Murknet is down

Our connection seems to be dead in the water, folks, and doubtless this is weather-related. So if you're trying to get to any of the usual resources on the Murknet, it's probably not going to happen this morning. More details as I get it, and meanwhile, if you need to get in touch with me, I'll be on IM or you can wing me an email to my gmail address.

ETA 9:30am: And we're back! Yay!

Longest commute EVER

Today I realized that not only were we in for some snow, but that we were also in for a Seahawks game in Seattle tonight. Between that and how my beloved solarbird called me around 4pm to tell me that the snow had hit Lake Forest Park, and that as she walked up the hill to our house it was snowing so hard she had to dig the snow out of her pockets, I thought, "OKAY THEN" and decided I'd better scram for home while I still could.

spazzkat actually left slightly before I did because he wanted to stop at Whole Foods and get some salad on the way home. Turns out I got onto a bus before he did, though. I caught the 308 coming out of downtown around 4:30, just as it was getting really interestingly dark and streaky-looking north of Lake Union. As we hit I-5, we started driving into it. By the time we passed the U-district it was coming down with incredible thickness and speed, like unto which I have not seen for quite some time.

I called Dara around a quarter to five to tell her we were crawling along I-5 and that I might be a while. An hour later we'd made it to 145th finally, but we had to inch along at a crawl because all kinds of vehicles had spun out all over the place on that road. Eventually even the bus got stuck, around 25th and 145th, and everybody had to get off and hoof it.

Which meant that I had to walk all the way to Lake City Way and then turn north to head for Lake Forest Park. The thought of making it to Starbuck's for a sandwich and a hot chocolate kept me going, and finally around 6:45 or so I made it there.

Got some kitty litter at Albertson's, snarfed down the sandwich, and finally trudged up the hill to make it home around 7:20. Dara, Paul, and risu handed me hot chocolate about the instant I walked in. I am very glad to be home.

And also...

Meanwhile, the soundtrack for Casino Royale, which I purchased off of the iTunes store this weekend, rocks. ^_^ Not quite as nifty as the Goldfinger soundtrack and its Extremely Bitchin' Brass Section, but it was still pretty damned fine. I liked listening for all the little bits of the Bond theme woven all throughout it, and when it closed on a very kickin' performance of same, NICE.

I would have been listening to it on my way home, except I wanted the headphones off so I could hear anything around me while I was walking. I totally had it songvirusing me, though.

I did 4.7 miles today. Three of which were tonight's commute home. Oof.

Monday through Monday miles: 20.05
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1565.35
Miles out of Rauros Falls: 256.35
Miles to Isengard: 227.65