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Saturday

It snowed today, though not so much that you’d really notice. Most, if not all of it was gone by the middle of the day. Last winter, that kind of snow wouldn’t have even been worth mentioning.

This evening, I watched a pair of movies, more or less back to back. First, I watched the distinctly weird The Nines. The AV Club called it “winningly loopy” and a “cinematic mindfuck,” which seems fairly accurate. (Although, fair warning: the less you know going in, maybe, the better.)

After that, I watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which I thought was surprisingly quite good, especially in the second half, although it’s definitely not the feel-good movie of the year. Andy Serkis probably did deserve some kind of special recognition at this year’s Oscars.

That, plus some Kaleidotrope slush (and disappointing episodes of How I Met Your Mother and Supernatural), was pretty much my Saturday.

Some kind of week

I don’t quite know how this happened, but I wound up with more work at the end of today than I had at the beginning of yesterday. It’s really shaping up to be that kind of week.

I took a quick break in the middle of it to attend one of our regular “brown bag” lunches, this one with pizza — good, if cold, and with a real shortage of plates — and screenwriter Richard Vetere. It was okay.

Then this evening, it started to snow. Not a lot, and it’s already tapered off, but it’s sometimes nice to be reminded that it’s actually winter.

Seeing shadows

The weather was a little colder today — naturally on a day when I finally wore a lighter coat — but it was still remarkably unlike today last year. I remembered watching Groundhog Day last Groundhog Day — and remember when that was just a funny movie, not some weird cultural touchstone everyone had to reference? — but I was a little surprised to re-discover that I’d stayed home because of an ice storm. Last winter was actually kind of ridiculous, but it’s still amazing, a year later, to see that I wrote things like “I’m really kind of sick of snow at this point” — considering that we’ve had practically none this year.

One thing I have had plenty of this year — and how’s that for a segue? — is meetings. Today was no exception, with a morning meeting and then afternoon lunch (free pizza!), where we were encouraged to mingle with our co-workers.

I don’t think I have any meetings planned for tomorrow, but I also don’t have any ice storms planned to save me from them should one occur.

Wednesday, right?

Somehow I managed to avoid having any meetings today. This clearly will not stand.

Meanwhile, it’s almost eleven o’clock at night, I just took the dog outside in short sleeves (me, not him), and I wasn’t even particularly uncomfortable or cold. Tomorrow, though, I’ll likely take a jacket other than my winter coat — a recent purchase, surprisingly comfortable, though much too warm in 60-degree weather — only to be faced with an unexpected blizzard. It’s just been that kind of winter.