December 29, 2003
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Snow Day
Woke up this morning to the news that it’s snowing in Portland, a rare occurrence actually. And so ordinarily I would be setting off in the dark to arrive at work by 6:30 am and instead I’m sitting here writing this and listening to the weather news on TV. It’s still 32F outside, so I’m waiting till the temperature rises some and the dawn comes to start out in my tiny Toyota. I have to drive up a fairly steep hill to get to my job and it terrifies me. But I also don’t have any vacation time left to use because of the holidays. Once I get to work (AND I WILL) I’ll report on my trip.
While I’m here might as well mention saw one more film out yesterday – 21 Grams with Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, and Naomi Watts. Have to say I was disappointed. I expect a lot from Penn, who is one of the most interesting actors we have. Actually his acting performance was fine, but the film itself was shot in a way that was really annoying to me. If you saw Memento and remember how hard it was to follow, this film was kind of similar in that it kept jumping in time back and forth so fast you couldn’t put the pieces together until late in the film. Also it was shot in a very gritty looking color style that I don’t like. And finally, the characters were such amazing drama queens. Why, for example, does the main character just have to know who donated the heart for his transplant? Oh well. Just warning you.
Deep Thought: If you’re traveling in a time machine, and you’re eating corn on the cob, I don’t think it’s going to affect things one way or the other. But here’s the point I’m trying to make: Corn on the cob is good, isn’t it.
Today I am grateful for: Snow plows
P.S. Got to work fine. Just slush by the time I traveled.
Comments (6)
I can understand the fear of the steep hill. We live on one and so often find we are stuck home during the winter. Little cars and steep hills just don’t seem to mix well. Love your extra thought. Infinite Blessings
Glad you got there all right….
I want to see 21 Grams, but now I’m probably going to wait for the video since reading your review. Memento was hard to follow, so I’m trusting you on this one. I did like Master and Commander though.
LOL… I’m stuck on your deep thought quote… the whole time travel thing… I always get stuck wondering things like “wouldn’t the corn on the cob disappear, as it didn’t exist back then?” Enjoy the unusual snow! We’ve hardly had any here, and we’re in the upper midwest! Too strange.
Weird, the quote about the corn. I was just reading a book about the bible. They speak of corn in the bible, although maize or corn wasn’t discovered until the New World was found. They think the “corn” referred to in the Bible was actually wheat or barley, some other grain. (Yeah, I know,… I am full of useless trivia,.. among other things I am full of..) Glad you made it to work all right.
to Mary Ann above, it depends on your translation — in the original language (hebrew, aramaic, greek) it was probably NOT corn.
useless trivia in clergy families is scary. Glad you got to work ok, andrea. I still hate driving in snow, even after all these years. I do put really good snow tires on, which helps a lot, and I’ve learned to be a pretty good driver in slippery conditions, but my blood pressure gets a little out of whack when i have to go out and the roads are bad. Understand completely. snow is great if you’re skiing or sitting home with good book and cup of tea. awful stuff for most of us who have lives and committments. hang in there. 