Blizzard of 2007: Stanley Coulter

The casual sitting area outside of Stanley Coulter turned into an outdoor lounge.

Blizzard of 2007: Lions fountain

A queen lioness alongside her king.

Blizzard of 2007: Abandoned bikes

A bicycle graveyard.

Blizzard of 2007: Outside of EE

Look at that texture.

Blizzard of 2007: EE at sunset

Right next to EE overlooking Purdue Mall during sunset.

Blizzard of 2007: Literate snowman 2

This little fellow was right outside of CL50.

Blizzard of 2007: Literate snowman

Easily one of the most delightful things I've seen on campus all year. If you made this, you are my hero.

Blizzard of 2007: Owen Residence Hall

This was actually the view from Owen Residence Hall yesterday at 4:50 p.m. There was a constant stream of people walking to and from Slater Hill with sleds and snowboards en tow.

Blizzard of 2007 2/14/07

Blizzard of 2007 2/14/07
Originally uploaded by bloggingpurdue.

More sledding action.

Blizzard of 2007 2/14/07

Blizzard of 2007 2/14/07
Originally uploaded by bloggingpurdue.

Someone caught posing at Purdue West while we were driving by.

Blizzard of 2007 2/14/07

Blizzard of 2007 2/14/07
Originally uploaded by bloggingpurdue.

Sledders on Slayter Hill this afternoon.

Snow Recess Day 1.5

"WINTER STORM: Purdue won't reopen until Thursday morning
STAFF REPORTS
Purdue University will remain closed through 6 a.m. Thursday.Purdue spokeswoman Jeanne Norberg said all of today's classes are canceled, and non-essential staff should not come to work today.Because of Tuesday's snowstorm, a "snow recess" has been in effect on campus since noon Tuesday."

Blizzard of 2007

Blizzard of 2007
Originally uploaded by bloggingpurdue.

Here's what it looked like at about 8:30 a.m. - before it got bad, but not before it was bad enough that the geniuses that run this place could have figured out it would be smart to cancel classes!! This picture doesn't really do it justice because it only shows areas that had already been plowed. I couldn't take pictures on the way to class because the wind was blowing snow so bad that it would have instantly ruined my camera from all of the moisture.

Stupid Idiots... or, duh, it was supposed to snow??

I am on the verge of having a heart attack right now. I'm not sure if it is one thing or a combination of several things.

So, I just got back from class. When I got back from class, I had to shovel a path to the door and then over to a tree so I can take my dogs out to crap later. The front end of my car is buried in a drift in the parking lot. It wasn't too easy shoveling because it was up to my knee- and it is very densely packed snow. So, my heart is pounding from that. I'm shaky because I didn't have time to eat this morning before class because I had to dig my car out and clean it off before driving very slowly across town. I thought I'd grab something from a maching before class but it took so long to get there that I didn't have time. Both of these conditions, the heart beating too fast and the shakiness, are then multiplied by the fact that I am in total disbelief that they are just now calling off classes. I am not sure who is more irresponsible, the idiots that run Purdue who didn't know we were going to have a blizzard or the idiot professors that didn't cancel classes this morning? Oh yah, and what's with this closing until noon tomorrow thing?? Why noon? Just call it for the whole day because noon just makes no sense. 11:30 or 12:30 would make a little more sense. Noon is just retarded.

I had to have two classes this morning. The professors obviously don't care about being responsible. I am supposed to learn how to be a teacher from these people who could care less about their students? I think I threw my knee out on the way back to my car. And, for what?? To learn carp that we already had three semesters ago? That's bullshit, to quote someone profound...

It was nice when one of the students in my class pulled out her phone and said she was going to call her mom to ask her opinion of us being in class today, on her speakerphone no less..
Student: "Mom, I was just wondering what you think about me having to drive 6 miles, which took almost an hour in all of this snow, just to come sit in class for 3 hours?"
Mom: "It's BULLSHIT if you ask me!"
Class: dying laughing
Student: "OK, thanks mom, that's all I needed to know."

OK, so this post is a little scattered because that's how I am right now... I'll post a pic in a minute...

But Puxatawny Phil told me last week that we'd get an early Spring this year.

The snow's been coming down relatively heavy for about 5 hours now.

Looking out from Shealy at Windsor Halls into the courtyard.
It's fantastically beautiful (at least until tomorrow when it's all black) but also very sadistic. The feeling of picking up freshly powdered snow only to have it flutter past your fingers is something everyone should experience at least once in their life. For some reason, I don't remember the last time West Lafayette had this much snow.