i shovelled the sidewalks and drive immediately upon returning home from work.
i like to shovel snow.
[[for the first 30 minutes, the next fifteen become tiresome.]]

it rained this morning.
now it's partly cloudy and over 50degrees Fahrenheit... tragically. [[i was already to go into winter recluse mode. snow and darkness... it really does find me more comfortable and cheery.]]

spring-like thaw = emergency record shopping post-work.

1. american analog set... because their name is ubiquitous thesehere days.
2. shout out louds... because their swedish and freakin' awesome.
3. the frames... because alicia has already sent me her top25 of 2005 list and they were on it. even though i'm certain i once gave it a listen and felt rather so-so about it. however, en route to the Electric Fetus a great song played upon the radio and it turned out to be the frames. [[plus, i got a brandspanking new copy as "used" for 7bucks.]]

[[always buy in threes... especially at the e'fetus since that's the magic number in which a 10% discount kicks in.]]