Snowpocalypse 2007

[fenchurch]

After about a half hour or so of hail, it's now dumping snow on us... what a lovely combination. This means we'll have a good inch or more of ice, under a fresh layer of beautiful snow... and it's not supposed to get above freezing again for several days. Fun.

I'm trying to decide whether it's worth risking my neck and my car to run out and get a loaf of bread. Probably not. It's Wednesday, anyway, which means it's pizza night (pizza night used to be Tuesdays, to correspond with BtVS and the following online chat... then it moved to Wednesdays for AtS and chat, and now there's CJ chat, so it's likely to remain pizza night for a long time). That is, of course, assuming the pizza places are actually delivering tonight, with the roads the way they are.

I think I'm finally starting to shake this cold... or this stage of it, anyway. To recap: lung issues after spending several nights in a 40+ degree house during our massive power outage led to easily catching a nasty headcold with fever right after Christmas which led to annoying sinus infection which has been trying really hard to move into my lungs again. Blech. At least I'm finally beginning to feel somewhat normal again and a little less like some evil Sith Lord is using the Force to choke me from the inside out.

I guess I could be classified as more of a casual viewer than a real fan... I've loved Hugh Laurie for years, so I'd probably watch the show from time to time, even if it wasn't so much fun. But can I just say how absolutely ecstatic and relieved I am that the stupid Tritter plotline is OVER. And can anyone tell me what the point was in that, anyway? If House had at least legitimately gone through rehab because of it, I might almost think the boring and annoying bits of the last several episode were worth it. But nothing really seems to have changed and now I'm puzzling over the point of it all.

Ah, well. I don't watch that show for story arcs, anyway (which is a large part of what made the whole thing so annoying and boring), so as long as we have Hugh Laurie being all snarky and hot, I'll be along for the ride.

Note to self: get a House icon, stat!

ETA: Bwahahahaha!!! On the radio... they just called this Snowpocalypse 2007!!! Hee!!! So it isn't just me!!

Comments

[kantayra.livejournal.com]

I have no clue what the Tritter thing was about, either. o.O And that stupid plotline kept House from snarking for almost a whole episode. That's just inexcusable. :(

[http://users.livejournal.com/opalescence_/]

Ooooo...be care if you go out. And don't send that white crap here. :-)

That's funny that the radio called the storm the same thing you dubbed it. *snert*

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Ack! Pls no risking life and limb for bread!

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're feeling better, and I hope the snow brings you more pleasure than annoyances. We still haven't had any snow. (Flurries don't count.)

I didn't watch House because I was so annoyed by the Tritter plot. I'm so relieved it's over that I'm not interested in how it was resolved. I want snark and medical problems that make no sense at all. Those are what the show does best.

[jerusha]

LOL! Snowpocalypse is awesome.

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

The writers on House have NO clue how to do a story arc. They should stop trying and just showcase their star, which is the only point to the whole show in the first place. If I wanted good story arcs in a more realistic medical show, I'd watch Scrubs. (Oh, wait! I do! *g*)

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

Man, is it really that bad? I was driving home when the graupel started, so I was only on mildly wet roads then. It was just starting to snow when I parked.

I suggest chains and proper tires. I got both after the last storm, and while I haven't really had to rely on either since then, it's been a comfort. Easing mental anxiety is the best.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Supposedly, yeah... it's pretty bad out there. I just wrote another entry about Rackham's adventures trying to leave Microsoft main campus. He should make it home just fine, assuming nobody else runs into him... he's got chains for his car with him, plus he learned how to drive in Utah (and lived in South Dakota for a few years). Still, I'm not expecting them for awhile yet.

Frankly, I was surprised (and very, very happy) there was anyone still delivering pizza tonight!

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

assuming nobody else runs into him

Nobody *else*? I read that post and you didn't say anything about an accident! I hope I misunderstood!

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Ack! No... no... just that it would have to be someone else running into him, rather than him running into something.

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. Damn you, internet, for not having vocal inflection!

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I hated Tritter before, but I loathed him after this ep. But CUDDY? How much OMG TOTAL AWESOME is she made of?

[valkyrie-kitten.livejournal.com]

Yah, I hated the Tritter Arc as well. They gave us back our Snarky House, so I won't kill them to badly. Although when they did the Electric Shock Therapy to erase memory, I almost bit my tongue.... I'm so glad I don't watch this for plot.... Just give me more Hugh!!!!

[rahirah]

That is totally bogus, isn't it? I mean, I know that memory loss is a possible side effect of electroshock, but they can't target it that precisely or that completely, can they?

[tomte.livejournal.com]

Snowpocalypse is good, but Snowmageddon is better!

That's the only thing I don't remember with fondness about the Puget Sound region: the accidents that occur with increasing regularity, about five minutes after the first furtive snowflakes start to fall.

OK, that and the traffic. But that's about it, really.

[rahirah]

None of the long term arcs on house have a point, because the writers are never going to have House change in any significant way. I've learned to zen out about this, and just watch the show for the snark. Still, I can't help being disappointed when yet another arc fizzles into nothing.