Winter is here.... to stay....

I suppose i should be happy that it's held off as long as it has. It seemed that last weekend, the Skatch just decided to be in Winter. All through October and the first half of November, we've had mild weather - and only a few skiffs of snow here and there that melted by mid morning. But last weekend, i guess it had enough screwing around and we have now started the hunkering down process.

i have already started grooming my leg hair crop. i need that extra layer of warmth.

this morning, my car almost refused to start - which means i'll be plugging it in this evening... and i shoveled the walk this morning, clearing away the 2 or 3 inches of fresh snow that fell overnight.

i hate winter.

i mean, it's pretty and all, but it is DAMN cold. Today's high is -24 C, which for my American friends is -11 F. Cold. COLD COLD COLD COLD COOOOOOLLLLLLLLDDDDDD.

and there's something about driving to work in the dark - your internal clock gets all screwed up - and my brain says to me each morning: "What? Get up?? no, it's still dark out you silly thing, we don't wake up in the dark...we wake up in the light!! go back to sleep and wake me in another 2 hours."

i hate winter.

and it's not just the cold and the dark - it's icy streets, and stupid drivers, and slipping in front of my parent's place and hurting my back, and starting the car 15 minutes before going anywhere, and it's bulky winter jackets (although my new jacket is lovely) it's cold ears and runny noses....

but.

i prefer winter to what we had for the last couple of weeks - grey and brown everything. i'd rather have white snow than see everyone's dead grass....

and the countdown to TOOL is upon me.... they will be here... in my town....tomorrow night. i love you maynard.