.... or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow

I thought that i ought to blog the first snow of winter. It snowed today! for about 2 minutes. apparently. but its getting colder! due to be -18C this weekend! snow is definately on the menu!

Well i did an autumn post so i might aswell keep it going and do a winter post. Winter is when you need to wear scarf and gloves even inside the house. blankets become a necessary peice of clothing. the kettle is permanently boiling. 6th formers actually avoid using the colonades. the vicarage begins to be enveloped in decorations. darkness creeps up on the world far too early. the town is lit by christmas lights. fairy lights go up in my room. that unexplained craving for christmas tree chocolates. you learn to type/play guitar with gloves on. the first frost covers the ground. getting out of bed in the morning takes more than an alarm clock. the rex begin to show christmas films. the first christmas coca-cola advert. the house is filled with the smell of christmas cake being made ridiculously early.

Do christmas celebrations start too early? Woods got their christmas stock in at the beginning of september! Tinsel! the first christmas adverts started early october, we have already organised our secret santa and we even had a christmas cd playing in the common room the other week.

I think Christmas should be celebrated all year round. The Queen gets her birthday celebrated more than once a year, Jesus should definately have more than one birthday a year...

one mans lifelong quest for a decent cup of tea...

I've been reading Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya'. I would say that i wont say too much about it for fear of giving too much away... but nothing happens. atall. All they do is sit around and drink tea for a while... I am aware of course, that there may be alot of people that feel differently about this, and there is, as always, alot of underlying tones of social issues and what have you. but all in all, all they do is drink tea at ridiculous hours in the morning. Which i am quite content with. I think id reccomend it, i found it rather amusing.