frozen

yes, we went to the theater last weekend to see the newly-opened disney film of the same name.  that movie was okay.  cute in its way, as most disney films are, but the musical numbers were a too widely drawn for my taste, too constructed for easy adaptation for either stage, screen and/or parade at disneyland/disneyworld.

no, the bald fact of it is that a large portion of the u.s. is suffering from a huge arctic storm.  the temperature is expected to drop to the high 20s F tonight here which is mighty cold for northern california.  much of the u.s. is freaking frozen.

frozen like in san francisco today where we made our annual trek to the swedish christmas festival.  we've attended the festival for, shit, i don't know how long.  many many years.  i hate driving in sf.  the city seems to hate cars and drivers with its steep hills, narrow roads, one way streets, streets that do not allow left-hand turns, and thousands of pedestrians.  in other words, it's my kind of town as i prefer to walk than drive.  so anna took the bridge of the pilot and i was happily a passenger.

but when we found parking -- another huge issue in the city for sf is not a city with abundant parking lots -- and got out of the pilot the frigid wind cut into and thru us.  brrrr!!!  goddamn cold.  i like cold, i prefer winter over summer, but man that wind was something special.

and now we are home.  outside is an icebox.  i have been nursing a beer for over an hour and when i pick up the bottle -- even though we have the heat on -- it is just as cold as when i took it out of the fridge.  baby, it's cold outside!