A Nothing Trail of Silences

I am Saskatchewan born and raised, and have lived my entire life here. Saskatchewan has a reputation as one of the inclement weather capitals of the world.

I tell you this so that when I say that this is one heck of a blizzard, it will have the proper impact.



This is what it looks like outside right now. (Image is stolen from the university webcam, click for full size.) I got lost in the alley on the way to my bus stop this morning because it was dark, and the snow was blowing straight up so that visibility was less than five feet.

I have talked to a number of people who have been with the university for a great number of years, and they cannot remember entire colleges just closing down. It is not a thing we do in Saskatchewan. At this point, everything's just been out-right cancelled. They're shutting down the transit system soon, and I waited for 45 minutes for my bus home, only to be forced to take one that drops off three blocks farther from my home. Frost-bitten legs, yay! I didn't know wool scarves would actually freeze to your skin, but you learn something new ever day. Possibly I should not have gone to school.

The goods news is that the snow is supposed to let up by tomorrow, so that we only have -45 with wind.

So, like sprat, I am taking this opportunity to share some songs that I love at the moment.

Twenty Years - Placebo. I know -- I wouldn't have thought I'd like Placebo either, but I love this song. Haunting. (We need to concentrate on more than meets the eye.)

Dirty Jeans - Magic Dirty. Australian upbeat rock. (Had to let you know that you're beautiful/And you make me go and/Even if you're taken that's no moves I'm makin'.)

Anger as Beauty - Hawksley Workman. Alt rock. You love him, or you hate him. (You're caught up in the only place/Where the honesty of fear/Makes a battle like a song)

Highway 7 and Electrik Heat: the Seekwill by K-Os. Instrumentally dense hip-hop. The first is reflective and melodic, the second makes you want to move.