Midnightitis 2

Another case of "Midnightitis" for me. Can't quite find the sweet spot, sleepwise, so I got up. The boys are snoozing, though both have colds. I think I'm getting their cold, too -- can feel it in my lungs a bit, being irksome.

The blizzard is here! It started snowing around 9:00 this evening, and is in full swing. I can hear city plows on the street. If it keeps coming down the way it is now, we'll really be hit. We'll see. I'm ever the empiricist on these things. But the wind keeps howling, and the snow keeps falling.

My brain has been more active than usual, creatively; the ideas just keep rolling in, and I'm trying to keep track of them, trying to be organized. Doesn't come naturally to me, but I suppose I have my own system.

The ghost I don't believe in has been extra-thumpy this evening. An out-and-out thump in the dining room, and a shuffle in the living room. Frickin' Thumper, up to her usual hijinks.

It's 2011, People. I remember as a kid, thinking about the Year 2000, thinking "Wow, I'll be 30 then. That's so old! What'll the world be like then?" Now it's 2011, and 2000 is a distant memory. Funny. For me, the 90s are still fairly close to me, although I rationally understand that they are Ancient History(tm) these days. Back in the 00s, It would periodically startle me to reflect that 1995 was a long time ago; nowadays, I understand that it really is, but it still doesn't seem so far away. And the 80s might as well be even another dimension -- I'm not one for nostalgia, and I really am not, but how different that time was from today.

I am weirdly happier these days than I've ever been in my life. With Exene in my world, I was actually lonely, as odd as that might sound. You can be really lonely even when you are living with someone, depending on that someone. And I was. For most of my life, I was (given how early we married). Which is ironic from my perspective, because I married her because I didn't want to be alone (it was a consideration for me in my naive youth). I did that, and ended up incredibly lonely over time. Ah, the Cosmos, the great trickster, the games it plays, the laughs it enjoys at our expense. I'm not lonely now; I'm happy. Maybe not as happy as I could be, but far happier than I was, and that makes all the difference.

Anyway, I'm peaceful and reflective at the moment. Can't sleep for the howling of the wind, but at peace, all the same.

*PTANG*

This is what happens when I get my hands on Legos...

Abominable Snow, Man!

Supposedly we're (the Midwest, or as much as one-third of the country) are about to get pummeled by some super-blizzard (tonight? Tomorrow? I'm not entirely sure). We'll see if it actually happens, but the weatherfolks are claiming it's going to be "dangerous" and so forth. Normally, I would do a proactive grocery run, but I just went the other day for a few things, so I'm going to make due with what I've got on hand. As long as the boys are covered, foodwise, I don't sweat it. Plus, in the city, even during a big snow, one doesn't have too far to go for supplies (famous last words, right? OoOOooh!)

Sent out another short story, trying to blow on that tinder, catch a few sparks. Part of the grind.

Nothing else terribly exciting. I need a haircut. I'm beginning to look like "Steff" from "Pretty In Pink."

Amore Alla Fresca

Selma: "Don't you love me?"
Troy McClure: "Sure I do! Like I love Fresca!"

(from "Simpsons")

Blizzard?

Looks like there's a blizzard watch for tomorrow. Yay! Supposedly the chance for a foot of snow! Yeee! I love that. Love when big storms come in, just because they're dramatic and fun. I like the idea of walking the boys to school in a toboggan, pulling them along. Haha!