I know I've been quiet the past few days - sorry my weblings!
The Midwest (and just about everywhere else, it seems) has been getting hammered by severe weather (and tornadoes!!!!!) a lot. I heard yesterday that it's rained 49 of the last 56 days. That is a lot of rain :(
To reinforce the amount of rain we're getting, when I delivered today, I was driving down a road and thought to myself, "I don't remember there being a lake there..." and then I realized it's a couple acres of cornfields...
I've had to turn my computer on and off a number of times during said severe weather, but only seriously taken refuge in the basement twice.
Needless to say, this has hampered my writing, my INTERNET DIARYING (to avoid the b-word hehe) and my video gaming >.>
Lots of exciting stuff going on for me right now! Work is getting a big upheaval, and in a laid back industry like pizza delivery, that's saying something.
I am also working my patootie off... to give you an idea, I have 7 more IH episodes due to come out this year (140,000 words) AND at least one more novel (60,000 words), so my schedule has been pretty tight.
I started this journey last November and since then have written over 120,000 words... that is mind-boggling...
On the 19th I sent out a call for my last 12 Worlds TrAuSter, but sadly never heard back, so no TrAuSt this week :( I think we've missed more weeks than had on in a row... ah well. It's all for fun anyway, right? :)
So! That means an open call for those interested in being featured *HERE* as a TrAuSter! Not only will you get to speak your piece in either a guest post or interview, but I will add your delightful works to my TrAuSt widget over on the sidebar (over yonder).
I know my good buddy Nick is interested :) So I'll be calling your number soon! (Figuratively of course, I'm not creepin' and have no idea where you live or what your phone number is.)
Please have a safe and fun Memorial day weekend! (I have to work Memorial day!) May you grill to your heart's content and not get too embarrassingly sloshed :P (Eat some Indian corn for me!)
Cheers!
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Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Friday, May 27, 2011
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Wind... POWAH!
I said I was going to talk Friday about language, but I've decided to put that off for a bit. I'd like to share a strange happening from last Wednesday, instead.
For those not in the know, my "day job" is pizza delivery driver. With my trusty sidekick (an '06 manual Chevy Aveo), we Scooby-Doo all over town with delicious pies for hungry customers.
The weather is a little of a pain for me. I've slid off the roads (incredibly lucky, not INTO anything yet). Once I almost slid into a parked cop car, even though I was only driving 10mph and started breaking over 500 feet away. I've been snowed into my street. If I counted up all the degrees I've been spun on ice, it's well over 1,000 (just this last winter!).
Regardless, I love Riley (sidekick!). He's my baby.
But, I'm not here to talk about Riley. I'm going to talk about weather, and the absolute ridiculousness of 70mph winds.
When you're sitting in a concrete building, it's easy to ignore the wind outside. Unless I look out the window, I don't even have any idea it's blowing.
On Wednesday, delivery in hand, I called out to the manager on duty. (Company policy.) The bag was propped on my right arm, against my body as I pushed open the door with my left.
Then the wind decided to give me a little help.
It ripped the door away from my hand, slamming it against the side of the building with an enormous cracking sound that made me jump sideways. My first thought was, "Holy crap, the bulletproof glass just shattered."
Actually, the wind yanked the door so hard back, it sheared the heads off the screws in the hinges. Only the top hinges, though. The door started to tilt in a fall and I lunged forward to grab it, to prevent further damage. Then I just sort of stared at my manager.
"I didn't do it," I offered, uselessly.
I'm not in any trouble, which is great (also, it couldn't really have been avoided ANYWAY :P) But it was really crazy to find the screw heads later. They had to drill out the screw bodies as they were still in the slots, and replace the screws (obviously). I think the hinge is bent crooked though, because as of Friday, the door still doesn't close quite right.
There has been a pretty large rash of crazy weather lately. Earthquakes, tornadoes, flooding, high winds, et cetera. I know spring brings about some of it, but honestly, coupled with this winter, it's some of the worst weather I've seen, basically ever.
Of course, this brings up questions of things like the Butterfly Effect, divine intervention, et al. I actually sort of believe in the BE, but not so much that a butterfly's wings cause tsunamis as the fact we are blowing a whole lot of crap up half a world away. All that force and wind has to go somewhere, right? Are we going to eventually blow ourselves off the map by causing a change in the weather patterns? What do you all think? Am I just blowing smoke up my own chimney?
For those not in the know, my "day job" is pizza delivery driver. With my trusty sidekick (an '06 manual Chevy Aveo), we Scooby-Doo all over town with delicious pies for hungry customers.
The weather is a little of a pain for me. I've slid off the roads (incredibly lucky, not INTO anything yet). Once I almost slid into a parked cop car, even though I was only driving 10mph and started breaking over 500 feet away. I've been snowed into my street. If I counted up all the degrees I've been spun on ice, it's well over 1,000 (just this last winter!).
Regardless, I love Riley (sidekick!). He's my baby.
But, I'm not here to talk about Riley. I'm going to talk about weather, and the absolute ridiculousness of 70mph winds.
When you're sitting in a concrete building, it's easy to ignore the wind outside. Unless I look out the window, I don't even have any idea it's blowing.
On Wednesday, delivery in hand, I called out to the manager on duty. (Company policy.) The bag was propped on my right arm, against my body as I pushed open the door with my left.
Then the wind decided to give me a little help.
It ripped the door away from my hand, slamming it against the side of the building with an enormous cracking sound that made me jump sideways. My first thought was, "Holy crap, the bulletproof glass just shattered."
Actually, the wind yanked the door so hard back, it sheared the heads off the screws in the hinges. Only the top hinges, though. The door started to tilt in a fall and I lunged forward to grab it, to prevent further damage. Then I just sort of stared at my manager.
"I didn't do it," I offered, uselessly.
I'm not in any trouble, which is great (also, it couldn't really have been avoided ANYWAY :P) But it was really crazy to find the screw heads later. They had to drill out the screw bodies as they were still in the slots, and replace the screws (obviously). I think the hinge is bent crooked though, because as of Friday, the door still doesn't close quite right.
There has been a pretty large rash of crazy weather lately. Earthquakes, tornadoes, flooding, high winds, et cetera. I know spring brings about some of it, but honestly, coupled with this winter, it's some of the worst weather I've seen, basically ever.
Of course, this brings up questions of things like the Butterfly Effect, divine intervention, et al. I actually sort of believe in the BE, but not so much that a butterfly's wings cause tsunamis as the fact we are blowing a whole lot of crap up half a world away. All that force and wind has to go somewhere, right? Are we going to eventually blow ourselves off the map by causing a change in the weather patterns? What do you all think? Am I just blowing smoke up my own chimney?
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