Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The winter blahs have hit their peak with me. To the point where I`ve been watching six hours of CSI: NY a day from Spike. This weekend, since it wasn`t on TV, I started hitting the internet to find episodes online. I`m not even sure it`s any good, but I`m obsessed.
Then the radio told me this morning that today was the halfway mark of winter. Only halfway? Oi!
It's the halfway mark of winter that starts on 12/21, right? That's clearly not the real-life start of winter! Especially not up there!
I thought most of the outfits were ridic. Rock`n`roll seems to equal 'the craziest f--- thing I can find to wear'
I liken it to the Oscars being like an elegant ball and the Grammys being like a cracked out high school prom.
That's clearly not the real-life start of winter! Especially not up there!
Too true. But, unfortunately, March 22 isn't necessarily the beginning of spring here, either.
Oh yeah, good point. Well, even if winter goes from November to April, which is fully half of the year, half-way was Feb 1.
I need to move to another climate. And yet, i don`t do well in the heat. Where is it eternally temperate.
I think "officially" winter is 12/21 - 3/20, but most people (at this lattitude) consider winter to be Dec-Jan-Feb.
Missouri combines freezing cold (okay, not usually for a really long stretch) in the winter with unbearable heat and humidity in the summer. You can really cover your bases climate-wise.
Don't the crowds know that we're in a recession and they should be staying home? I mean, geez.
My co-worker is moonlighting at the local mega-market and says this is their top-selling week of the year, which really suprised me given all the food prep that goes in Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Fourth of July. I guess the media have done their job well with the "You must buy expensive gifts for Valentine's Day or YOU WILL DIE ALONE!" message.
a quick but unscientific survey of my friends is finding that people are seeing crowded retail and restaurants at every turn.
I see things closing down in my neighborhood (3 stores in 1.5 blocks within the last 2-3 weeks), but in the work neighborhood I see no sign of a slowing economy.