O Lord, deliver us from the elements

[vovat]

The weather last night really got me down. I mean, there were tornadoes in places not far from me, and flooding on the Schuylkill Expressway. I take that road some nights, so it was scary to see the news report where the traffic there stuck in waist-deep water. I guess I'm lucky I didn't have to go that way last night, and even luckier that I don't live in one of the areas that was hit directly by the recent hurricanes. I mean, all we got here was some of Jeanne's aftermath. Still, it's disturbing when that kind of stuff happens near you. I often wish there was something we could do about the weather, but that would probably upset the balance of Earth even more than we've done already, or something like that. Maybe I should just move to another planet. {g}


I ganked this quiz from bethje:


Snuffy's Suicide Attempts



Poor baby, life is rough for you, huh? No one
seems to see you, no one notices your
pain--except for your friend Big Bird, but he's
alway off hanging out with his other friends.
You wish you were him, all happy and curious
and popular and bright yellow. You feel like
his shadow anymore, like the only reason you
exist is to amuse him. It's hard being
somebody's imaginary friend. But stop trying
to kill yourself--imaginary people can't kill
themselves. Sorry. And hey, maybe tomorrow
you'll feel better!
Someday people will see you, I promise.



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They DID end up seeing him in more recent seasons of the show, didn't they? Then they introduced his niece Alice, or something like that. I'm not really sure of the order or the details.


Tomorrow night is the They Might Be Giants concert in Philadelphia. Probably the last one Beth and I will see for some time, since I hear the band is planning on taking a break after that one and their two Irving Plaza shows.

Comments

[onib.livejournal.com]

202 was really nasty yesterday. The backup ran from south of Wilmington to West Chester. Pretty much inching forward the entire way. Then, in Exton, rt 30 business was closed in several places and was under 3-4 feet. It looked like an instant river. The tow trucks were working overtime trying to haul the foolhardy back out. Concider yourself quite lucky.

Snuffy did finally end up being seen a few years ago, but that sort of takes away part of the magic, now doesn't it?

I'm curious what TMBG's venue song will be for the TLA. I think writing a song for each place they play is such a neat idea.

Oh, Bird

[yosef.livejournal.com]

I think Snuffy's been known about by everyone since the '80s, because I never knew he was originally an imaginary friend until reading about it later. I think they were afraid Big Bird would end up looking too foolish if no one ever saw Snuffy... or something like that.