Snow? I think this is where we came in...

[altivo]

Watched Shrek 2 tonight because we didn't have any energy left to be productive. It's still funny. Except I'm sad for Donkey that he didn't get to stay a Steed... (though he seems to have gotten over it pretty fast) and Antonio Banderas was just perfect as Puss in Boots.

So they predicted up to an inch of snow last night. We got about a half inch.

Nothing today or tonight, but tomorrow we have a "Snow Advisory" starting at the morning rush hour and running just through the evening rush hour. How handy! A 100% probability of snow, and at the moment they're saying 3 to 7 inches accumulation, with extremely heavy snowfall at midday. Actually all day they've been adjusting the accumulations up and down. It started yesterday afternoon at 1 to 3 inches, made it up to 3 to 5 by bedtime, and this morning they were predicting as much as 4 to 8. Now it's backed off again to 3 to 7 or 3 to 6, depending on which bulletin you read. If they got it right, it will be inconvenient. If they got it wrong, either we'll be buried in snow up to our necks, or we won't get any at all. I admit, though, the storm on the radars does look pretty hefty and seems to be headed this way.

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[schnee.livejournal.com]

Shrek 2 was nice, yes... not as good as the first movie, and it did feel like an obvious sequel to me (one made because the original was successful, that is, not because it had been planned all along or because the story required it) but still, not bad.

As for the snow, as always, feel free to send any of the extra snow that you don't want over here - we still haven't got any, despite my bemoaning the fact. :)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you should consider moving to Canada instead of Iceland. Plenty of snow there. (I won't recommend the US to anyone.)

I read my notifications in Gmail and this one got top advertising billing for Quality Snow Violins (www.snowviolin.com) which I guess I could play to accompany your complaint about no snow? Come visit. Right now you can have all the snow you want. ;p

[schnee.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* Well, I suppose you could play one of those, but only if it's the world's smallest snow violin...

Outside of that, yeah, I've been considering Canada. It's not like I have any definite plans to move to Iceland for good, anyway; it's an idea I've been toying with, but Canada would also be nice. It'd probably be easy to get a large plot of land somewhere out in the countryside for relatively little money (I suppose - but given that Germany has more than 72 times the population density of Canada, I'd imagine that the prices for land are a tad lower there, at least. And that's not even taking into account the fact that the population density ratio in non-urban areas will likely be even higher).

But yeah, it's something I've been thinking about, since I'd prefer to not be stuck in Germany for my entire life. On the other hand, I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to emigrate at all, simply because I may not meet the requirements for immigration - mental stability/health, education, an ability to support myself, and so on. :/ But on the other hand, I don't know, and a lot could happen in a decade or two.

We'll just see. MMmmm, in the meantime, I'd sure enjoy visiting you, and not just because of the snow. ^.^ *gives you a warm snuggle*

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that land is cheaper in Canada than in Germany, at least in large areas of Canada, yes.

And the snow is definitely on its way. Nothing falling yet, but on the radar it is obviously going to be here in an hour or two.

[schnee.livejournal.com]

*noddles* Mmmhmm.

[heavens-steed.livejournal.com]

Except I'm sad for Donkey that he didn't get to stay a Steed...

Me too.

And no snow here.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Well for once the forecast was accurate. We got it big. It started right at 8 am today, and got heavier and heavier. The total of wet sticky snow was between 5 and 6 inches I think. It stopped right when they said it would, about 3:15 pm.

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

I heard, maybe from director's commentary or something, that the original plan was to show that Dragon had turned into a pretty pegasus too. Thought you'd be interested!

I preferred Shrek 2 to Shrek 1, in fact. It was less of a one-trick pony. When I rewatched the first one recently, it felt shallower. I didn't like the third very much - again, not much going on, and it seemed rushed, as though not every plot thread was picked up again when it should have been.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the third film but I've heard so little good about it that I'm in no hurry. I may go back and look at the original again now. Both are chock full of allusions and references for which I suspect I only get about half. In the first one, many references were made to old fairy tales and folklore and those I did get. Points where the jokes had to do with modern films (other than animated ones) or television or music, though, go right by me.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

One of my favourite lines is PUss in boots saying "For you , I could be" ;)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Actually, his best line is no line at all, when he stops those soldiers in their tracks by making kitten eyes at them.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Oh yes :) You can't go wrong with kitten eyes :D
Awww lookit him in his lil boots.