Rudolph in Cleveland?

Well, not really but I just spent the last half hour watching two does and their fawns (no spots - they were from spring) eat grass in the back yard of my boss's place. They were really cute and less than a hundred feet away so I got some neat pictures. Good thing I always carry my digicam with me. No snow though - a fact which has me rather miffed.

It is a strange fact but true but I LOVE winter and snow - the more snow the better in my opinion. People always used to say that I wouldn't feel that way if I had to drive in it but driving in it doesn't change my mind. I hate winters like right now when it is cold and grey and just so... blah and muddy out. The only colors are grey, mud brown, bark, and green from grass and pines. Really... UGH. Looking outside is a good way to get depressed though I imagine the animals are using this as a last minute chance to get some good meals in. I much prefer at LEAST 6in-1 foot of snow on the ground from Thanksgiving til the beginning of March. That way everything looks fresh, clean, and gorgeous and I don't feel the cold quite as much. I get colder easier than anyone alive which is what makes it all a paradox. I think my favorite time in winter besides Christmas is right after a BIG snowstorm when the wind isn't blowing and the snow is all over every branch and leaf so the trees and bushes look like lace and the snow is a thick untouched blanket on the ground. And, it's so quiet. Nothing is as quiet as a forest after a snowstorm. I keep getting miffed at the weatherman cause he's predicted big storms and we have yet to have a REALLY good storm that puts down more than 4 inches. So, even though we've had snow I MISS snow and I want it bad, darn it! I want a white Christmas instead of a grey one.

My love of snow does not mean that I will not thouroughly enjoy going to LA in Jan 6-14th for my bday where it is warm - if you call 60s warm and I will considering what Ohio is like in January. I shall be running around Disneyland and think of everyone back home freezing their butts off and let out an evil laugh. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. It will be especially sweet if Cleveland really gets dumped on then because I shall be able to call Mom and gloat. Of course, if that happens I won't be in Cleveland to take snowy picture but, c'est la vie.

I also really want snow the weekend of Jan 16th. That weekend my family and my two best friends are going camping in the Allegany Mts in cabins and it would REALLY stink not to be able to go sledding and such. Plus Christina, Ken, and I have a cabin which we shall be sharing with Samantha my Golden Girl (no she's not a geriatric case she's just blonde with a feathery tail). In our old Star Trek show Ken made me the Dead Uniform - you know the Redshirt that gets killed 5 min in. Well, I'm taking my lappie and mic with me even though I won't have a net connection and I shall be making him and Chris be Dead Uniforms and record various death screams! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Yes! Evil laugh! MUAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! Those of you in Gaia's cast know exactly which episodes I'm talking about.

Speaking of Gaia. Gaia 4 is 95% done. I'll be finishing it off and then recording a commentary in the next few days with one of the new big actors joining the cast. I am much looking forward to that. Then I have to start work on Gaia 5 and slay any actors who haven't finished getting me in the second halves of their lines.

I have also gotten back into World of Warcraft. I mixed 12 hours straight on Saturday and 6 straight on Sunday and so spent about 6 HOURS installing and updating WoW on my computer and spent a delightful day yesterday just defrying my brain playing. I'm the Blood Elf Huntress Ombria on the Moonguard server if anyone cares to say hi. After how hard and draining last week was and burning through mixing most of last weekend I just couldn't face mixing another scene so I went and started shooting arrows into things and slaying monsters. I actually found some really good RP in the city of Silvermoon which surprised me since WoW isn't known for its RP but as I walked through the city there were people RPing in character all over. Dance of joy!

I think I'm going to let myself have at least an hour or two a day no matter how busy my mixing schedule is to play just to keep myself sane these next few months. I am going to be a complete mad woman by the time Gaia 6 is done.

Heh. If anyone is good with mixing and is interested in being an assisstant mixer please get ahold of me, eh? I could use the help, I'm thinking. Gaia's just so bloody huge. My own fault, I know. Though I usually blame the muse and say it ran away with me. LOL. Kristy and Rene are no help in that department cause when we get together ideas tend to expand and multiple like plagues of locusts! Those of you who are writers will understand.

Next week is also going to be nuts because it will be the week before Christmas and I shall be having to pester my Gaia cast for Ep 6 lines so I have as many as possible and am not going insane with worry while trying to pack for LA. Yorkieman lines are due the end of the month too but I'm not too worried about that. Most of the cast has already gotten me their lines and of the other two co-stars one is INSANELY good about getting his lines in *cough cough David - I am still half expecting an elephant to trumpet while you do your lines, BTW* and I hear good things about the other and he knows I will shoot him and find devious ways to cut off his ponytail if he is late *cough cough Stevie*. And, of course there's my lines but that's all good.

Anyway, it's about time to get home and finish Gaia 4 so I can dive back into WoW! Heee! BTW if you read this blog become a watcher eh so I know who ya are!