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gnineSo, despite faaaar too little sleep, having to cancel weekend plans I'd been looking forward to, and my Saturday work schedule in general (oh so not a big fan for, well, the obvious reasons, i.e. WORK) I still had a FANTASTIC day. Mainly due to the weather. Or more specifically, SNOW!!!
For those of you who've lived in Japan (which is a surprisingly large number of my flist) you already are aware that winters here tend towards the mild side, at least in the three major population centers: the greater Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka (includes here in Kyoto) areas. Meaning for the Japanese, 0°C is f**king freezing. Yes, I laugh in the face of this. A LOT. And take great pleasure in freaking them out horribly when I duck outside in only short sleeves to run across to the convenient store. (It's a 30 second walk, and it's like 45°F, it's reeeallly not the end of the world people. Seriously.) It also means 'snow' for them is a light dusting that happens maybe a few times a year, and collects, if at all, for maybe an hour, before all signs have once more disappeared completely.
Except today! It snowed most of the day, nice big huge beautiful flakes, the wet kind that makes walking an exercise in balance and baby steps, but gorgeous to look at, sticking to trees, roofs, etc. In Kuzuha, where I was working, we got several inches accumulation which resulted in me having a huge, big, goofy grin firmly in place the entire day! Much to the student's and staff's amusement and/or chagrin (depending on their varying tolerances for the weather and how many times in the middle of a lesson my eyes wandered to the window. I couldn't help it. Prreeeettttyyy snow).
On the way back home on the train, I have a 25 minute ride I usually spend immersed in a book, or fic or video on my player. Today I spent the entire time staring out, couldn't look away, at the beautiful landscape, all the trees and houses, and bamboo (now THAT'S something yah don't seen in New England) silhouetted in white. And I realized just how much I missed it.
I mean, I knew already, have expressed, quite vocally at times, my envy whenever my parents sent me pics of the multiple feet of snow they have (yes, I prefer my snow measured in feet versus inches. Why yes, I just may be certifiable, what's your point?) But I just didn't realize until I was *this* happy how much I really *need* my crazy weather. I love my Falls in all their red-orange-brown-gold splendor, my Springs in their greens and purples and pinks, and my white, white winters. Okay, summer's humidity and heat and cockroaches I can so TOTALLY skip, but otherwise. Yeah, I love my seasons. A LOT. Weather, in all its variety, makes me happy. What can I say, I’m easy? ^_-
And to further the snow theme,
, for one of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
xparrot's recent fics.
Which segues nicely into the other squee-worthy note of the day:
So, I haven't gone into my latest obsession much here on lj, well, lets be honest, I haven't gone into much of ANYTHING here of late…or, of *ever,* really. But um, yeah, it really has oh so totally eaten my soul. And this episode, while perhaps lacking most of my favorite character relations (though it *did* still have lots of Rodney, so, um, yeah, that alone put it ahead in my book) was the epitome of what I really LOVE about the show. Great character interaction, great lines, good action, exploration of the random dangers of Pegasus, awesome problem solving that was so very much giving me Odyssey of the Mind flashbacks, show continuity!! (I never realized just how important this was to me until the continuity black hole that is Smallville). And of course, hysterical geek culture references. Choice between the Stephens, and he'd do Jon Stewart over either of them, hazaah (wouldn't we all, really ^_-)!! Oh ohoh!
And Rodney showing the full spectrum of his oh so deliciously colorful character, from socially incompetent, to neurotic, to brilliant, to hysterically funny, to being all noble and heroic and just, just *happy squee sigh of contentment*. And Sam and Keller with both awesome as well, yay for female character bonding!
And Midway next week, whee! Looking forward to that, and the previews look like the whole team is in it, YAY! And maybe some John/Rodney running around together, which I will never get enough of. And on that note, I'm off to go work more on my vid, almost finished. Whee!
For those of you who've lived in Japan (which is a surprisingly large number of my flist) you already are aware that winters here tend towards the mild side, at least in the three major population centers: the greater Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka (includes here in Kyoto) areas. Meaning for the Japanese, 0°C is f**king freezing. Yes, I laugh in the face of this. A LOT. And take great pleasure in freaking them out horribly when I duck outside in only short sleeves to run across to the convenient store. (It's a 30 second walk, and it's like 45°F, it's reeeallly not the end of the world people. Seriously.) It also means 'snow' for them is a light dusting that happens maybe a few times a year, and collects, if at all, for maybe an hour, before all signs have once more disappeared completely.
Except today! It snowed most of the day, nice big huge beautiful flakes, the wet kind that makes walking an exercise in balance and baby steps, but gorgeous to look at, sticking to trees, roofs, etc. In Kuzuha, where I was working, we got several inches accumulation which resulted in me having a huge, big, goofy grin firmly in place the entire day! Much to the student's and staff's amusement and/or chagrin (depending on their varying tolerances for the weather and how many times in the middle of a lesson my eyes wandered to the window. I couldn't help it. Prreeeettttyyy snow).
On the way back home on the train, I have a 25 minute ride I usually spend immersed in a book, or fic or video on my player. Today I spent the entire time staring out, couldn't look away, at the beautiful landscape, all the trees and houses, and bamboo (now THAT'S something yah don't seen in New England) silhouetted in white. And I realized just how much I missed it.
I mean, I knew already, have expressed, quite vocally at times, my envy whenever my parents sent me pics of the multiple feet of snow they have (yes, I prefer my snow measured in feet versus inches. Why yes, I just may be certifiable, what's your point?) But I just didn't realize until I was *this* happy how much I really *need* my crazy weather. I love my Falls in all their red-orange-brown-gold splendor, my Springs in their greens and purples and pinks, and my white, white winters. Okay, summer's humidity and heat and cockroaches I can so TOTALLY skip, but otherwise. Yeah, I love my seasons. A LOT. Weather, in all its variety, makes me happy. What can I say, I’m easy? ^_-
And to further the snow theme,
, for one of
xparrot's recent fics. Which segues nicely into the other squee-worthy note of the day:
So, I haven't gone into my latest obsession much here on lj, well, lets be honest, I haven't gone into much of ANYTHING here of late…or, of *ever,* really. But um, yeah, it really has oh so totally eaten my soul. And this episode, while perhaps lacking most of my favorite character relations (though it *did* still have lots of Rodney, so, um, yeah, that alone put it ahead in my book) was the epitome of what I really LOVE about the show. Great character interaction, great lines, good action, exploration of the random dangers of Pegasus, awesome problem solving that was so very much giving me Odyssey of the Mind flashbacks, show continuity!! (I never realized just how important this was to me until the continuity black hole that is Smallville). And of course, hysterical geek culture references. Choice between the Stephens, and he'd do Jon Stewart over either of them, hazaah (wouldn't we all, really ^_-)!! Oh ohoh!
And Rodney showing the full spectrum of his oh so deliciously colorful character, from socially incompetent, to neurotic, to brilliant, to hysterically funny, to being all noble and heroic and just, just *happy squee sigh of contentment*. And Sam and Keller with both awesome as well, yay for female character bonding!
And Midway next week, whee! Looking forward to that, and the previews look like the whole team is in it, YAY! And maybe some John/Rodney running around together, which I will never get enough of. And on that note, I'm off to go work more on my vid, almost finished. Whee!
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Date: 2008-02-09 04:15 pm (UTC)YES!
*laughs and hugs*
Oh, SHOW. ♥♥♥
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Date: 2008-02-10 07:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-09 04:39 pm (UTC)I hope you have more fantastic days! :D
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Date: 2008-02-10 07:38 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-02-10 04:57 am (UTC)Ah, I was cheered up by some pretty snowfall before, too. It always looks pretty, and I feel like if it's gonna be freezing, it might as well be pretty, as well. Besides, if it is snowing, it means it isn't any lower than freezing, which is always good... Still, I'm very much ready for spring, especially since they didn't have one in MN, and spring here means hanami... :)
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Date: 2008-02-10 07:41 pm (UTC)Did you get to read that other fic I sent, btw? Oh, also, if you did read it, warnings about poking around more on her site, I think there are some major spoilers just in the descriptions of some of her later fics, so...
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Date: 2008-02-20 07:18 pm (UTC)And I greatly enjoyed all your thoughts and comments on the snow. It was fun hearing you talk about it on the phone, but I'm glad we have a written record, too. Love your thoughts on things like this when you finally take time to put them in print.
Love you. Hope you're having a good week!
(And where's my SGA/Torchwood CD?!)