when you get sober, will you get kinder?

I am in a quarrel. I'm in a quarrel with Minnesota. Specifically, winter in Minnesota. I'm sure you will all remind me of how much I loved the snow back in November, but now, I'm done. I'm tired of walking gingerly around in parking lots, at the sign of any icy patch. I'm tired of shrink-wrap on my windows, cold feet and scraping off my window in the morning. I'm tired of the snowbank that surrounds the car that my neighbors won't move, and subsequently, I slide around on, trying to get into my car. I'm tired of melting and freezing, salt on my car and salt on my shoes and pant hems. I want to wear springy clothes and sandals and be outside. Winter is officially over in my mind, so Minnesota better catch up.

I also think that Monday nights are bad nights to go to the grocery store. No bananas and no Grape Nuts! Plus tons of U of MN students. Does anyone know what tangelos taste like?

Happy Monday and 3rd of March, kids.

Quote o' the day:

"There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings." - Quentin Crisp (English Author, 1908-1999)