Sticking my head up like Punxsatawny Phil

[katallison]

So. It is very, very, very cold here. Went down below zero Friday night, and has stayed there continuously since, and is not going to get *above* zero until, I dunno, maybe Tuesday. Minus eleven right now, with a -40ish windchill, and forecast to be -17 tonight. I have not been out of the house since I got home on Friday evening, and I am not going to leave it until it gets by god above zero again, which means I'll be working from home tomorrow, and this is not an ideal solution, because when it's this cold I can't really get my place very warm, but going someplace that *is* warm would require, y'know, going outside. And attempting to start the car. Or standing and waiting for the bus. And I am not up to it.

In other news -- hi. (*g*) Yes, I have been absent from these parts since -- uh, sometime last year, though reading LJ fitfully and sporadically. I am fine, I should add, and life is fine, apart from the strange whatever-it-is that blocks me from being able to actually write down any of the words that go on in my head, and which has been afflicting me for months now. This has, needless to say, kept me from composing the Grand Summative Essay of Ruminative Reflection and Updatingness with which to jump back in the soup; so I'll go with a brief, unilluminating grump about the weather instead.

Comments

[umbo.livejournal.com]

Hi! Here's hoping it's not another six weeks before you poke your head up again--it's nice to see you posting, and to know you're alive and well, albeit cold and blocked.

*hugs*

[(Anonymous)]

Hugs back to you! I have gotten somewhat caught up on your life, and -- good heavens, woman, what a time you've been having. Hope that everything settles down very soon!

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Hey, we'll all still be here for you! Stay warm!!

[katallison.livejournal.com]

*clings to you as a sturdy mooring-post in my ebbing tide of fannish involvement*

*while clinging, surreptitiously steals your mittens*

[ratcreature]

brrrr. That is very cold. Good to hear you're okay though.

While having snow would be cool and all, I'm quite happy with the mild winters of temperatures hovering a bit above freezing (I think that's in the 30-40 Fahrenheit?). I wouldn't want to imagine my heating bills with winters like yours.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

yes - 32 Fahrenheit is freezing. And I'm significantly south of her in latitude, and it's -17 here today.

Whee!

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Always good to see you, even if you're weather-grumping.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Aww! Hugs to you and P., and I hope your new job is going well!

[popfantastic.livejournal.com]

*waves* The soup misses you and always loves whatever ingriedients you add, weather-related or no; you needn't bring it Grand Summative Essays.

...mmm, soup.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Soup! Why am I not making some??

(And having spent some time catching up on LJ, I'm just aghast at recent awfulnesses you've been coping with. Jeez *louise.* I think it's time to unleash the ninja pirate assassins...)

[tsamm.livejournal.com]

I personally feel that the weather is always a reasonable LJ topic. Also, I completely agree with the "do not leave the house until it is above zero" policy. Hope it warms up soon!

[katallison.livejournal.com]

And of course, the thing about living up here is that the weather can *always* be counted on to provide one with fodder. I hope things are at least somewhat less godawful where you are.

Kat Kat Kat

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Come down south to lovely Chicago, where your "official" temperature is our "windchill" temperature! MUCH nicer!

*fuckingfuckingfuckingcold*

Re: Kat Kat Kat

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Dude, if I once started heading southward, I would not stop until I toppled into the frickin' GULF. The seething hatred I feel for this weather, this climate, and the forces of my own misguidedness that keep me here on the tundra, can scarce be expressed. (It is, however, somewhat eased by the goofball cat pictures you just posted. *g*)

[flambeau.livejournal.com]

*waves* It's nice to see you again. *ponders more deep thoughts of deep thoughtiness* Um. Don't freeze?

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Will try! (And it is lovely to see you, as well!)

[j-bluestocking.livejournal.com]

How lovely that my own random and sporadic LJ reading coincided with your post! Hello from my part of the world! For me today will be all about drinking enough tea and getting enough light to stay alert and work, as I am shockingly behind. It occurs to me that I don't even know when Escapade is, let alone whether I can go. I am so out of every possible loop.

But at least I caught you on your LJ run, so, hey, my dog says hello too. Or he would if he knew you.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

You know, every time, *every* time that I start to feel whiny and ill-treated at my job nowadays, I stop for a moment and think about your work pressures and all the other life complexities you're juggling, and I -- well, I still whine a bit. Just more quietly and abashedly.

I'm not going to be at Escapade this year, alas; I cherish the memory of our conversation last year, and it would be lovely to see you again. In any event, many head-pats to Harry, and strength to your sword arm!

[aerye.livejournal.com]

Hellllllooooo!

Are you the Kat on the muskratjamboree attendees list? I would so love to see you!

::sends warm thoughts in your direction::

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Hey! *waving madly* Um, would you like some only slightly used winter? We can send it your way ANY old time!

And most sadly, no, I'm not going to be at MJ; I think my only con this year will be VividCon, which I hope you can make it to! It's been way too long, and I miss you.

[namastenancy.livejournal.com]

She lives! Horray. Plus I can so totally agree with the staying in the house when it's this cold. SF has had a very cold winter (for us) and I find that I tend to stay indoors a lot more. Nothing wrong with protecting the fragile human parts. I'm glad to read that life is fine. You don't have to post grand ruminations. We love you just the way you are.

ummm...soup.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Awww! Thanks for the kind words, sweetie, and I'm glad you also are taking care of yourself. Winter can be a miserable time no matter where one is, and I get less tolerant of it with each passing year.

(*passes you a nice hot bowl of potato-leek soup*)

[dine.livejournal.com]

sweaters! lap blankets! hot beverages! staying inside until it's at least freezing, if not above! these are all good ideas, and I encourage you to continue to strive for warmth

lovely as always to see you appear, even if it's briefly. grumping about weather is a perfectly valid use for LJ - do it again some time!

I'll stop abusing exclamation marks any time now, I swear

[(Anonymous)]

*g* Oh, I am your partner in exclamation point abuse, so no fear.

There was a job opening in your fair city posted a couple of weeks ago that I stumbled across, and sat staring at for about ten minutes, with literal tears in my eyes from wanting so hard to apply for it and move out there, except the situation here isn't propitious for leaving just at the moment -- in a year or two, though ...

[arallara.livejournal.com]

Hi, you. :)

And, also, hey, are you going to be at Escapade??? I can't remember if you've posted about that or not. I'm really hoping you will be, but prepared to be incredibly sad if you're not. :)

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Hey there, my fellow lurker in the tall weeds! *g*

Sadly, I'm not doing Escapade this year; the only con I'm getting to, I think, is VividCon. But I do plan to get out to Seattle sometime this spring, and will let you know when (maybe we could do a get-together?).

Big hugs to you!

[the-shoshanna.livejournal.com]

Good to see you, even if you are shivering so hard I can barely see you -- stay warm!

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Well, you're not exactly having a heat wave out there yourself, so I return the "keep warm!" wishes, and send along much love to you and Geoff. I'm finking out on con attendance this year--won't be at Escapade or Muskrat Jamboree--but I definitely hope to see you at VividCon!

[ardent-muses.livejournal.com]

Hi you!

I'm right there with you with the not-posting, but I'm really glad you did. And that things are fine. :)

I hate cold, and we've had an unusually wretched winter thus far, but not nearly to your level of wretchedness. So big sympathies from here.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

You have truly been having the winter from HELL out there, in fact--much worse than ours, since we had extraordinarily mild and dry weather in December and most of January. I join you in the fervent wishes for spring, and I hope the snow leaves you *alone* from here on!

[heresluck]

It is a bit brisk out, isn't it. *g*

Lovely to see you, as always; I send virtual soup and hand-knitted woolly socks in your direction.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

*pulls on socks, and curls around bowl of soup, snivelling piteously*

I mean, really, I have no business getting all whiny, because it's significantly more wretched out where you are than here in town. But honest to god, I am so DONE with this weather.

Waaaahhhhhhhhhh .......

[twistedchick]

You don't need to write the Grand Summative Essay; it's just good to know you're still here.

::wishing you hot tea, hot soup and fuzzy warm wool socks::

And do feel free to forward some of that winter this direction, particularly the part with snow. We're heading for another drought, and I'd just as soon get some snow on the ground right now for the sake of the trees next summer.

::ducking and running from angry DC-ites who don't know how to drive::

[sinensiss.livejournal.com]

definitely stay inside and warm, and post about the weather to your heart's content. I will commiserate when the temperature goes down and cheer when it goes up.

Going to miss you at Escapade this year--are you sure you can't be tempted? it will be warm!

[anoel.livejournal.com]

*sends California warmth your way* I hope you'll continue to post :)

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

See, the upside to posting so infrequently is that we are all so incredibly excited to see you pop up once more! We miss you around here, you know. *feels warm and fuzzy just seeing you around*