Yep, that's a view finder. Like the one you probably had when you were about 7. They were awesome back then. Still awesome in a retro kind of way. This view finder however is linked to something not so awesome. B and I went to NY to visit Meghan. That part was awesome. We wandered around Times Square in the freezing cold, ate cupcakes, had awesome hot chocolate, had soup dumplings (how do they get the soup inside the dumplings?!) awesome brunch and a Golden Globes viewing party. We also went to see The Man With F.E.E.E.T. When you are in NY you should go see something NYish right? So, Meghan finds a write up on this show (should I call it a show? Maye more of a sketch "comedy"). It says it is written by one of the writers of the Colbert report and that it involves a view finder. Great. It will be artsy and funny and totally NY. Let's talk about what it really was- awkward, strange and not that funny. Basically it was sort of Austin Powers like. Everyone in the audience had a view finder and watched the story while someone narrated it. There was a chime sound like you hear in kids books on tape when we were supposed to change the picture. There were 3 slide sets and in between each was a "comedy" skit. Too bad they were unfunny. The only saving grace were the three skits that were a trombone quartet. Who were actually good, and funny. The worst part was that after the show (which maybe lasted for 45 minutes) people were talking to the cast about how great it was and funny it was. I refuse to believe that 3 college educated women all didn't get it. I really think those people didn't get it either and felt like it was supposed to have some deeper meaning or something and faked it so they seemed smart. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
We got home from NY and had an ice storm. Which would have been awesome if it had equaled a snow day. It didn't. It got us a 2 hour delay. On a teacher work day. fail. Pretty in this picture, not pretty to drive in.
Then finally we got our big snow. The bad part? I have the flu. The other bad part? The power was out in the house for almost 2 straight days. Giant fail. So, needless to say, these pictures were taken from my couch, looking out the window. Regardless, you get the idea. All in all, this storm was a bit of a nightmare, but bonus- I didn't have to use up sick days because school was canceled :)
Ice and snow is quite the combo. This reminds me of a strange snow cone. Stare for a second, you'll see it too.
Doesn't this poor tree look sad. Like it is saying, "Please stop snowing on me."
Then there is this guy. I can't even figure out how this got made. It looks like a snow flake fell on the branch and then started collecting friends until this happened. I had to get out the telephoto lens to be sure it wasn't a piece of paper that got caught on the tree. Kinda cool.So, there you have it. January in a nut shell.
