snowmageddon

yeah, its been kinda crazy around here, what with 40" of snow and all...

and so i give you....."masculinity & snow"

i've personally vascillated between venturing out and making snow angels and staying snuggly inside (going only so far as my porch while wrapped in a blanket. i have to say, i've had a lot of fun doing snowy activities this winter. ice skating, sledding, and now just sliding down snowy inclined sidewalks and making snow angels in more than a meter's worth of snow. though i did miss the city-wide snowball fights. and maybe it was just the raven's last drips of jack running through my system, but there was something so magical about falling backwards with absolutely no worry about how it would feel when i hit. and indeed the snow didn't disappoint. 36 inches is apparently enough to cushion a fall perfectly. then you make the snow angel. and then you ruin it spending 5 full minutes trying to get up. giant flake that cover you in white from head to toe and make best friends anonymous. watching from my window seeing drunks head dive into drifts as the walk home down the middle of the street. really, just the ability of cars, bikes (yes, bikes), and pedestrians to share the roads equally. oh, and no school for a week. it really is all quite perfect.

and some of the best news of all this is, i've actually been working on my comprehensive exam (with homemade apple cider)!

though, if this keeps evening flights from arriving at DCA, i'll be quite heartbroken...