Ohio Snow
This morning brought with it what can be legitimately called snowfall.
I walked out the door and saw the wispy powdery stuff blowing around, and saw that a significant amount had stuck to the ground. And it wasn't just the frozen mist that people erroneously call snow. It was real snow. That was extremely important because the presence of snow makes the bitter, biting cold excusable. Because when you're occupied with throwing the stuff at passing cars and other people, you don't really notice how cold it is. And the presence of snow precludes the harshness of the cold, because you can't have snow unless it's very cold.
So today was a unique day for me. Yes, I walked to the bus stop as always (and nearly missed the bus, as always), but the snow blowing all around wonderfully completed my Charlie Brown moment for the year.
November 17th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Glad you can find enjoyment in the early morning snow fall. For me it only brings the profound dilemma of life: stepping outside to a 32 F temperature, or staying indoor in my non-insulated home that's usually colder than outside! Grrrrr...
November 17th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
I only like snow if it's the kind that falls and doesn't stick to the ground, or actually iles u, not the kind that is sparse on the grass.
And phil, what do you think of people putting up Christmas decorations before thanksgiving? in fact 2 days after Halloween. It drives me nuts.
November 17th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
sorry, I'm on my little brothers school computer, and 75% of the time the P doesn't respond. So I like snow that piles up.
November 17th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Haha well, snow that iles up is also fun.
I definitely think it's ridiculous that people are putting up decorations before Thanksgiving (or "Turkey Day," if you prefer). In fact I think I'll write a whole post about that, because it seems to get earlier every year. It's kind of like all that front-loading going on with the presidential primaries (Mr Swope, if you read this, I think I deserve extra credit for incorporating a vocab word into my comment).
November 18th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Well... we had a "holiday" party last night. There were christmas lights and some christmas music, but we knew it was disgustingly early to celebrate it... so we called it "holiday" so maybe people would think about Thanksgiving? Also we went salsa dancing afterwards so that's not too Christmas-y right? And... it was also an early birthday party and I got presents ^.^
November 18th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
I'm currently eating mac n' cheese, watching National Treasure, and reading your blog.
I=a whole lot of win
November 19th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
@Steph, but didn't you know that calling it a "holiday" is an outright affront to God? No, we must call it Christmas, because X-mas is the result of the total depravity of humanity!!! Baaah!!
November 20th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Haha Phil.
Ironically, it's much more appropriate to call this time of year the "holidays" because most people aren't celebrating Christmas anymore. Even if they say they are. So I'm quite glad that we're calling this time the "holidays", and I respect the fact that other faith groups have separate celebrations as well. Each group doesn't have to think that the other is right, but we darn well had better learn how to live lovingly with each other and in respect.
November 20th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
...and I don't mean we shouldn't use the word Christmas. I mean we should only use it if CHRISTmas is in fact what we mean.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Hey Phil
I just wanted to respond to the comment you left on my xanga. I thought the definition I had for "culture" would help my point. The definition told that "culture" encompasses many different forms on a wide scale, which is what I used it as in my post. I never labeled it with good or bad (heck, there's a Christian culture), but I did say to be discerning because some things are good, some bad, and some meaningless. Also that the meaningless things can become bad. Culture, in general, is enormous and as Christians who are to be in the world but not of the world, we should know our limits and when we may be in a situation (brought on by culture of any kind) that will cause us to sin.
I didn't think I was "setting up straw men" though...
November 21st, 2007 at 12:16 pm
@VanLaw,
Thank you, that's much clearer. Based on what you've said here I agree with you. Your Xanga post just had connotations of labeling culture as bad.