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This is the view out my balcony this morning.


I woke up when my alarm went off at 6:30 and for a second, I thought something had to be wrong because there were the voices of my neighbours outside my window and maybe it was really 6:30PM because what would all my neighbours be doing up at 6:30am?

After confirming it really was time to get up, I took a shower and headed out to the living room. That's when I saw the snow out the window. Threw on a pair of sweatpants and a flannel shirt and some boots and rushed outside. Sure 'nuff, there were all my neighbours gathered out watching the snow.

Snow. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana! I have it on authority from friends who've lived here all their life that it has only snowed twice in the last 35 years and neither time has it stuck to the ground.

We've got about 2-3 inches on the ground now, and it's still coming down.

I called in to work -- I might be able to drive in this, but I don't trust other Louisianans to do so -- and now I'm just watching it out the window. A part of me is freaking out about just what this says about our global climate situation, but most of me is too happy to see snow.

( More pictures under the cut )

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Ok, now I'm actually ticked off.

This is final exam week at LSU. I kept waiting for an announcement that the University was closed -- after all, all the other schools in a three parish radius have already closed. Instead, what I get is a text message saying that the University will remain open, and exams will continue as scheduled.

WTF?!?!?!!?!

It's *snowing*. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana. There is snow *on the ground* and *ON THE STREETS*. People in Louisiana don't know how to drive in the snow. People I know who have lived here for 40 years have *NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT*

[Oh, and a branch just feel off a tree onto my neighbour's car. At least it wasn't a very big branch -- doesn't look like it really damaged the car. Anyway, back to my rant.]

All the bridges across the Mississippi have been closed by state police due to ICY CONDITIONS. And yet the University is still holding exams. Guess if you live west of the river you're shit out of luck.

There will be deaths from this, mark my words.

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The snow has turned to freezing rain. It feels more like typical Louisiana winter weather, although there is still snow on the ground. It was magical while it lasted.

Dilemma

I want to share my recent writing success with my parents. They were very proud when I got a short story in a youth magazine in high school and they've been encouraging me to actually finish something and submit for years. I guess I can send them the Floyd story, but I realized, shit! I can't send them the first one.

But if it ever does get published they'll want to read it. But damn it! It will violate the whole myth between parents and children that the children don't know anything about that sex stuff even in the face of incontrovertible evidence otherwise.

Crap. What to do, what to do?

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Ok, this is hysterical!

Robin Williams on Obama Election

Twittering

• 07:48 It's S N O W I N G ! ! !
  In Louisiana! #
• 08:21 LSU is still holding exams. Irresponsible shitheads. #
• 08:40 The snow is now turning to icy rain, a little more typical for this area. Of course, it's only going to make the roads worse. #
• 13:39 I've just written *another* short story. I have no idea where this is all coming from. #

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