| Dec222008 | Snowpocalypse 2008 |
You saw the photos of Vegas on the news, right? It’s snowing there and it’s a gosh darn Christmas miracle. “I ain’t ever seen an elephant fly!” and all that.
But that’s not really my primary concern. My attentions remain on Seattle because we received a similar amount of snow (and subsequently, ice) and everyone went a little crazy. First there was the elation at all the beautiful fresh powder but now, a few days in, it’s just a pain in the ass. Icy sidewalks, slush everywhere, cars that get trapped on a 15° incline. It’s boring now. Give us back our rain.
For one thing, my shoes have no tread. None. I could probably use them as bowling shoes. They just glide along. I was tempted to buy these “Yaktrax” things which are like tire chains but for your shoes but I figured I need a good solid pair of hiking boots anyway so I bought those instead for five times more money.
The other thing is that evidently I’m a square because I don’t like to drive in the snow. My girlfriend says we should and I instead recommend we walk for ten blocks in the snow with my slippery-ass shoes. You know how much money it costs to fix a broken ankle? NOT AS MUCH AS IT COSTS TO REPAIR A DENT IN MY EUROPEAN CAR. Just another excuse to throw the word “recession” around. Nevermind that my job is totally secure as long as they don’t catch me stealing more office supplies.
I was telling David, who is living in Toronto, and when I told him we had less than a foot of snow, he just laughed at me. And all the Canadians at work laugh at us. Because they are familiar with all of this and they own winter tires and they probably ate snow as a kid to build an internal resistance to the cold. I can feel them laughing at us whilst they trade their poutine recipes.
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