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Ice doesn’t freeze three feet thick over night.
Chinese proverb

Minnesotan Ice

November 22, 2003

Looks like my beloved Twin Cities are about to experience the first big snowstorm of the year. The snow started falling tonight, just an hour before my husband and I left to go to a concert at Orchestra Hall, which is conveniently located all the damn way across town. This led to our first fun drive in the snow...

Romy: Wow, it’s really coming down out there. Maybe we should turn back.
Tony: Nah, we’re fine. We can make it.
[bunny dashes across road, practically under the front tires]
Tony & Romy: SHIT!
Romy: That was a sign from God. We should go home.
Tony: I thought you were looking forward to this concert.
Romy: Death was not on my to-do list today. Ooh, that’s cute! Wouldn’t that be good on a fridge magnet?
[car starts to slide towards a ditch]
Tony & Romy: AAAAAGH!
Tony: -AAAAAGHokay, we’re good, we’re good. Just hit a slick patch there.
Romy: Slick patch?! Slick patch?!? The whole fucking state’s a slick patch right now! I don’t wanna die! I don’t wanna diiiiiie!
Tony: SHUT UP!
[car stops at stopsign—oh wait, it doesn’t stop. sliiiiiiide...]:
Tony: HOLYmotherofGOD! [spinning the steering wheel like a retiree at the roulette wheel]
Romy: A-maaa-ziiing graaaaace…
Tony: I think we should turn back.
Romy: What? I have to go to this concert! It’s for school!
Tony: o_0

So we didn’t go to the concert. And now we’re at home, watching Law and Order and listening to Geri Halliwell. But it’s not “raining men,” it’s snowing…