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QotD: Just Can't Get Enough

Dec 29, 2006
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What is one of your addictions?
Submitted by Paperheart.

This is how I spent my day today. :) The Zelda series has always been my favorite. I own all of them except for the ones on the obscure platforms like the Phillips CD-i. I got the Gamecube version because I think I'd get annoyed if I had to wave a Wiimote around to use the sword. That, and I'm too poor at this point to buy a Wii.

I'm back in Illinois, by the way. Michael and I spent yesterday driving up here. I'm SO moving back there as soon as I can manage it - maybe in March or April. Champaign sucks. Michael loves it though, which is good since he has to be here at least three or four years. I think he has finally come to terms with the fact that he'll be moving back to New Orleans. Long-distance relationship, here I come. Anything's better than here.

Last time I checked, I didn't agree to move to Siberia...

Dec 7, 2006
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The high today is 17. Fahrenheit. What?

I'm officially registering my disapproval with northern winter. This shouldn't be legal.

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Dec 3, 2006

I hate this town. I want to go back to New Orleans.

Snow!

Dec 1, 2006
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Yay! It snowed! Here's what I woke up to this morning:

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Shakespeare got interested. I think he's seen snow once - two Christmases ago, it snowed in New Orleans for a good half hour (the first time in 50 years), but it didn't stick. Shakespeare spent a few minutes in the window next to Orange Kitty and Sparkly Snowman, watching the snow.

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Later, I decided it'd be a good idea to go to campus and take some pictures. They turned out really nice:

Uh oh...

Nov 29, 2006
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Have a look at the email I just got:

Winter Storm Watch for Champaign, IL
/O.NEW.KILX.WS.A.0002.061130T1800Z-061202T0000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE 919 AM CST WED NOV 29 2006
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS GREAT THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES...AS ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER SOUTHEAST. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW IN THE EVENING...AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...INTO MIDDAY FRIDAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE.A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

Yesterday I told Michael that I have a feeling today will be the last nice warm day for a long, long time. Now I'm sure.

The email, by the way, came from Notify, a Weather Channel service I pay $60 a year for because I'm terrified of tornadoes, and Champaign gets way too many of them for my taste.