The snow isn’t melting very fast. Everything that I’ve shoveled clear is dried out and the snow is slowly trying to melt off of the house, but in general it’s not going anywhere. The roads are still piled high with snow and the buses aren’t even running on full schedules. So I’m still stuck inside and still watching DVDs. I tend to buy things and let them sit for a while. I bought Blue Velvet and didn’t get around to watching it for three or four years. When I did, I was laughing so hard I had to stop and call my buddy Il to see if it was really supposed to be that funny. I’d always heard it was disturbing, but I also remember my sister saying that after repeated viewings the absurdities start to pop out and become funny. I found it funny from the first time I watched it. In any case, I had the season of Wonderfalls for a year or more and the season of Firefly since this summer. Now’s as good a time as any to watch them.

I also watched Empire Falls which was made from a book by one of my favorite authors, Richard Russo, and (finally) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. They were both great, but I had to stop Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to call Il and confirm that the whole movie wasn’t as sad as I found the first half. I’m stuck in the house surrounded by snow and I don’t want to watch sad movies.

The two things I guess that usually cheer me up, cheesy dance music and alcohol, are missing the alcohol part. Coincidentally, I found an old bottle of Bailey’s Irish Cream that my dad had squirreled away. It had turned into Bailey’s Irish Cheese. Good for a science experiment, but bad for drinking.

I did make it to the gym today, and it was surprisingly crowded. Well, not that surprising because I’m pretty sure everyone is getting cabin fever. I’m going again tomorrow morning, even though THMFIC was looking at the workout he wrote out and was laughing in a sinister fashion, calling it a “Festivus Miracle”. Perhaps I should take a shovel with me.