Dear Rhode Island weather,
please get your shit together.
You’re ruining my ‘do,
and messing with my attitude.
Don’t taunt us with the promise of Spring,
when we really don’t know what tomorrow may bring.
Oh, wait—I know…
Rain, and snow, and terrors untold.
No, I’m not exaggerating.
You truly are exasperating.

So for fuck’s sake,
give us a break.

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Yeah. That looks deadly. It’s supposed to be 47 degrees and rainy today, so you probably will have to say goodbye to your snow forts. On a scarier note, the balmy weather is almost definitely going to send some of these things falling down from a roof. Keep your eyes up.

Sadly, it’s time to go back to school (though not for Yalies). How are you feeling about all this snow now?

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We suffered through a brutal weekend of 18 inches of snow, power outages, and crazy Ratty mobs. Here’s our Nemo soundtrack:

Jam of the Week – Chromeo – Don’t Turn the Lights On
Dear people who live on Thayer St, sorry your power went out.
Love, people who live on Governor St.

Alternative – Oh Land – White Nights
Oh Land  was a professional ballerina when she broke her back…. so she casually became a beautiful singer. NBD. (via her wikipedia page). This song is such a snow frolicking song!

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Judging from the veritable army of snowmen outside, snow-engineering is the school’s biggest new independent concentration. But because we love facilities for saving the world and keeping the end of days from happening, here’s a handy approval matrix between snow-bound shenanigans and accidentally causing a five-car pileup from a stray snowball.

This is why we love Brown.

… now go play in the snow.

The worst of the winter may be over, but the memory of it lingers in the form of icy mounds that force us to only cross the street at intersections. As the world lightens by fractions and the frost gives way to spring, let’s give one more thought to the hardships of the dark season, hardships for those who live in cities and hardships for those who run them.

Apathetic Snow Emergency Response Protocol

Level 1 Snow Emergency Response
It is but snow. Yes, it will cover the whole ground and it will lie there and we will call it “inconvenient,” but the snow is only really inconvenient because we so insist on doing things all the time. If we were content to do nothing one day, perhaps then we would look outside and snow would just be snow.

Level 2 Snow Emergency Response
Dispatch the plows? I agree, that does seem like a phrase that ought to be in a snow emergency protocol. But I ask you: what would come of it? The plows will turn the streets into sludge and the melting will turn them into rivers and no one, no one will be happier for it. And scatter salt on the ground to melt the ice, you say? Then we would walk on salty grit the whole day long! Our shoes would track it into the hallways and the stairwells. The grit would get in our carpets, like sand, in our hair, our food. All these complications, impossible to make head or tail of any of them. Probably better to sit here. Better to do nothing. The storm can’t get more severe than a level 2. [Read more →]

No, the world isn’t actually coming to an end.  If you were scared silly last week by a looming 6+ foot tall snowman in front of the bookstore, we finally have an explanation for you.  ”Freaky the Scary Snowman,” as he is known on his Facebook page, is a product of the RIPFilms, which has taken to producing a YouTube series documenting its successful scares.  Only two episodes have been published so far, but we’re excited to see what they have in store next.  Any info about where Freaky is located this week?  Tell us in the comments!

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Hope you didn’t get too comfortable in last week’s 70 degree weather because tomorrow is showing a chance of snow!  Be forewarned, this is not your average snow – we live in Providence, after all.  Expect those yummy snowflakes to be accompanied by some rain drops and Brook St. flooding.   Happy frolicking!