So there’s all this speculation that we’re going to have some sort of weather “event” early tomorrow morning. Most of the day’s local news revolved around that. Down here in the south, we freak out too easily IMO when it comes to even just the talk of snow or ice coming in.

Kevin summed it up well:

Snow good. Ice bad.

When I lived up north in Chicago, we’d get half a foot of snow. And you know what? Businesses were open, school was in session, buses were running and people were driving without any major mishaps. It’s true that up north we had a lot more experience with this kind of weather and are more prepared for it. Not only us, but the street crews as well. Down here shouldn’t be that different but it is. Heck, schools get closed here because it MIGHT snow. Anyway… if we do get some frozen precip here and you have to get out, just be careful and use your head. Don’t drive on ice like you would on rain. I think that’s one of the biggest problems. That and just being a boob.

With the predicted weather, I’m sure there was probably a run on milk and bread at the grocery. Do people eat more of that when they get stuck at home?

If you’re going to have to be stuck at home for let’s say 2 days, what would you like to have on hand to eat? (Assume you have power)

For me: cans of soup, ramen noodles, hot chocolate, orange juice, Mt. Dew, a few TV dinners, some frozen pizzas and a few of those Bertoli meal in a bag thingys. I want easy stuff as if I’m stuck at home, I’m not trying to impress anybody with culinary skills, I just want something so I’m not hungry. Oh yeah, a box of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies wouldn’t hurt either.

Allegedly, we’re getting into the teens weatherwise tonight. Kelsey will of course be inside enjoying the warmth. Once again, thank goodness for heated seats in the car.

HEROS was on last night. The episodes are improving I think. Next week’s episode looks like it’ll have plenty of action especially considering Siler has escaped. Claire (the cheerleader) has found her mom – she seems to have special fire-related abilities and then she calls the dad… no telling what he can do. Hiro and his buddy are hosed for now and have just met up with Hiro’s dad – played by George Takei… Mr. Sulu from the origial Star Trek series. Watch me get my geek on.

Coolness. My blog should appear properly in IE now.

Woke up to a 13 degree reading on the thermometer this morning. Kelsey was glad that I brought her in last night. She had to think about it a moment when I was letting her outside. Wore my serious cold clothes today in case I have to be outside for any length of time.

Instead of just writing one entry a day, how about I just write whenever something remotely interesting pops up?

I’ve been rocking out to Blue October’s “Foiled” album today. I really liked the feel of their “Into the Ocean” track and meant to go buy the album. I was going to Huntsville today and pick it up at Best Buy but I ended up not driving over there. Fired up iTunes and bought it online. The rest of the album is pretty good too. The recent hit “Hate Me” is there plus another track I’m liking – “Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek”. Pretty rockin stuff.

My taste in music varies widely. As a musician, I think you just have to expose yourself to as many different genres of music as you can to have more things to pull from, creatively speaking. A few weeks ago there was a new song we were playing in church that had a catchy, but different drum lick in it. I started playing and it seemed oddly familiar… turns out it was a similar lick from a metal song I had played in the past. When I realized that, I laughed to myself and enjoyed how well it fit this song too.

Another song I like the feel of is Akon and Snoop Dogs “I Wanna Love You”. Musically and vocally it sounds good although I’m not a fan of the lyrics. There’s a “clean” and “explicit” version of the song that’s been released. Somtimes I wonder what the motivation for “expicit” lyrics is for other than a marketing ploy. I haven’t ran across any particular song that was elevated because it had “explicit” lyrics in it. Maybe I’m just getting old.

BW Fence

Originally uploaded by The J-Mo.

I had a senior photo shoot last fall and had this shot from it that I initially didn’t like so much. I was trying out some new lighting gear and had wrapped up for the day. We were loading things back in the car and the the light as she was walking had some nice qualities to it. In color, this shot was ok, but I think in black and white, it’s much more interesting. I was doing a lot of photo work over this weekend and had time to play around with this.

If you’re using Internet Explorer to view my blog at the moment, it won’t display properly. The text and sidebar bleed up into the header graphic. I expect it will be fixed soon one way or the other. In the meantime, I’m really liking the look of this layout and will probably stick with it for awhile.

While on the subject of browsers, seems like IE7 running on the new Vista operating system from Microsoft “breaks” several websites. I’ve encountered some of this with some of the projects going on at the office. Anyone out there running Vista yet? Not suprisingly, Firefox on the same Vista systems seems to work ok on sites that are “broken” when using IE7. Isn’t that special? We’ll see how all that ends up getting handled.

kris in b/w

Originally uploaded by The J-Mo.

I spent part of my day doing laundry (like I almost always do on Saturdays). Aside from a few errands at lunch today, I was camped out in front of my PC working on photos or on the drums getting ready for tomorrow. This is one of the shots I turned out today.

I finally found time to watch the Harold and Kumar go to White Castle DVD that a friend loaned me. I was warned that it was stupid – it did not disappoint in that area; BELIEVE ME. Still, some mindless humor now and then is a nice escape from a mundane day.

It’s been raining since the late afternoon here. A prime day to stay indoors I tell ya. I think winter is arriving a little late for us this year.

Despite waking up to 20 degree temperatures this morning, the sun was out. Just seeing it be sunny gives me a whole different outlook on the day – and on a Friday to boot!

Went to fridge at to get a Mt. Dew (like I always do) and found it frozen. Sigh. Got it sitting on my desk thawing out now so maybe I can enjoy it in an hour or two. In the meantime I’m enjoying Starburst jelly beans and a bottle of water. The Mt. Dew/jellybean combo is a little TOO sweet for my tastes if you can imagine that.

It’s still early in the day. I’m sure I’ll have much more excitement as the day wears on. Stay tuned.

Sun!

Originally uploaded by The J-Mo.

Arlene (The Brunette) took some time to share with me what a sunny day looks like since its been gray here for days. Thank you!