Reasons for Things

Today, in the northeast, it snowed. A lot. Then it rained on top of the snow making it disgusting, slippery and heavy. Having to shovel the snow out of my driveway when I got home from work (I left before it started snowing), I experienced reason number (insert random, meaningless number) why living in New York City is about 600 times more awesome than living in New Hampshire: Living in NYC, I would be in an apartment. No sidewalks, no drive ways, no walkways to shovel. Not my responsibility. Someone else's. (Oh NYC, I am quite the jilted ex-resident. I was forced to leave you and have been distraught ever since. At first, I was okay. Life went on and I toiled away in my goings-ons . But soon, I found myself longing for you. I miss your vast expanse of buildings I wasn't allowed to go in to. I miss your expensive wares I couldn't afford to buy. I miss the selection of bars and beers and places to go. I miss your tiny comedy clubs I'd perform in. Oh, I miss you. But I'm sure you've already forgotten me. Sigh.)

Reason number 647 why global warming sucks: 15-20 years ago, a snow storm like this would've been snow all morning and all day. No rain. All snow. Light, fluffy, easy-to-shovel snow that wouldn't take me three hours to shovel out of the driveway. But no, it rained. A copious amount.

As a side note, it is ridiculous that of all the countries at the climate conference in Copenhagen, the islanders are the ones who are asking for the most stringent goals to battle climate change. Hang your heads in shame big, industrialized countries. You suck.