"whatever, mortal"

well, i think i'm going to go ahead and completely rip off michelle's idea and put up a little "top 5" list of my own. terrible. but it's a really good idea, and i'm going to tell her, so it's okay.

impressively i've done fairly well in money spending even though i don't have a budget in motion just yet. it's a little scary having so much money at my disposal. but it has to last me a good half a year, i would think. did some good grocery shopping, plus bill paying. Rented the two remaining paul thomas anderson films i have yet to see (remarkably Boogie Nights and his debut Hard Eight). This is what i had in mind. Usually i get off track.

we've been getting a lot of snow already this winter. it's quite remarkable. the afternoon snow flurries that swirl all around you but melt on the road are probably my favorite. it's sticks mostly to the ground b/c of how much colder it remains than pavement. it's pure magic. the silence is the best part. There's no thunder, no droning patter of raindrops, though i enjoy thunderstorms quite thoroughly as well, there's just an odd echoing stillness. there's the silent movement of the snowflakes and the wind.