stormy weather

Or, Arctic Invasion, which is what we’re having according to Ray The Not-A-Meteorologist. The wind is howling. It’s supposed to get down to 8 degrees tonight, although since it’s 21 right now I don’t think it’s going to make it. Wait – it didn’t make it. It’s after midnight. The high Sunday is 17, so he’s missed that too. But not by much. Yet. It blew snow all day today. Yesterday he said we’d have 3 or 4 inches – today he changed it to flurries. After it flurried.

I keep vowing I’ll write much more often. I keep vowing I’ll write, like, every day! And quit waiting till I feel like I have something worth writing about. Which is, oh, NEVER. I want to write something! But I’m boring and have nothing to write about! Oh, what the hell. I’ll do a survey. As usual I have no idea who I stole it from.

First, though, I have to say it’s really too bad I don’t have a webcam on the laptop, because if I did I could show you how Cayce is lying on me. She’s stretched out with her feet on my shoulder and her head on top of the back of my hand. So as I type, her head is just bobbing along. I can’t imagine how that could possibly be comfortable, but she’s purring away like mad. She is a very weird little cat. If I make it to the end I’ll post …kitty pictures!!

Did anyone see you kiss the last person you kissed?
Not unless our neighbors are also voyeurs. And by "also", I mean voyeurs as well as neighbors, not as in we are voyeurs and so are they. Voyeurs is one of those words that just looks stranger and stranger the more you type it.

When you’re walking, do you stop to drink?
Only if I’m walking by a bar. Which isn’t likely. Or if I come across a water fountain. The greenway used to have one at the far end, but sadly it hasn’t worked in years. I should carry water, but it’s too much trouble unless I’m going on a long hike.

Do you believe that if you want something bad enough you’ll get it?
Not necessarily.

What did you do last night?
Watched two Losts (we may actually get done before Season 4 starts) and played on the computer until DLS….went down. It was quite horrifying. I did everything I could think of to do, including turning the modem, router, and computer off and then back on, and disconnecting the router to see if it was the problem and turning everything off AGAIN… then I finally gave up. Before I went to bed it was back up. Weird.

Do you like someone right this second?
Okay, obviously this was a Random Teenybopper Survey Snare. OoOooo, I DO like someone right this second! I like quite a few someones, if you must know.

What was the last thing you ate?
A very healthy meal of grilled salmon (lemon pepper) with rice and broccoli. It was really good, too.

morning person or night?
I think the fact that I’m typing this at two AM says it all.

What would you do if you opened up your front door to a dead body?
Slam it shut again!! What kind of survey IS this???

Are you talking to anyone while doing this?
Believe me, I don’t have that kind of concentration.

Have you ever thought someone died, when they really didn’t?
No. However, Kim once ran into a friend from high school who was just shocked to see her alive and well – she’d seen an article about a car wreck where someone with Kim’s name had been killed. She’s got a fairly unusual last name, too.

If you could be a superhero what would you be?
Survey Resistant Woman.

Are you listening to anything?
The scary howling wind.

Who is the last person you talked to on the phone?
My father, last night. To tell him I’m postponing my visit till next weekend, due to impending bad weather. We’ve got a three day weekend so it would have been a good time to go, but of course three days of nothing in particular to do is really wonderful. He hopes it won’t be too late to pay his bills. I hope it won’t too. He didn’t sound too devastated.

Where was the last place you went besides where you are now?
That question is making my head spin. The grocery store?
 
Has anyone ever said you looked like a celeb?
Several people have told me I look like Annette Benning, which frankly I don’t see at all. Also had one professor in my last job who thought I look exactly like Cindy Lauper. Don’t quite get that one either. Must be my bright multicolored hair!

Name someone with the same birthday as you.
I’m not naming them, but Drunky Uncle and one of my cousin’s kids share my birthday.

Ever had a drunken night in Mexico?
I’ve never even had a sober night in Mexico.

What are you looking forward to this summer?
It being summer. And hot. And not snowing. And flowers blooming. Oh, and planting something else where those poor dying rhododendrons used to be that we had to dig up for the french drain!!! I’ve wanted to do that for YEARS.

Skipped School:
I never had the nerve to skip school. And my school would call our house if we were absent. Baker B, however, skipped school more than he went, I think. And NEVER got in trouble.

Been On A Plane:   
I have, but not lately. I love flying.

Been Robbed / Vandalized: 
Years ago when I was living in Asheville I went to the mall one day before work, and forgot to lock my car door. Someone stole my pack and my work pants that I’d draped over the back of the seat because I’d washed them and they weren’t quite dry. The worst thing was that my journal was in my pack. It was very upsetting, and also unsettling to have someone steal my journal.

<span style="font-weight: bold;”>Been Suspended From School: 
No. I was much too meek and mild and well-behaved to get suspended.

Had Detention:  
See last question. Detention always sounded pretty good, though. You just sat in a room by yourself and read. I’d have loved detention.

Have Traveled More Than 5 Days With A Car Full Of People:  .
Now THAT would be a WAY worse punishment than detention. No, but years ago I had a friend who drove from California to NC with four adults and two kids in the front of a pickup. He drove the whole way himself because it was the least torturous position. My parents and brother and I drove to Arizona and back, but that wasn’t really a car FULL. It was comfortable.

Sat On A Roof Top: 
I used to sunbathe on the roof when I was a teenager. It was a great spot.

Talked On The Phone For More Than 6 Hours:  
That sounds as bad as a cross-country trip with a car full of people. Twenty minutes is about my limit.

Forgotten Someone’s Name: 
Oh, just pretty much every single day of my life. It’s a miracle that I can remember my own name, really.
 
That’s it! Yay!!!! Well, if anyone lived through that, here’s some pictures as a reward:

Sadly the Snow Chancellor’s big snowball head kind of blends in with the sky behind him. I wish I’d stopped and gotten a better angle, but I was in a hurry and freezing.

Cute kittens.

Stella with my phone number erased off her tag. Wouldn’t want random strangers calling me up and talking for six hours.

And Edgar’s favorite way to drink is to dip his paw in the water, then lick it off. I think he’s part raccoon. It’s very cute but makes me have to change the water constantly because he gets it dirty. As you can see, putting water for Stella up on top of the writing desk to keep the kittens out of it is really working well.