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*

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[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!

Kat Kat Kat

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

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

*fuckingfuckingfuckingcold*

[flambeau.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[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::

[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.

[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

[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. :)

[the-shoshanna.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[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.

[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*