Snow Day, Hardee's, "I Used to be Fat," and Ethel Waters

Hello thou faithful reader! In keeping with my three-month-cycle of blogging, I have decided to enlighten the Interwebz with the latest nugget of my cerebrum.

The view outside my window. I was too warm to
actually walk outside for a good picture.

Thanks to a wonderful cold front that brought over 23" of snow and temperatures below -20°F to parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas, beautiful Starkville received about four inches of the powdery goodness last night. Though MSU initially was very obstinate in announcing closure of the university, they did close, which postponed my terrible Physics II test on gravitational and electrical fields. Apparently, they are theoretical, but we still have to have a test on it. I have many unproven ideas in my head; why don't I contribute them to academia and teach them as fact? (If these fields aren't theoretical, please don't kill me. I don't know anything about physics. Plus, I needed something slightly humorous to tie the post together.)

Instead of attending class, Cody and I decided to go to Hardee's Charbroiled Hamburgers for lunch, with which I have recently fallen in love. (St. Valentine's Day is approaching, anyway.) Hardee's actually has decent burgers for very cheap (college students get a nice discount). I used to equate Hardee's with Burger King and Checkers Drive In (formerly Rally's), but James proved to me that it is, in fact, edible.

However, before we departed our townhouse, Cody received a call from our good friend James, who said that Andrew, his roommate; Masey, Andrew's friend; and he were about a half mile from our apartment and desired assistance. Apparently, they decided to make a trek to Shipley's Do-Nuts (hyphen included in the restaurant's title) for some trans-fatty delight, had been distracted by playing in the snow (which included inserting snow into their boots and shoving snow up their nostrils), and ended up a long distance from the restaurant (and their residence hall) and requested a lift back to the residence hall because they were numb. Now, I'm not sure if they were numb with excitement or coldness, but nevertheless they were unable to continue. So, we swung by and rescued them.

After we returned from Hardee's and feasted on our succulent morsels, Cody and I decided to fire up the old television to watch some programming. Today's selections included I Used To Be Fat on MTV and a 30-Minute Meals episode entitled "Recipe for Romance." Unfortunately, black cherry and black pepper lamb chops, risotto, and grilled baby vegetables do not fancy either of our food appetites or love appetites, so we moved on.

Inspired by I Used To Be Fat, I decided to eat a Nestlé Drumstick®: The Original Sundae Cone® and a cookie. After that, I decided to do laundry. Normally, I do laundry on Saturdays, but I have to wake up early to get in the laundry queue. James, Bryan, Cody, and I all try to do laundry on Saturdays, and since I usually have four or five loads, it helps to get a few loads out of the way. Then, I decided to work on my Natural Hazards research project about the number of tornadoes in recent years in Mississippi and a Modern U.S. History assignment on the Harlem Renaissance. I chose to write on Ethel Waters' hit song "Am I Blue?".

Having finished all my homework, I decided I needed to buy something online. I absolutely love shopping online, particularly on Amazon. Since my upgrade date for my new cell phone has yet to arrive (only eight more days!), I decided to shop for some music. According to the Amazon MP3 home page, I needed to download a new album just released a few weeks ago. It was entitled "Kings" by the Christian alternative band I Am Empire. The few tracks I've listened to are promising. But, I wonder if they'll be as epic and adventurous as I Am Legend? I wonder because if I try to describe them to people, I won't ever remember their name, instead calling them I Am Legend.

Since I don't have a proper conclusion of this post, I will warm your soul with a tear-jerking photograph.

I don't think this is UL-approved.