A little earlier this evening, I posted a Twitter status stating:

Sometimes I think a real date with someone I like would be a nice way to spend a Saturday night.  I’m just saying.

And at that moment, I would have said that tonight might have been a good night to test out that theory. But that was then…and it wasn’t snowing.

As most of you are aware, I have a few shows which I would consider to be lifetime favorites.  One is most certainly The Gilmore Girls.  Brilliant writing and storyline aside, one of the reasons I love Gilmore Girls is due to the many ways in which I could relate to Lorelai – for example, her relationship (read: obsession) with coffee.  Another would be her love affair with snow.

Everyone knows how much I love coffee – and I would venture to say that much of the population can relate on those terms as well.  However, I’ve found the snow thing tends to illicit rather negative responses from people.  Phrases filled with hatred, swearing, and even fear pour from people’s mouths at the very mention of it on the news.  And then there are always those who try to hide their dislike of it by saying, “Oh, I think it’s pretty and all, but only if I don’t have to go out in it.”

Well, I love snow.  I love when it falls.  I get sad when it stops.  Blizzards are awesome.  I don’t mind shoveling it.  I don’t mind being out in it.  I don’t mind driving in it.  In fact, I am never so happy inside as when it’s snowing.  Snow makes me smile.  I love how it looks, sounds, smells…  I love it all.  Snow is one of the reasons I sometimes consider relocating back to Alaska.  I get just about as defensive of snow as I do of New York.  And so, to all those who act so put out when it snows, to them I say that perhaps they should consider moving to the tropics.  Incidentally, these are probably the same group of people who, when I used to say that I lived in New York, I would have gotten a response like, “Wow – New York!  I could never live there.”  Couple that with a negative comment about the snow and you might as well pull my hair, kick me somewhere unpleasant, call me fat, and tell me I could only have ugly children.  (I know my fellow New Yorkers will understand this).

So, at this moment I have to admit that sitting here only a few weeks before my favorite holiday, cozy in my house in the glow of the Christmas tree watching a marathon of holiday films while snow is falling softly outside is the best way I can think of to spend a Saturday night…by far.

All I need now is some coffee.

Me & Chena with the Tree Our Tree with Snow Chena Chena & the Tree Our Tree Chena by the Tree Our Tree Chena Playing by the Tree Chena Peeking Out Chena Peeking Out