The Sky Berates the Earth
2006-Feb-02, Thursday 11:07 am
Tired out of my mind
OMG, you guys, the weather last night! It was absolutely spectacular! In a semi-frightening way, of course. I went to be around 11:20ish, and it started right as I was going to sleep. Well, with the tin porch jutting out from my side of the house, the wind that kicked up underneath made the worst sounds imaginable. It sounded like a strange marching band that had tin symbols that were being beat on with heavy boards. Well, I couldn’t get to sleep, and I realized I was hungry. So, I got up and made me a peanut butter and syrup sandwich.
The lightning flashed dully every second, I do not lie. It was like some freaky strobe light. Likewise, the mini-rumblings of thunder was also constant. Every now and then a great, brilliant flash of lighting would strike and the earth would shake when the thunder rolled. I turned on the weather channel to see what was up and how long this might last. They were telling people in New Orleans who lived in mobile homes to get out of them and get to sturdier structures, and that if you couldn’t find said structure soon, you should find a deep ditch and cover your head and neck with your hands. I was like O___o! I mean seriously...
Looking outside was cool to me. I mean, you couldn’t see five feet out, and the lightning would flash and it be like all the trees were moving! It was so cool. And you could tell it was raining really hard, because I hadn’t really been up very long, and there were already plenty of huge puddles all over the ground. And the rain just kept coming down in bucket loads urged on by the heavy winds. It was like the sky was angry at the ground or something. It’s just one of those storms that every author wants to write about, and now that I’ve experienced it, I fully intend to use that experience.
Ok, so what else so far? Hm. Well, I didn’t get to sleep till well after 3 in the morning, so I’m tired out of my ever-liven mind. And I did send off two more resumes this morning, so I fully intend to take advantage of the day, and type up the stuff I’ve been scratching away at in my notebooks. I sure hope I meet my own word requirements. Otherwise I’ll feel pressured...oh well.
Oh yeah, I said a while back that I’d post with pictures of me with my new hair cut. Well, here’s some pictures.
Here’s an ok close-up shot of me.
And here’s me trying to make myself look presentable.
And that’s all I got.
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