March 14, 2006

• This Friday, I fully intend to continue my long standing St. Patty’s tradition of going to First Avenue to see Boiled in Lead and the Minnesota Pipes and Drum Corps.  This year, Savage Aural Hotbed is opening for them.  Not sure why the Tim Malloys aren’t on the bill, but I’m definitely looking forward to the show.

  Tickets are cheap. You should go.

  If I hadn’t been running late, I would a have definitely dawdled on this morning’s commute.  The sun is shining and the snow is still fairly pristine.  Three points in particular caught my eye.

  • Crossing the 8th street bridge heading west over the Mississippi:  The far side of the river is parkland, and the trees are perfectly coated in snow.  The river is more or less ice free and sun was glinting off the waves, and the snow and ice on a driftwood tree that’s been just south of the bridge forever made for a beautiful sight.
  • Walking the bike path through the park:  There’s a small row of shaggy evergreens – cedars maybe? Anyway, they were nicely coated but not weighed down.  They looked … content?
  • Crossing the large field from the park to the Star Trib building: Large area of windswept undisturbed snow on a hill.  Just looked neat.

  There were a couple downsides.

  • Even with my sunglasses, I was nearly blind when I got inside.  Everything looked purple for a bit of time.
  • Crossing a nearly pristine field of snow gets a lot of snow on your pant legs, even if you try and step in the holes the last person left.
  • What the hell is it with people not shoveling?  What makes it worse is I really don’t like shoveling, but I did my sidewalk which makes it even more annoying having to trudge through other people’s unshoveled walks.  Glad my boots have ankle support – after a number of people have beaten the path, things get really uneven.

  Did the DJ just say Minneapolis has a women’s Roller Derby team?!?  You mean Roller Derby is a real sport?  Is it like that old movie where the guy from the Japanese team punches the guy from the American team in the back of the head?  What was the name of that movie?

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