so basically I'm in the stretch of a midwestern winter where I am only capable of dreaming of spring. you'd think this would put me in a good, springy mood, but you would be wrong. it's this time of year, when I haven't seen the sun in days, and it's snowing/raining/water falling from the sky, and windy, and bleak as all hell, that I wonder if i
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I was just talking to someone the other day about how when I lived in the Twin Cities, this was the time of year I started to head into a deep, dark, severe funk. (Actually, maybe I wrote that in LJ instead of talking about in conversation. I get confused between the two sometimes.) Winter in Minn. was AWFUL for me. It was so long and cold and dark and miserable and depressing. I can handle winter here because we get so much sunshine that even on bitter, freezing cold days, I can still get tons of Vitamin D.
How did you find a book club to get involved in? I'd love to find one but don't know where to start.
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winter in Minnesota can be pretty awful. you'd think since i grew up in the midwest i'd be used to it, but it seems to get me ever year.
the book club i'm in is with one of my coworkers and some of her and my acquaintances. but last year I was in a book club which, if you can believe it, i found through Craig's list. a little sketchy, probably, but it worked out well until i moved to St. Paul and the trek to Minneapolis wasn't worth the hour-long bus ride. good luck!
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And yes, Lady Gaga. :) I have a fondness for pop music, mostly because it cheers me up and makes me dance around like a dork. Gets me through the day when I'm sitting at my desk looking at the grey outside.
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and yes, dancing around like a dork to Lady Gaga definitely cheers me up. i gotta give her props for that.
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