the blizzard of SB2K7?

usually, when one imagines spring break, visions of icicles and scarves don't exactly come to mind. or anything sugarplum related, for that matter. yeesh. it has been snowing all day. it's pretty, but it's cold. my weather.com widget tells me that, though it's a whopping 21 degrees out, it actually feels like 9. aha.

that's what i get for living in indiana, i suppose.
snow, snow, and more snow.
in march.

and with that comes the beauty of being a spring break shut-in. i've been home since thursday evening, and have only ventured out once, yesterday, to meet jacki and jordan for coffee. which was a lovely time. we chatted, sipped our chai, and wasted time on youtube. (the educational sloth documentary that brad had shown me a while ago was of particular interest.) jacki is on break this week too, so i'm sure we will have plenty of time for more documentaries and coffee outings.

granted, since the coffee shop is next to the library, a trip was inevitable. which means reading material and movies. which means i am finally going to read the catcher in the rye and - ha - watch the matrix trilogy. i've been told many times to read the former, and as far as the latter... i've only seen the first movie, sophomore year. and it was all in spanish, with no subtitles. oh the fiestas of seniorita mrak. i'm not exactly sure why i feel the need to watch all three movies, but i have the time, i have the place, and now i have the dvds... why not?

i also found the theatrical translation of beowulf. beowulf and grendel: the hero, the monster, the myth. it's the thoroughly updated version of the seminal anglo saxon poem, or so the back cover tells me, which powerfully entwines themes of vengeance, loyalty and mercy, stripping away the mask of the hero myth, leaving a raw and tangled tale that rings true today. yes. it's AP english all over again.

granted, i do have about a hundred pages of early american literature to read. and two papers to write. and a charcoal portrait to draw. and a wood sculpture to carve. and my lectio divina for the week. oh yeah, and job applications to fill out for the summer. (oh, the summer! how i miss it.)

but all of that can wait... i've a whole week!
and, in case you couldn't hear, beowulf is calling.