Recent Events...

Over the last few days, cabin fever has set in. A face that once bore a happy-go-lucky expression now bears the anguish that can only be caused by multiple days stuck inside, because I forgot to purchase suitable shoes for snow and such, but perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself.

It all began on Saturday, when I realised that because of the snow forecast, I would need some sort of shoe appropriate to such weather. So off I went to the nearest place I thought would stock such a shoe. Unfortunately, I get distracted by a larger chocolate rabbit called 'Magnus'. But be fair, it's a giant rabbit named Magnus, whoever came up with that name clearly has a sense of humour, I also dropped off a gift for a friend, I timed the drop off to create the most awkward questions possible, the link is here, I'm mentioned towards the end.



So, Monday came and I awoke to find this vista from my window:-



Almost a total whiteout, I had problems sleeping because of the light reflecting off the snow from the streetlamps. My initial thought was that I had to ensure that the driveway was clear so that outsiders could get to the entrance without undue hindrance. I was surprised how easy it actually is to shovel snow from one place to another, I don't know why people complain about it, within an hour a passage had been created, allowing outsiders a choice of directions to get to the house. My lectures had been cancelled for the day, so I sat down and decided to do some Maths (Yum, Fourier series derivations :D) and discover the joys that the internet had to offer. (See my del.icio.us account for some of the stuff I liked, I'll post the top few right here) Then I had found that by accident, while gritting the path, I had used up all but a token amount of salt, so had to endeavor to the shop to get some more, which is how I came to be in the position of taking these photos:-





Having made it back alive, I decided to celebrate my victory over nature with some green tea.



I watched the Dark Knight while I was at it, an excellent movie, shame there wasn't really enough Joker in it for me, I can see why he didn't get a nomination for best actor, he's just not in the movie enough. Although a twisted moment was where I was watching it and thinking "Yeah, I could run a criminal empire like that, I'm insane enough." Speaking of which, not a big fan of Christian Bale now. He's a bit of a crazy bitch who needs to lay off the steroids.

The two sites that have made me chuckle most over the last few days:-

http://www.angryalien.com/ Rabbits remake famous movies
Flickr tag 'whats in my bag' You wouldn't expect it to be as fascinating as it is.

Odd post

Seeing as I was in the US, I figured I'd show you some of the best light displays I saw in the campground where I stayed, but I also figured I was running out of material so I should put something in to bulk it up a bit too.



This was really the sole night photo that came out well, all the more remarkable as I took it in a moving vehicle with no flash and a long exposure time without a tripod. Incredible when you think about it. The sheer amount of effort these people go to for these decorations, it is awesome.



This was taken in the Morocco pavilion of Epcot, what I found out was that the Government insisted on sending their own artisans and designers to build it. And certainly it shows compared to the other pavilions, truly incredible the sheer amount of detail these artisans put into the design. I suppose it was a matter of national pride.



Note the pretty reflections. I'm a big fan of reflections that create the optical illusion that they're not really reflections at all.

This was a photo taken at about sunset on my first day in Orlando, having just come from Northern Europe, seeing the sun again for the first time in nearly 3 months was quite a shock.



Special shout-out to Ellie and Lizzie who just gave me a Hannah Montana T-shirt and requested in exchange a few mentions of them across the web.