It's pretty 'til I had to shovel it.
Unless you get all of your news from TMZ or BET, you’ve heard that the mid-Atlantic region, and specifically the Washington, DC area got dumped on by snow to the tune of 18-30 inches. For some of us, it’s a welcome, though inconvenient, mini-vacation and time to rest up because you really have no choice. But for some others, being snowed in can be that total bullsh*t.
Oh, by the way, congratulations to all the Saints fans, real and as of this season or proximity-ass fans who decided to jump on the bandwagon yesterday. It was a good game. I can’t even imagine what the French Quarter is like right now. Wish I was there.
Back to business.
While most folks love to hear that their job is closed on a Monday, for everybody it’s not all peaches and cream, peaches and herbs, or strawberry letter 23s. Here’s why:
1) You have to actually dig OUT of snow
Between Saturday and Sunday, I spent a sum total of more than 5 hours shoveling snow. No wonder slavery sucked so bad, aside from the obvious. I have a long walkway and a sizeable sidewalk that I’m responsible for. Condo living never looked so good in my life. Coupled with the fact that this is the 2nd snowiest winter in DC history and I’m about damn tired of snow and everything that comes with it. Oh yeah, AND we’re supposed to get ANOTHER damn snow fall on Tuesday night. The good thing is that all the neighbors come out together to shovel snow. The bad thing is that I have a lot of OLD neighbors. Just imagine the old gay guy from Family Guy out shoveling snow while he’s trying to lure the kiddies into his home with hot chocolate and Lincoln Logs. Shoveling your own snow sucks. Shoveling the snow of an 98-year-old who’s outside “helping” sucks ten times worse.
2) Getting snowed in with somebody you hate
Being stuck with somebody you hate is the worst part of a snow storm. There’s no reason to speak to them and you’re not going to see them naked. There is absolutely no upside here. In effect, you’re stuck inside with somebody who repulses you and you can’t go anywhere but outside to shovel snow. You know you really don’t like somebody when shoveling 2 feet of snow seems like a good way to pass the time, mostly because unless you’re training for the strongman Olympics in Helsinki, it’s NEVER a good way to pass time.
3) No matter how many groceries you get, you always forget to get stuff you actually want
For some strange reason, being locked in for days makes you yearn for foods you normally could live without. All of a sudden you REALLY want that pizza from Pizza Hut that cannot be delivered without getting your Iranian delivery guy who actually is at work waiting to make a delivery stuck on the road your city is planning on plowing but somehow hasn’t got to yet. DC, I’m looking at you. Plus, you really can’t just eat water, no matter what that Australian cat who hit the big kahuna via a stingray might have told you before. Plus, you know how Black folks are, bought all kinds of bread but forgot to get sandwich meat. Got people eating loaf sandwiches with sugar on top. Or you could just go get some snow and everybody can eat sno-cones. Don’t eat the yellow snow though.
4) You get snowed OUT of your home
Across the DC area, there are people stuck at airports waiting to leave, stuck at other people’s homes, etc. If there’s one thing that sucks more than being stuck IN your own home for days on end, it’s being stuck OUT of your home for days on end. No using your own shower in your own bathroom and sleeping in your own bed. Plus, that usually leads to number 2 at some point. I mean if you’re stuck out of your own place for a while, you’re gonna get edgy and piss somebody off. It’s the law of nature. Well that and “eat things that are smaller than you unless your name is Shaq”.
For me, this isn’t a terrible experience; I don’t have any of those problems save number 1, but I do realize how it can suck. Good VSBiens, for what other reasons might it suck to get snowed in? Amuse me while I kiss the sky.
(Really I just wanted to vent somethings though; I REALLY hate shoveling snow.)
-VSB P aka THE ARSONIST aka TANGLE JIG P aka GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRL, HE A 3
Admin Note: By the way, I have an announcement of an upcoming stop I’m making that involves Florida, unicorns, and midgets, and not necessarily in that order. We going global.
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How did this post get tagged as “cocaine”? lol… Moving right along…I don’t have to shovel or drive, because I don’t own a home or a car, so I built muscles this weekend carrying groceries. My back still hurts from trudging through a couple feet of snow with 10-15 pounds of groceries in each hand. I also walked around the neighborhood and took photos. The good part about this snowstorm was that I got a chance to tackle a project I’ve been putting off for awhile- organizing my many photos into photo albums. It’s one of those solitary projects that you can only concentrate on when you’re completely and totally isolated from distractions. I’m getting bored with it though…and in spite of the 200 books I own and 300 cable channel at my disposal, I need more to entertain me. I need a party.
@Miss Patterson,
i too built muscles. from shoveling. abs, arms, and upper back bout to be on SWOLE.
@Gem of the Ocean,
Male Admirer: “Oooooh gurrl you fine! Who’s your trainer?”
Gem: “Blizzard 2010, playah. Blizzard 2010.”
@Miss Patterson,
@Gem of the Ocean,
Male Admirer: “Oooooh gurrl you fine! Who’s your trainer?”
Gem: “Blizzard 2010, playah. Blizzard 2010.”
your imaginary conversation game needs work
@The Champ, work deez.
@Miss Patterson,
LOL pay no mind to champeroni becuz EYE love it!!!!!!!!
#snOMGworkedforme!! *commercials coming soon…
@Gem of the Ocean, I miss you and Miss p, and Champ be a haytah.
ps) Can you ask Blizzard 2010 to come holla, I wanna try something new, hehe.
Ha! You’re guys are a mes…in a good way.
I’ve been in FL too long. I don’t remember what snow feels like. Know a few things about tropical storms and hurricanes though.
by far, the worst thing is shoveling and walking amongst the snow.
@The Soleblog,
I don’t remember what snow feels like. Know a few things about tropical storms and hurricanes though.
Same feeling down here in Houston. But I did have a small taste of it in December… when the windchill in DC was abot 13 F… not funny. At all.
pittsburgh got a similar dump of ~20in of snow on friday. my pnc (partner iN crime) came to visit this wknd and we were snowed IN my apt. not to mention she convinced our homegirl (known to vsb as “killa k”) to drive thru the snow storm to come “hang” with us, which basically translated to her gettin snowed in with us. one extra pair of hands to help shovel, i suppose.
so we had a mini sleepover. since i only keep healthy, organic, no meat (just frozen fish) in the house, my houseguests were NOT happy. plus these 2 heffas both slept in the bed with me and made me sleep b*tch!!! my shoulder still hurts from sleeping on my side. so… #2 undoubtedly kicked in.
and since i live in the HOOD there wasn’t nan plow that came thru. so the only ppl who could ride up and down the streets are ppl with svus. not like the rest of the city was well plowed. youd have thought we lived in dc and not pgh, a place that actually sees snow regularly and therefore has the infrastructure and resources to clean the streets of snow. so i have MAJOR beef with the city of snowburgh.
and even tho school is canceled tmrw, ill still be in lab gettn my neuroscience on. yay grad life!!!
p.s. im still hurting over peyton (my bff…in my head</i) and caldwell's (black coach) loss. im happy for nola when im not wallowing in my sadness.
@Gem of the Ocean, Yeah I’m not sure what’s up with the snowplow in Pgh. A cab driver tried to explain to me that because the plowers are unionized they basically never have to work overtime. So, basically if plowing goes into the 9th hour- the hell with all of us!
Fish, huh? As long as you have hot sauce, you’re good to go.
I’m still not sure if my office is closed, but knowing my employer and the fact that’s it’s a hospital and all…i doubt it. poor me. ;(
@Miss Patterson,
lol to hell with us indeed. but even when i see plowers driving around, they aint plowin!!! like why are you just driving over the snow. plow that sh*t, b*tch!!!
i wish some one would give me a truck. id have this whole city clear in a few hours, no prob!
reason #5…
even if you do shovel your way out of the snow, there’s likely no where to go (hey that rhymed! lol)
even when i got goldie out of her parking space, we didnt really have anywhere to go. stores were closed, parties were canceled, friends in diff areas in the city couldnt get around (becuz they didnt have gangsta enough cars lol). we (did manage to get together for brunch today tho!! yay for pamelas and having semi-decent street parking!!
i want to know who we done pissed off that we have had over 50 inches of snow this winter… with more coming on Tuesday. I think Old Man Winter’s Medicaid stopped covering Viagra so Mother Nature headed south for some fun in the sun. Now that crotchety ol’ bastard is taking it out on DC and the whole I-95 corridor. I blame Massachusetts.
@Blackberry Molasses,
nice one!
Man, if I didn’t have a master’s thesis to write, I would have been killed someone. Didn’t leave the house until today to make a beer run for the Super Bowl.
Snow doesn’t bother me, roommate’s significant others do.
@Stank-0, Snow doesn’t bother me, roommate’s significant others do.
LMAO!
@Stank-0,
Dey getting it stanky huh?
@The Hallway/TheSunk,
I don’t mind them gettin it in, but it’s the fact she won’t leave b/c my roommate had the genius idea to have her drive her car over here the day of the storm.
I’m gonna put it out there point blank that Tuesday she needs to go home.
@Stank-0, Aw boooo… you just jealous bwahahahaha
@Yeah…SO?!,
Trust me it’s alot bigger than just chex. Some things are going to have to talked about. The SO in the house during a snowstorm just seems kinda disrespectful. I’m already trapped with them so you gonna add one mo’ person to the mix?
@Stank,
Is she leaving hair everywhere?- gross *shivers*
@Stank-0,
Is her SO a another woman?
@The Hallway/TheSunk, hold-up… Stank-0′s a chik?- I can’t keep up
@The Hallway/TheSunk,
My bad thought Stank-O was a chick.
Reading is fundamental, LMAO
@Stank-0, I 100% understand what that feels like. I didn’t even know blood had a boiling point until I was ready to break my foot off in my roommate’s ex.
Snow sucks for the following reasons:
- As I think I posted somewhere around here before, because Dad got a working snow blower to use in case you aren’t around but don’t you dare touch it when you got two healthy arms and two healthy legs to shovel that sh*t your damn self. Thankfully, I’m away at school so I missed this one, and the ‘rents weren’t home for the one in December and I’ll be damned if I was gonna shovel on my break.
- Because I’m not in high school anymore, and colleges don’t just shut down at the mere mention of anything over 3″ like the Maryland public schools do. Getting out of school is the real beauty of winter. I remember in like 03 we got out for an entire week, even though sh*t was perfectly fine on Thursday and Friday. And of course the 96 storm was a dream come true for any ninjas not past secondary school.
- Because cleaning it up makes it ugly, slippery, and dirty. Like you said, it’s pretty until you have to shovel it, and seeing a big ass heap of brown plowed/driven over/walked in snow on the side of the road is just disgusting. Plus, there isn’t a whole lot of stuff that I despise more than walking in slush. People drag that sh*t everywhere; I guess nobody believes in wiping your gotdamn feet anymore.
am sorry for you all.. i really am..
my worst nightmare is freezing temperatures..
it psychologically paralyses me…
20ins of snow is unimaginable in my mind…
the impact of being taught about the ice age when young has had a profound effect on me since..
meanwhile i have just heard on the good ole bbc that we here in the uk are expecting another flurry… non settling snow..
am hoping they have got it right and not sugaring the forecast to stop people planning their days off…
the whole of the uk stopped in december…
and the only thing the govt was worried about is the £b’s lost in productivity – not the fact that we have no ploughs at all.. not enough grit.. etc etc…
hope spring breaks for us all soon…
global warming my black azz… lol
GEAUX SAINTS!
@V.E.G.,
Lol!
my parents had the wonderful idea to come to the US from Barbados in a November… since that time snow and I have had a hate-hate relationship… I hate it and it hates me. The ’96 blizzard solidified the hate as my sisters and I were snowed in by ourselves since both parents worked jobs where they were mandated to stay when the next shift could not get in… on paper that sounds like fun (no parents for 3.5 days) in reality, it wasn’t.
Snow storms and getting snowed in suck for me because:
1. I just hate snow..
2. I hate being cold and losing feeling in my extremities
3. I didn’t have brothers so my sisters and I had to do the shoveling and maintenance with dad (steps, sidewalk, driveway, back yard…everything…)
4. I am short, 2 feet of snow is very close to half my height
5. I hate dealing with people in the supermarket acting like the world bout to end
6. I love my family, but I don’t necessarily like to be confined with them with no hope of escape for long periods of time (thankfully I live at myself now)
7. I just hate snow..
@Bajan Girl,
I enjoy escortin’ the short women around. Gotta make sure y’all don’t get lost in the tundra and sh*t.
Why am I awake?… Da Fuk!!!!!
carry on, Champ carry deez
@Yeah…SO?!,
“carry on, Champ carry deez”
?
@The Champ, I dunno… it was early- seemed right at the time
Snowed in. Well kinda. Beasted the shit out of the blizzard to go watch the Super Bowl, eat wings, and imbibe alcohol.
My boy and I got caught Thursday night in that mess in the stores too. We didn’t have any groceries in the apartment, and I’m thinking I might need to make another grocery run tomorrow since we’re supposed to get it again on Tuesday, and again this weekend.
This is the most snow I have ever seen in my life. Last Wednesday, when we had 6 inches, I was surprised that HU didn’t shut down. I’m from the souf. 6 inches shuts Charlotte down. That shit last week was nothing. This shit right here!? This shit right here!? Real talk, this is how I imagine Canada looks every day. How can y’all live like this?
I helped a friend dig out her car. And then we had to get it unstuck. That meant pushing it up the hill on ice. SMH.
Pros:
Snow is pretty.
Snowball fights are fun.
Watching other people fall and burst their ass.
Hot chocolate is good.
Weather is conducive to bedroom activities.
Cons:
Diggin cars out.
Getting cars unstuck.
Falling and busting my ass.
Sh*t is cold!
Groceries are an issue.
I’m still a fan of snow. We’ll see how long it lasts, though.
32 inches outside my window pane.
Just drank my last Dr. P…
*starts itching and doing the shoulder tick…
These 40 inches plus of snow in the last two months has me wondering why I moved my a** back to DC in the first place!
What I hate about snow:
- I can’t drive my RWD vehicle at all because I fear getting stuck like the dummies I watch from my apartment window
-I can’t walk anywhere because my apartment building sits on an incline and melted snow loves to run across the entire driveway, refreeze, and become a dangerous, dangerous sea of ice
-I live across the street from a Metro station that runs above ground and thus has had suspended service since Friday
- I was suppose to catch a flight out today but it was canceled and rebook THREE times before they told me to forget it, you’re going nowhere!! Oh well, guess I’ll try again tomorrow. (I mean, it’s not like I could have gotten to the airport today anyway!)
-I’m originally from the West Coast. Snow has never been in my vocabulary until recently.
Ahem….Yay Saints. As a native from chicago I understand all the sucky reasons except for shoveling. Lucky me I guess, and I am praying I NEVER have to shovel. It looks like a pain in the a**
Umm, 1) try getting stuck in the snow without things you need i.e. a flashlight and batteries, fake, non-heat generating Pine Logs, and non-perishable food items. Which leads me to 2) try getting stuck in the snow without any damn ELECTRICITY, which means no heat, no TV, heck no SUPERBOWL!! You start using insane things for fuel (flammable hair pieces, Snickers bars), food starts going from inside the fridge to the snow to keep it cold, and you shovel yourself ragged during the day so you can actually fall asleep when the sun goes down around 7:30. ALL BAD!
@Anike Love, I really really REALLY hope this was just hypothetical… if not *hug*
@Yeah…SO?!, I wish it were so…*accepts hug*
@Sula, *accepts warm hug*
lol
@Anike Love,
(flammable hair pieces, Snickers bars)
Hilarity! But I really do feel for you though. *warm hugs*
@Anike Love,
Dayum. You need some help?
Who gets to experience the highest suck-a@@ness factor of being snowed in? The elderly.
- Brooklyn residents can be fined upwards of $125 if they don’t have their stoops/front side-walks etc. completely shoveled exactly 1 hour after the last snowflake falls. This means if you’re at work= you better make a deal w/ a stay-at-home neighbor to clean yo sh*t up. If you’re a little old lady (hi Miss Vera! I’m comin’ to save you! ) you have to find someone who’s at home in the middle of the day to shovel for you as well.
Fining little old people because they lack the physical strength to shovel 5 ft. of snow is bull! This is how broke-ass cities earn money off of citizens. When I’m old, I’m investing in a god-damned flame thrower that will melt all of my troubles away in the winter.
@GeekChicness, “I’m investing in a god-damned flame thrower that will melt all of my troubles away in the winter”
or you could just have babies and let them grow-up to do it… child labor is the GREATEST!
PS. helping your elderly neighbor- priceless
I was born and raised in the northeast, went to school in the really northeast, and moved deeper into the northeast. Getting dumped on by feet of snow is a regular thing for me. I think the worst thing for me is not being able to get to food when I’m tired and don’t feel like cooking anything at all. Like I’ll going shopping and all that, buying food ambitiously. But iHate cooking sometimes and would rather just call Chang’s Chinese. I tried them during a snow storm before and got “No. You come here. You come here get food.” Pissed me off.
We barely got a inch of snow here in North Jersey. What a crock of BS. This storm was hyped up so much. I spent an hour in Shoprite for 3lbs of crab legs. Ninjas was in there like the rapture was about to go down. I was terribly disappointed as I spent much of my Friday evening preparing for this “snow storm”. *rolls eyes* We’re supposed to get hit with a foot between tomorrow night and Wednesday morning. If it gets me out of work…all will be forgiven as far as Mike Woods (Fox 5) and the snow gods are concerned.
Lol. I am getting out of here today. Luckily there is a mall within walking distance. I got snowed solo because I knew after a few days either I’d be kicking somebody out or walking home in the snow from somebody’s spot.
Btw… The Brothers Johnson reference was good!!
I just hate all that shoveling. My SO lives out of state so I don’t have the luxury of his help during these times. I have to do all of the shoveling. Sometimes, God will send an angel my way to help but most of the work falls on me…and I simply abhor it with a passion…..but luckily I reside in PA where they do have their snow game on lock as far as clearing the streets, etc. DC on the other hand another story altogether…..
whooooooooooooooooooooooo daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!
that is all.
Lucky enough to not have to shovel, but there’s nothing like stepping in 6 inches of snow only to discover there’s 3 inches of dog shit underneath. One of the many dirty surprises hidden by a blanket of whiteness [insert race joke here].
Yea, I’m stuck in this DC snow and I’m really upset because I’m stuck inside. Plus I live by myself so I have been bored and lonely out of my mind. I also live near a metro station that is an outside station so its not running. I tried to go out yesterday and meet friends to watch the superbowl at a bar but I just had no way of getting to an underground metro station. I tried a cab but they weren’t available. I even walked outside hoping to run into a cab, but that didnt work.
Ughh, I’m just ready for this to be over. All of the movies on cable and food in the house is still not enough to keep me from wanting to just go somewhere.
Even though I’m from Chicago, I should be used to it, but I still hate it.
It’s sunny and 44 degrees in Chucktown. Finally an advantage to living in SC. The thought of snow causes massive pile ups her, but that only happens every few years.
HOORAY florida!!!
Who Dat?!
Greetings from Houston. What is this “snow” stuff that you speak of?
Best wishes to those of you who are affected. Ok, back to jury duty.
While living in an apt in NY and not driving elimate the need for shoveling and car scraping… still not a fun experience. Especially if you’ve ever busted your ass walking down the stairs to the subway..
Glad we dodged the bullet up here in NY, feel sorry for you folks in PA, Central Jersey and DMV!!
@BKSweetheart,
It seems this Blizzard passed most of the north. We are suppose to get snow this week but it will be nothing like they got in the Mid-Atlantic/Southern region.
Well, since I was born, raised and currently live in Texas and lived in Mobile, AL, I know nothing of blizzards and whiteouts. But I can compare this to dealing with another natural disaster: a hurricane. After going through Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, the aftermath of a hurricane sucks other than for obvious property damage and destruction. Here’s why:
1. Waiting in line for something as simple as ice because you don’t know when your electricity is coming back on.
2. Having to cook all, and I mean ALL of the food in your refrigerator on a propane grill because everything is about to spoil.
3. Having to restock that same refrigerator.
4. For some reason, after a hurricane, a natural occurrence that consists of wind and rain, there is a not a lick of damn wind. That means the humidity that comes after a hurricane stays in the air, making it unbearably hot with no wind to cool you off.
5. Police curfews because ninjas want to act stupid because there is no electricity in parts of the city at night is not the business.
6. Neither is not know when you are going to take your next hot shower.
7. It’s hard to relax with hot beer.
8. The smell of a grocery store that did not take their perishable food out before it got really humid outside.
Much like getting snowed in sucks, so do hurricanes.
@ComicBookGuy,
Totally agree, especially with # 4. Mobile, AL the day after Hurricane Katrina was way hotter than it should have been.
@lahada,
What was so crazy about Katrina in Mobile was that it rained every day for a month until Katrina hit and then afterwards, not a drop of rain for another month.
@ComicBookGuy,
I know, I remember feeling like I was melting. It was the one time I would have liked a little more rain.
Now here in NYC we’re supposed to get buried in snow for a couple days. After last weekend’s fakeout we’ll see happens.
@ComicBookGuy,
Yup, it’s basically a “Chose your poison” type of thing… Either way, Mother Nature is going to get hers…
Hurricanes suck monkey ass though… because they are dangerous. I found out I could actually sunburn when I was stranded on I-45 trying to escape hurricane Rita. A normal 5 hour drive took us around 32 hours to complete. It was pandemonium…. *smh*…. In these cases, I’ll take being snowed in and eating sugar sammiches. Lol!
@ComicBookGuy,
which is worse hurricanes or blizzards is a tough call
I grew up in Mobile AL but I’m currently snowed in in MD.
and both definitely suck in their own way…although snow is actually kinda pretty on the first day after a storm…hurricanes rarely make anything prettier….
but after a hurricane, given that no trees fell on your car and the roads are clear, you can just go outside and drive around…whereas after a blizzard you have to go outside and physically remove pounds and pounds of heavy snow from your car and the area around it. And even then if they haven’t plowed the streets and you drive a smaller car like me you’re still on stuck.
Since my power has stayed on, and I have plenty of food and a day off work and my neighbors helped me dig my car out…I’m gonna say being snowed in beats being in a hurricane.
@klysha,
I remembered that you were from Mobile so I was looking forward to your feedback on it. I can’t imagine being trapped in snow.
best things about the blizzard
–for all the sh*t i talk about my truck (the 4mpg, the bipolar breaks, etc) it definitely came through on saturday. i was almost tempted to roll down my windows and scream “snow deez, bitches” to all of my neighbors spinning in place in their audis and priuses.
–the resourcefulness i showed when i managed to dig my truck out of 3 feet of snow with just a broom and an old pair of lebrons on my hands (don’t ask)
–the workout i got after driving up to my parents house and digging them out. that sh*t had me feeling like rocky in russia
–the 36 hour long blizzard blast on ivy street
the worst
—cementing the assumption i’ve had that timberlands are the single worst type of shoes to rock with a ton of snow on the ground. they have no traction, and they retain water like a chick on her period
—the cancellation of my usual weekend basketball, which combined with the approximately 27,000 calories i consumed this weekend to force me to look at myself in the mirror after my shower this morning and say “ok. this is going too far”
@The Champ, “they have no traction, and they retain water like a chick on her period”
*GASP*!!!! That’s messed up Champy. Thought you were one of the sensitive ones
@The Champ,
“–the workout i got after driving up to my parents house and digging them out. that sh*t had me feeling like rocky in russia”
Awwww…such a good son. Did you listen to Eye of the Tiger while doing this?
@The Champ,
“for all the sh*t i talk about my truck (the 4mpg, the bipolar breaks, etc) it definitely came through on saturday. i was almost tempted to roll down my windows and scream “snow deez, bitches” to all of my neighbors spinning in place in their audis and priuses.”
This reminds me why I miss my Bronco. It would kick @ss in snow storms.
“cementing the assumption i’ve had that timberlands are the single worst type of shoes to rock with a ton of snow on the ground. they have no traction, and they retain water like a chick on her period”
Cosign 100% They also keep your feet cold. Your feet will be dry but cold. People ask me how I wear timbs in the summer. I always thought it was odd they asked that because timberlands suck in the snow. So if they are too hot for summer and too cold for winter when is the proper time to wear them?
I wish I could sympathize but I can’t. Snowmageddon has been good to me. I haven’t had to go to work.I live in Ballston and the local authorities have been pretty good with snow prep out here. Roads are clear, stores are open and the delivery guys are still delivering.. Me and the woman went grocery shopping Friday morning so we have plenty of food. We live in an apt building so the mainteance guys are been doing the clearing of the snow. We even rode the train into the city on Saturday to play in it at the Mall. I used to hate snow but now I feel like lil kids feel when they get snow days from school. We can get another 3 feet for all I care. The chinese restuarant behind my building will still deliver.
Being stuck in the snow with somebody you don’t like, but you don’t start hating them until AFTER that kind of Cabin Fever has passed over, is very real.
I’m so glad I no longer live in Wisconsin.
i’m so glad that i’m not home right now. my mom called me snowed out of her house, at work? o_0 i know she was blown.
nashville got 8 inches last weekend and the effing city shut down. over 8 inches? it was the worst. some cities just aren’t prepared for snow.
I think what sucks about the snow being 18in is if you have to get out in drive in it! I am thankful I am a teacher so school has been closed sense Friday. The back streets always look a mess. I live in Northern VA area(right outside DC) and there are hills everywhere! I am like there is no way in hell I am driving around in that.
I have to admit I am enjoying the break though! And the snow is beautiful!
I’m actually enjoying this weather. I had a lot of time to myself and even ventured out as the snow was still falling to survey the neighborhood. I cleaned my car out as the snow as tapering off on Saturday and then watched as my pathetic neighbors attempted to move 2 feet of snow off their car with brooms and dustpans! What took me 30 minutes to do (and then I went back in for a nice frosty beer) was taking these folks 6 hours.
All the bytching and moaning about cabin fever is done by those who can’t stand themselves and can’t stand the person they are with. Times like these are the perfect times for creating, experimenting or just relaxing.
Ah well, back scanning FB statuses complaining about kids and boredom.
@CPT Callamity,
Ah well, back scanning FB statuses complaining about kids and boredom.
Fun-nee.
Reasons Being Snowed In Sucks…
#1 Missing the trip you have been planning for months because the airlines suck and can’t create planes that can manage in freezing temps! (Even though I prob still wouldn’t trust them)
#2 Running out of food right as the worst of the storm is beginning which means you have to go out into the cold and EVEN MORE snow than you did to begin with
#3 Being stuck AWAY from your boo…and it’s the week before Aunt Flo..andddddd you want some in the worst kinda way!!!
I’m getting upset all over again…That’s all I have to say about that!
@IJstDntUnderstand,
per your first reason…they got ice on the runways. Even if they had planes that could fly with ice on them the iced over runways would mess up teh whole landing/taking off thing
@Deviant, good point…guess i didn’t think that one through…
*kanye shrug*
This summer I bought my first home, equipped with a garage, which is also equipped with a driveway. So I may not have to go through scraping ice off my windsheild or my doors freezing shut however I do endure the agony of shoveling.
This was rectified after the first blizzard of the winter which took place (here in KC) on Dec 24, 2009. After which I went out and purchased myself a boyfriend (with my good looks of course). Actually I’m just renting him until the Spring, at that point he can go on back to whereever he came from.
I live in Ca (obviously) and I must say that I was way more excited about leaving the state for school before I read today’s article. Compared to L.A. how bad does D.C. get in the winter time? Is it something you can get used to?
@CaliBoy,
watch CNN and determine for yourself
@CaliBoy, normally D.C. doesn’t get so bad…for the past 5 years the winters have been pretty breezy…breezy being relative…because since I’m from Alabama before I moved here I thought 3-6 inches of snow was cause for a state of emergency. But I could get used to just a couple of moderate snows per year. This year however winter has been trying to prove a point or something. Not one but two major blizzards in less than 60 days plus the regular old moderate snows in between at intervals of about every other weekend. This isn’t the norm though so it shouldn’t be a major issue to move here.
@CaliBoy,
I’m originally from Los Angeles and moved to the DC area (the first time) about 5 years ago. That first year was ROUGH!!! As soon as fall hit and the temperature hit the low 60′s, my teeth were chatterin’ and I was shivering and trying to generate some warmth! Everyone else was walking around in flip-flops talking about how warm it was outside!
I had to purchase a ENTIRE new winter wardrobe because in Cali, a winter wardrobe consist of a long sleeve cotton shirt and a light jacket. I think I burst into tears about five times that first winter just because it was so damn cold!!!
But, you do eventually acclimate to the weather. Now when I go home, I chuckle a little when my father turns on the heat when the temperature hits 65!
@CaliBoy, Thanks you guys, this helps alot. I feel you @moreismore, once it hits 60 degrees there’s a line outside the door of The Coffee Bean and people start to rethink their wardrobe of T-shirts and hoodies
Born & raised in Cleveland,OH has taught me many lessons about blizzards and sh*t.
1. Keep cash on hand for the crackheads to dig you out.
2. Wine & Tequilla are a food group and cigarettes are groceries. Budget accordingly.
3. Always pay heat, light & cable bill! These cold hearted bastards will cut you off year round.
4. Gas up your ride. Fuel line freeze up is real and can have you stranded until not winter.*we have 2 seasons here; winter/not winter*
Reason’s the snow is cool:
I got a day off work.
Thankfully my power has remained on (although it blinked a couple times and scared the crap out of me) so I’ve been warm and able to catch up on my TV and internet
I got to know some of my neighbors while outside shovelling
It’s really pretty
Reasons the snow sucked:
30 inches of snow is incredibly heavy..thank God for my neighbors who felt sorry for me and helped me dig out.
I watched the Superbowl at home with nothing but twitter and facebook to keep me company because all my friends live too far away for me to brave the drive
even if I would have been brave most of my friends streets had not been plowed so I still wouldn’t have been able to get to their place
On the one day that the Saints win their first superbowl I get a day off work afterward but I couldn’t get to a party to celebrate the Saints victory because I was snowed in…but I wouldn’t have had the day off if I wasn’t snowed in….
Thank you “Deviant” for seeing the good in all this mess!
I’m not mad at the snow and think it’s a great opportunity for DC to get it’s sh*t together. IF ONLY IT WOULD!
I’ma write about it tomorrow.
Not sure how many Canadians are reppin on this message board..but I do feel sorry for y’all. At least this comes with the territory with living in this country (sadly..there are no snow days as adults..only for some schools..my bosses have let us go home ‘early’). My fam in VA and NC got hit with winter weather – that crazy!! I thought it was supposed to be global WARMING!!!
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