Thursday Thirteen: Snow
Yep, it’s supposed to snow this week here at West of Mars. Well, outside the house with the purple trim, that is. It darn well better not snow INSIDE.
Snow’s on my mind. So’s my fiction. One plus one equals… thirteen!
1. Since everybody’s favorite fictional band, ShapeShifter, is from a mythical part of the West Coast, they didn’t grow up the way I did: with snowy winters.
2. All four boys (uhh, that’s Mitchell, Trevor, Eric, and Daniel for those of you new around here) didn’t see snow until they were on their first tour.
3. Mitchell and Trevor immediately became experts at the Art of Snowball Bombing. You know: when the person you nail isn’t expecting it.
4. Snow on the head and dripping down the back of a neck loses something when the person you’ve just bombed has long hair. The boys figured out pretty quick that nailing each other in the nuts was way more fun.
5. On the other hand, despite taking many snowballs all over his body, Eric prefers building snowmen.
6. Kerri, who grew up in a snowier climate, isn’t as enthused as the boys in the band are. Not about playing in the snow.
7. But warming up afterward? With someone like Mitchell? Hoo boy. Yeah.
8. Val, Daniel’s longtime love, hates the snow. She hates the bulky winter clothes. Hates lug tread on snowboots. Hates anything not sleek and sexy.
9. But shearling lined boots and gloves and fur coats… now, if you’ve GOT to be somewhere cold, that’s the only way to go.
10. Even being caught in a blizzard isn’t enough to dampen the boys’ love of snow. They were in Denver, where they’re used to snow. No big deal, they were told.
11. They played to a full house that night. No big deal, indeed.
12. Until THEY tried to leave, anyway.
13. Maybe one day I’ll write that story. In the meantime, leave lots of comments so I can return all your visits. Maybe all the typing I’ll have to do will keep my poor fingers warm.
I’ll bet that the boys would “go to the snow” in winter like I used to. Go. Play. Have hot chocolate. Go home.
Did you know that is snows in Sacramento about once every ten years or so?
October 14th, 2009 at 10:38 pmCelticlibrarian´s last blog ..13 Bits of Halloween Fun
We’re having yet another #$@!!^% heat wave here. Nice to read about something COLD!
October 14th, 2009 at 10:39 pmbunnygirl´s last blog ..Monday Bunday: Stretching
Snow inside the house would be bad -lol, but snow outside is my dream….unfortunately I live in Florida, so that is an unrealized dream. Maybe if I join a fictional band……
Happy TT!!
October 14th, 2009 at 11:06 pmTracie´s last blog ..-Thursday Thirteen
hope the snow doesn’t come inside! Happy TT! Stay warm!
October 14th, 2009 at 11:10 pmJourneywoman´s last blog ..Thirteen shows on my DVR right now
LOL #4.
You know I’d love to hear the story.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:25 amAlice Audrey´s last blog ..13 Things On My Mind
“The boys figured out pretty quick that nailing each other in the nuts was way more fun.”
Boys will be boys!
October 15th, 2009 at 2:30 amShelley Munro´s last blog ..A Hell-horse
Ugh, no snow please. What we are having fall from the sky right now may not technically be snow yet (it’s 33 degrees and so it’s not rain but not quite snow yet either… Think “spitballs” — only very cold ones!)
October 15th, 2009 at 4:34 amDeanna @ Kitsch-Slapped´s last blog ..History Is Ephemeral Carnival, 6th Edition (A Thursday Thirteen Edition)
Moving from Cali to Ohio snow was exciting. After out first Ohio winter the excitement and novelty quickly wore off. So I don’t end on such a negative…the snow is beautiful to see falling, on a lawn that hasn’t been walked on and the way it glistens along the branches of trees.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:28 amjillconyers´s last blog ..Thursday 13 on Blog Action Day
snowwwwwwwww, ewwwwwwww!!!
October 15th, 2009 at 7:22 amJanet´s last blog ..S / water
Nooo! It’s too early to snow! And around here we have ice, usually, blech.
Fun read!
October 15th, 2009 at 7:46 amCountryDew´s last blog ..Thursday Thirteen
#4….love that one.
My Thursday 13 is Halloween Themed jokes…come on over for some laughs. [You'll find it below my Thursday Thunks...scroll down a bit.]
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October 15th, 2009 at 9:27 amWe’re supposed to have snow flurries overnight – I like the cold but this is too early even for me!
October 15th, 2009 at 9:27 amLidian´s last blog ..Great Pumpkin Slang
As always…good stuff!
http://iamharriet.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-mother-goose-and-father-time-had.html
October 15th, 2009 at 9:29 amHarriet´s last blog ..I Challenge You to Leave 1000 Comments!!!!!!!
Number 4 had me spewing coffee. Thanks!
October 15th, 2009 at 9:30 amHappy T13!
Adelle Laudan´s last blog ..
I’ve occasionally wished the rain here would turn to snow, then I realize how much snow that would be and I rethink my wish.
October 15th, 2009 at 9:37 amCalicoCrazy´s last blog ..Thursday Thirteen #11 – My 13 D’s
can be lovely for sure
October 15th, 2009 at 12:34 pmsandy´s last blog ..13 Photos of my home town Sebring, Fl – Thursday 13
I’m not ready for snow. I wish I could enjoy it as much as “the boys” or as much as I did when I was a kid.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:53 pmcarol´s last blog ..Ansel Adams in Color
Ugggg, 3 inches of the white stuff here. Best remedy is a big mug of hot chocolate with a whole lot of Baileys in it!
October 15th, 2009 at 1:30 pmDarlene´s last blog ..Guest Post & Giveaway with Kylie Brant, author of Waking Nightmare, Waking Evil & Waking the Dead
For once I have seen the movie and not read the book (I always read the book first!!) because I didn’t know Arsenic and Old Lace was a book…..
October 15th, 2009 at 2:43 pmhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036613/
Tracie´s last blog ..-Thursday Thirteen
Snow? UHG. I’m officially sticking my head under the covers. Call me when the tulips are blooming…
October 15th, 2009 at 11:51 pmEnjoyed your 13. Glad we’ve not even had our leaves turn yet. Snow-yuckaroo! Tap yourself over to my place and see no snow, but other limbs instead. (no, this is not a naughty post!)
October 16th, 2009 at 12:08 amgel´s last blog ..Foxy & Me
I’m with Kerri – I saw enough snow in my first twenty years to happily last me the rest of my life. I’ll stay here where it’s warm thankyouverymuch.
October 16th, 2009 at 8:02 amRobin´s last blog ..Dusty Window
Snow already? Isn’t that a little early? Hope you’re staying warm!
Loved the thirteen BTW : )
Sorry it’s been awhile since I visited here – so much crap going on in my world.
October 16th, 2009 at 10:32 amBobkat´s last blog ..Where is Bobkat?