Sunday morning, wakey wakey!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
09h00: Indoor climate, +24C. Slight man smell. Outdoor climate, -24C. Flurries of snow.
09h01: {Fire alarm sounds} Wake up with a fucking heart attack, disco flashing lights and ear piercing whoop-whooping going on. Run around a bit all messed up, don't know which way is where? My new afro in total disarray.
Eventually I wake up enough to realise that it was the fire alarm making the shrieking alarm sound. So I start getting dressed in my snowboarding gear, head to toe - I saw this happen last year in Denver, where the apartment across the road from us was evac'd when the fire alarm went off, and everyone forced to stand in the snow!
Fire alarm strobe in my bathroom, and the emergency exit.
Luckily, it was a false(ish) alarm - a water pipe burst and set off the fire alarm. So no scrambling for possessions in a last ditch effort to salvage all cheap and cheesy Made in China trinkets I've collected since arriving. Although I did think about taking my passport, air ticket and all my dolleros stuffed under the mattress and in the septic tank and freezer. And my golf clubs. And the last blueberry bagel...
And thank God no 42 floor trundle down the stairs...
So I made my way downtown to clean up on the last Sears sale items and make some (free international) calls from the office. It was freezing and a lot of snow fell - by mid afternoon you couldn't tell where the sidewalk ended and where the street started - which explains why I almost got hit by a car after waiting in the street to cross!
Just check how dead downtown is on the weekends!
I went out once more at 17h00 to buy some groceries and shit - a 10 minute walk in 30 below temps! At that temperature, exposed flesh can get frost bitten! So you gotta wear lots of layers...
Top: thermal beanie, neck gaitor, undershirt, tshirt, hoodie and snow parka.
Bottom: long-johns, jeans and Trojan triple-lubed, double glazed, but amazingly thin (for extra feel) condoms - gotta get all the protection you can get, man! Check this, snow and fogginess actually freezes on your glasses!
09h01: {Fire alarm sounds} Wake up with a fucking heart attack, disco flashing lights and ear piercing whoop-whooping going on. Run around a bit all messed up, don't know which way is where? My new afro in total disarray.
Eventually I wake up enough to realise that it was the fire alarm making the shrieking alarm sound. So I start getting dressed in my snowboarding gear, head to toe - I saw this happen last year in Denver, where the apartment across the road from us was evac'd when the fire alarm went off, and everyone forced to stand in the snow!
Fire alarm strobe in my bathroom, and the emergency exit.
Luckily, it was a false(ish) alarm - a water pipe burst and set off the fire alarm. So no scrambling for possessions in a last ditch effort to salvage all cheap and cheesy Made in China trinkets I've collected since arriving. Although I did think about taking my passport, air ticket and all my dolleros stuffed under the mattress and in the septic tank and freezer. And my golf clubs. And the last blueberry bagel...
And thank God no 42 floor trundle down the stairs...
So I made my way downtown to clean up on the last Sears sale items and make some (free international) calls from the office. It was freezing and a lot of snow fell - by mid afternoon you couldn't tell where the sidewalk ended and where the street started - which explains why I almost got hit by a car after waiting in the street to cross!
Just check how dead downtown is on the weekends!
I went out once more at 17h00 to buy some groceries and shit - a 10 minute walk in 30 below temps! At that temperature, exposed flesh can get frost bitten! So you gotta wear lots of layers...
Top: thermal beanie, neck gaitor, undershirt, tshirt, hoodie and snow parka.
Bottom: long-johns, jeans and Trojan triple-lubed, double glazed, but amazingly thin (for extra feel) condoms - gotta get all the protection you can get, man! Check this, snow and fogginess actually freezes on your glasses!
