'don't get it twisted'

you know how in "a league of their own," tom hanks intones repeatedly that there is no crying in baseball? apparently there are no snow days in new york.

it is 8.28am on friday and i am at school. the snow is falling heavily outside, adding to the 4 inches already on the ground. forecasters predict that the snow will continue for about 6 more hours, and then turn to freezing rain. and school is not cancelled. what's wrong with this picture? in weather-related times i do miss VA dearly, even with its overzealous snow hysteria. if there was a prediction of 6 inches of snow in richmond i feel as though school would be cancelled.

but alas, mayor bloomberg is not a nutty virginian, and his hard-assed take on snow days means i am sitting in my empty classroom, one of a combined dozen staff and students who have trekked through the mess to be here today.

tonight i am supposed to make my virgin trek to the hipster mecca of williamsburg to see sara perform in a crazy holiday comedy show at what seems like an incredibly cool space. but the big phrase-o-the-day is weather-permitting, so i'll have to wait and see what actually pans out.

it's past noon now and incredibly, blindingly sunny. how weird. some kids did make it to school after all, but not many, which has made for a pretty chill day and a nice friday.

a few weeks ago i bought a pair of baggy cargo pants in corduroy. this is an amalgamation of 3 styles i don't really wear, and somehow creates my new most favorite pants ever. so comfortable! it makes me yearn for the days of baggy jeans. ah, 90s, where have you gone?

i want to rent movies this weekend. i honestly can't remember the last time i have headed to blockbuster. definitely not since moving, and not a long time before that in VA, either. so weird for me. i remember esp in the days of lindaTripp we were at good ole video update like three times a week. what has replaced that time in my life, i wonder? hm. maybe an actual life? (no disprespect intended.)

in her last post, andrea mentioned that the average american woman uses 12 beauty products per day. unless things like soap and deodorant count*, i am no american woman. on an average day i think i use one beauty product – mascara. although my line of work – mostly 18 year olds and not one desirable male to be seen at my school – doesn't exactly inspire a lot of primping, either. not that i get dolled up only for other people though. hm. how to explain. i get makeuppy when i feel like it, but that's not usually for work. esp when i am out the do' by 7am. so thus my more makeuppy times are reserved for going out. when i think about the majority of my girlfriends, i guess i am on the lower end of the product usage spectrum. although i am no none-makeup-wearing little troll either. but twelve! that just seems like a lot of work stuff to me. when fully decked, i think maybe i use four. five? am i doing something wrong?

i certainly own 12 beauty items. more like 112, actually. but that's 'cause i get bored with things so damn easily. the only real staple i have in my makeup drawer is my beloved maybelline volum' express ultra-thick mascara in very black, which i feel naked without. do some women really feel naked without using all 12 products?

* for an english teacher, i am a bad reader sometimes. rereading andrea's post she clearly states that things like lotion and toothpaste are included. which may make my whole spiel about not using beauty products null void. oh well. them's the breaks.