I'm NORMAL *wahhh*

93 (at the moment). LOW on the Weirdness Quotient scale.
*waaah*

Snow *yay*

It's pretty outside - snow settling softly on branches of nearby trees
my boat's got a soft coating on it....
Kenneth's roofrack is almost invisible (when IS he going to pick that back up?)
The evergreens look all happy with the white.

There's almost no cars going back and forth. Nice and quiet....

now have to admit this blows my plans to head up the Hill today (SFU) to get application paperwork to go back to uni. Nah I'll go anyways, I need the exercise. It's pretty walking in snow and yes I do have winter boots (somewhere).

For any of y'all out there worried about cold and humidity - think Nordic clothes. And not that stupid fake-clothing name brand. MEDIEVAL nordic. It's ideal for cold and nice and comfy. Wool may hold the humidity but it holds the heat more (that's the trick) and keep wind protection around (like a cloak).
actually the biggest danger from humidity is when your clothes get wet.... Myself I deal with this by not wearing a lot of layers but others may be different.

I've been largely immune (or resistant) to cold ever since I worked in -50 (or so) weather for two weeks... in conditions where we were whited out half the time from high winds. No idea what the wind chill was, other than flipping high. It was a blast, I was never cold. But I suspect those surveyors still talk about the freak running around in a cloak in the field. Okay, cloak, wool, more wool, mukluks, more wool. (wool sweater, longjohns, socks (twice) and cloak) Any time I started feeling a little chilly, I'd sit down with cloak wrapped around and the sun would warm me up. Note - it was sunny all two weeks.... white out conditions involve high winds blowing snow up into the air.
Ahhh part of my more fun experiences while I was living in Calgary....
I've walked to school in -65 not including wind. Once. And halfway once (got a ride the rest of the way). -65 is real freaking rare even up north thankfully. It was more common for me to go for long walks for icecream (with friends) at -40.
And for those who wanna laugh:
*creaking voice*
When I was young I walked to school every day. Five miles each way, uphill both ways, in -40 with lots of snow

oh to explain ('cause it's TRUE) - Yep that was the distance (roughly). College was.... ummm.. maybe 1 kilometer. But some weirdo measured out the other distance in miles (???). Anwyays, both the school and the house were on hills and there was a valley between. Thus uphill both ways. (just not the entire way). -40? Well, a few weeks of a year. 8 months of winter - yes. The temperatures were more -10 to -30 though, with -10 to -20 being far more common. Snow? Yep. About a meter or so worth. Melted every now and again but tended to stick. Made it easier to drive.... (ummm filled in the potholes and since anyone with a grain of brains used winter tires and learned to drive on the stuff....) I made paths through the snow myself to school 'cause walking through the park and wild areas was prettier (and less noisy) than walking on the road. Also MUCH shorter route...

Anyways Ta!

memories...

if anyone's curious why I'm posting so much past stufF?
- I'm trying to gather my memories together in case I ever want to formally write them
- My present is (mostly) boring as far as I'm concerned. And it's frustrating.
- My future sucks too, until I deal with present.
- I've got weird memories of all kinds of strange things and well, I sorta gotta grow past 'em to grow up. And writing them down does seem to help, 'cause repressing them made me depressed (not the only thing that did but it WAS a factor).
- I just KNOW I have happy memories. Writing them down makes me happy... 'cause the more fun bits I can bring back.

*roar* of pride!