob Barker retiring was the death of that show. Mark my words (even though I am most likely not the first one to say that). Drew Carey is not funny. He is not even mildly entertaining. He needs to be spayed AND neutered. I'm sure that I have gotten my feelings across on this subject.
The afternoon line up was a wasteland, even the stuff on the Discovery Channel, History Channel, etc, sucked. I guess that this writers strike is having a bigger impact on things than I thought. Even though I am happy to have the Daily Show and the Colbert Report back, they need their writers back. There have now been two days of new episodes with out the writers, and though they are doing a good job of making fun of themselves for making shows with no scripts; the shows have been mediocre at best.
I guess that I have sort of rambled at this point. But I'm bored. Should have gone skiing.
I understand that the networks can't put their prime shows on when the Target audience is most likely not in front of the TV. But the 700 club doesn't qualify as programing, let alone good. Lets not even talk about daytime talk shows... soul crushing.
The small ray of hope in the A.M. line up was The Price Is Right, and it turns out that even that sucks now. Bob Barker retiring was the death of that show. Mark my words (even though I am most likely not the first one to say that). Drew Carey is not funny. He is not even mildly entertaining. He needs to be spayed AND neutered. I'm sure that I have gotten my feelings across on this subject.
The afternoon line up was a wasteland, even the stuff on the Discovery Channel, History Channel, etc, sucked. I guess that this writers strike is having a bigger impact on things than I thought. Even though I am happy to have the Daily Show and the Colbert Report back, they need their writers back. There have now been two days of new episodes with out the writers, and though they are doing a good job of making fun of themselves for making shows with no scripts; the shows have been mediocre at best.
I guess that I have sort of rambled at this point. But I'm bored. Should have gone skiing.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Where is my snow?
It has been a while since we received any significant new snow around here, and I am tired of it. Seems like Colorado and the Sierras have been getting dumped on. I mean really dumped on. Like 100 inches in a storm dumped on, and everyday when I look at our overnight totals.... 0 in. new, or trace new. Lame. Where is my freakin snow?
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