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Neither let it burn too bright...

You know you're getting snow when you live in Syracuse and there's a severe weather alert for "Heavy snowfall". We're at 12" and it shows little sign of letting up.

The only trouble from all this is a -10C chill outside, coupled with the last of the firewood being in the woodstove, presently on its last coals. Assuming I can't go pick up this cord of wood in the next few days, it is going to be a very cold apartment indeed.

In the meantime, I've been shaking off the last vestiges of what Kei and I have termed the "man period." I think this one supercedes my previous definition...it's this sort of funk that guys spiral into when they haven't gotten laid in 3 months, and seems to be cyclic in that it crops up right at those intervals.

To combat the effects, you need endorphines. So I went for a walk. Ran into one other brave soul on the streets, and we simultaneously said, "Nice night for a walk," to each other in passing.

It was a nice night for a walk, or whatever other outdoor activity you prescribe to. There were lots of folks snowboarding and sledding down the hills by Crouse Hall. Most people swipe trays from the dormitory cafeterias and use them as downhill friction-reducing devices.

I decided to make the walk a lot lot longer.

Here we have my ever-so-popular South Campus shot. We've seen it a few times before.

In order to get up to the water towers this time, I had to hike the access road which was covered up snowdrift up to my waste in most place. It took me a half hour just to go up the 1/4-mile access road...we won't even talk about the trails.

I did a little more exploring after the South Campus shot, trailblazing through the woods around the water towers. I stumbled upon these neat-looking stairs. They don't really serve any purpose that I can tell, unless the plan for this place was to make it into a city park.

In all, it was a hike of just under 5k, and it took 3 hours. The roads all had a foot of snow...walking was not easy anywhere. Even the 4-wheel drive beasts were having trouble.

I think there's a car buried under there somewhere. Today is digging out day. Also the day that I polished off my final papers. Time to party hardy I guess.

Posted by reid at December 15, 2003 04:29 PM | TrackBack