A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
I love Vancouver when it snows. I miss the snow. I miss not seeing pavement except on the highway until March. I miss the smell it brings to the air and I even miss the glisten it gives to my peachy fuss face.
It was cold last night, really cold [for Vancouver] and I was shivering waiting for a cab that took over twenty-five minutes to arrive and I KNEW we’d dropped below minus two. So I told Adam that if all went well it would snow down town over night. BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT SNOW. I obviously don’t or I’d have Tamara Taggart’s job. But I do feel very comfortable in making fun of Vancouver when it snows and to be honest I look forward to it. It is a time I get to tell stories that aren’t even exaggerated about my driving skills because snow in Vancouver means one thing and one thing only to anyone who drives and many who don’t drive: Chaos. Complete and utter Chaos and it only takes a centimeter.
It slays me that people don’t realize how similar it is to driving in heavy rain. But ‘road sense’ is few and far between in this city.
I also find myself very irritated by people who use umbrellas when it snows. Those are for RAIN. I know that umbrellas are designed as devices to keep any kind of PRECIPITATION or sunlight off of you and therefore I shouldn’t really have a problem with it but I do and that is that. To me it is a faux pas wear a bloody toque. Winter is sexy, don’t mess it up with a stupid FALL umbrella.
The snow is one of the only things that truly makes me feel connected to my roots, my Northern roots. Not to mention I can’t stop picturing this massive snow storm from when I was a kid still in Ontario mind you living in Thorold and we had to dig the side door to our house out, and there are pictures somewhere at my parents house and the snow is WAY taller than moi. You see THAT warrants a school closure. The kids here get so spoiled when it comes to snow days, I don’t remember there being many snow days from where I served my primitive years.
Well, screw this because it has already stopped snowing so I am going to play Guitar Hero before I have to get ready for work.
SLOW DOWN, drive safely.
December 1st, 2007 at 11:19 am
Here we mostly get ice and not snow. People don’t know how to drive on that at ALL. But I do miss a good snow
December 1st, 2007 at 11:25 am
i did skid right threw ONE stop sign at sixteen, and it scared the CRAP out of me THANKFULLY it was straight into a snow bank as i was trying to turn right and it was a dead end straight in front of me. me hatez the ice.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:47 pm
When it rains in Perth the traffic becomes chaos as well. Perth drivers are shit.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:50 pm
driving is just NOT taken nearly as seriously as it used to be and it is sad and extremely scary.
December 1st, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Are you enjoying the work, I hope? 8^)
December 2nd, 2007 at 3:12 am
It’s funny that you brought up the umbrellas. As I was out running errands today, I saw quite a few people with umbrellas. I wanted to go up to them and say “It’s not raining, it’s called snow!” Oh how people at home would laugh at the umbrellas.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:03 pm
There are few people in this city that have road sense. It doesn’t matter the weather, they are BAD drivers.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:15 am
It rained yesterday and there was NO definition between ditch and road, and they all called me uneconomical for getting that Jeep, everyone else needs a car and a tow truck to ensure a completed trip at the moment.
Looks like i’m the green one ’round here eh?
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:21 pm
We got our first snow over the weekend. Since you miss the snow so much, I posted a pic of it to cheer you up.