Tire chains, tire chains, jugs of antifreeeeeze

Why yes, it is snowing right now. I am please and proud to tell you all that I am putting the finishing touches on the LAm Geog paper and getting ready to go climbing at the gym before freaking out about Intl Ec. It's going to be uuuuugly, I'm afraid. I was up until 2:30 last night and still didn't get a brain wave until around 12 this afternoon. *sighs* Oh well. So, yeah, looks like the pass is REALLY closed this time, as the on-ramp to the freeway was jammed with cars and semis going nowhere. I hear the Midwest is actually having a legitimate blizzard, but a little snow is enough to scare us over here. *stretches* Ugh. Sorry this isn't one of my goofily entertaining entries but I'm a little tired and just had to see two guys checking out these chicks and proceeding to make comments about them. *rolls eyes* Unfortunately, I had to sit next to two girls who were doing their best the recieve that kind of attention earlier today. Ah well, I'll just go now before I say any more stupid things.

Oh the weather outside is...

...really unbelievably bad. It's this fabulous combination of freezing rain (literally) and wind that has resulted in my pants being soaked and me being loathe to move my carcass beyond the four walls of any building. Thank heavens for The Trenchcoat, which has once again saved my bedraggled self from thorough soaking. Ohhh, you should see the trees blowing in the wind out there! And it looks like they may have closed the pass.

Now, I know some of you veterans out there are reading this and thinking "hmmm, this sounds familiar... like the final repeat of a chorus I know all too well..." and you're right. This is a what-paper-of-course-I'm-working-on-it-why-wouldn't-I-be-oh-look-a-bird entry. The paper in question is my Latin American Geography paper which is (surprise, surprise) overdue. I've been trying to blame Joel and senioritis for this and the fact that I have a term's worth of International Economics to do in a week, but he refuses to take the blame, leaving me responsible for my own actions (pfff!). But take heart, dear readers! If I can pull this last rabbit out of the hat, along with a gerbil or two, I will be DONE and this chorus will no longer ring joyously in your ears!! But until then... expect at least one more entry this week; I have a lot of homework.

JQPNGHEY

Is anyone else having trouble with the spam filter thingy? I've tried to post on Melina, Bryan, Matt, and Bri's blogs and the filter keeps doing this weird malfunction thing on me. So far my spam hasn't been bad enough to warrant this drastic a step *grin* and I take great pleasure in just erasing them.

In other news, this weekend Florin and Jill are getting married *hearts and flowers flutter in the air* and I'm going to be there if the pass doesn't get snowed in or something in the next nineteen hours. We always told him he'd be the first one... Andrew gets to come back from Spain just for the wedding, hopefully with a large empty suitcase to take back cookies and candy bars. Erik Calhoun and ....Allison? are also getting married this weekend. I tell you what, I almost feel left out. *moment* Okay, not really, just thought I'd say it to get some reactions. Anyway, I just talked to Flo for way too long and now have to rush off. But before I go.... my garden! The weather! Joel! There y'all go.

PS The comments on the water bottle entry have been brilliant, brilliant I say! You guys have almost gotten me in serious trouble with quiet rules in labs and such. Chris's little verse met with great approval from Jim and Flora.

Misplaced Mourning?

It is with great sorrow that I announce the passing of my blue water bottle. A last minute gift from my grandmother in Portland, my AirWater bottle has been with me for well over two years, weathering an overseas excursion and various domestic trials. This fabulous bottle has never let my water go sour, unlike previous bottles, and has always shown a properly respectful attitude towards myself, only in later months allowing a few drops to leak from the cap due to physical problems. I have greatly apprecieated its efforts to help me achieve and maintain a healthy level of hydration and will miss it quite desperately. The bottle has been interred in a wastebasket at Hughes Lumber Co. No service is planned.