What's That Outside The Window?

Its a snow monster! And he's happy to...see you. That perv!

WOW

I had plans to go to the Boston Commons and take pictures today but once i actually got myself inside..well there was no power in the 'verse that could make me go back out there. Be content with the picture from my bedroom window. Perhaps tomorrow i'll venture out further.

I Am, Clearly, Insane.

I have several disturbing dreams that i cycle through over the course of the year. Sometimes i am able to change the outcome in it, sometimes not so much. One of the more horrible ones involves the loss of my teeth. According to a bit of research that i've done on the matter, many people have also experienced the "losing teeth" dream. This morning i woke up quite horrified because one of my good chomping teeth had decided to fall out and id chipped a canine. In the dream i had spit a rather large tooth out into my hand (it didn't even look like mine!) and promptly freaked out because i had no medical or dental insurance. haha. I remember popping a piece of mojito gum into my mouth and then promptly breaking the canine. Eventually a call was put in to my daddy who told me i should just go to the dentist and work out a payment plan. The trip to get my teeth looked at eventually ended up with me wandering into the middle of a prison riot. How did i end up in a prison? No idea. But a large Mexican man named Pancho threw me to the ground and threatened to SHANK ME.

This is where i woke up. Thank God. I looked up the significance of my teeth falling out in a dream dictionary and got this:

"Losing teeth in dreams can point to insecurity about finances. In physical waking life, teeth are what we use to take in sustenance, to keep our bodies fit and nourished, and they are often lost when malnutrition is present. In order to take in nourishment we must be able to 'support' ourselves. Are you worried that you will lose the ability to take care of yourself or are you already not taking care of your needs? Nourishing ourselves comes in many forms, not just our bodily needs--we must nourish our minds, spirits, and hearts as well as our bodies. Is there any aspect of your life that feels like an empty hole?"

I have been having cravings for hotdogs lately. With chili and saurkraut. Mmmm.

As for my being manhandled by Pancho, the dream dictionary forewarns that i will fall into the hands of an enemy...

Interesting.

The Word For the Day Is Treacherous

I nearly died twice today as i walked home from work. Yes, walked. Alicia and i have taken to walking home together after work instead of riding the T. I've been trying to be tough and accompany her out in the cold rather than hide in the middle of the sweaty masses that pack themselves onto the trains after work. She usually asks me if I'm feeling well when i agree to the walk home. Its only about a mile or two, not a very long walk at all. But my God it is cold. So no matter the weather when i get up to go to the office i still make sure to wear many many layers underneath cos i know that walk in the dark is going to kick my culito.

Today, we had a fairly uneventful walk except for ALL OF THE TREACHEROUS ICE that made me very very nervous. By the time i was approaching my street i was mostly just gliding my boots along the top of the ice and propelling myself from street sign, to mailbox, to fence. Unfortunately, the fence was also coated in ice and i slipped down it and managed to catch myself on another sign. That was a close one.

For more weather related fun:

I was trapped in a horrific nightmare early this morning. In it i was being chased by a shadowy figure brandishing a couple of knives. He never caught me and every time i stopped to rest he would also stop, to sharpen his knives. The scrape scrape scrape of blades against each other finally freaked me out enough that i escaped my dream to stare wide eyed up at my slopey ceiling. But...i kept HEARING THE SCRAPE SCRAPE SCRAPE of those knives! I rolled out of bed and looked out my window to find several neighbors scraping the ice off of their cars. Gah. Stupid ice scrapers.

Hmm

I haven't been posting because there really isn't much anything worth mentioning going on. I go to work. I come home. Sometimes i do something with someone else. But mostly its just me hiding from the cold. The novelty of seeing snow and ice on the ground hasn't worn off yet though i keep being told to wait till February and I'll be good and sick of it by then. I removed the screen from my window so i can lean out and play with the snow that has accumulated on the roof.

It's snowing right now. i went and bought some batteries to take my camera out with me this weekend. Maybe I'll make a snowman if it sticks overnight.

Man oh man

Street sweepers came by hours ago. I was a bit disappointed to see the dusting of snow on the road that i had tracked through wiped away. But i got up to grab an extra blanket cos my toes were freezing and went to look out the window.

2:30am and it is snowing hard. :D

Huh. I should have ordered a proper winter coat and boots last week.

Guess What?!

Its snowing!