Of Snow, Writing, and Lefties

-It's winter, and yet I feel each year that winter is becoming less-and-less like winter and more like a cold spring. I remember the years when there were snow storms leaving us with two or three feet. Now it's a foot, at most. And people could drive cars on the lakes. Now you can't even walk on the lake. This is not good. Some call it global warming, some say that we're having mild winters here in the northeast (but this many in a row?). However you put it, if you love winter like I do, this climate change needs to stop.

I like to ski. Anyone who likes to ski or snowboard knows that the terrible winter conditions experienced in the eastern US can create icy or slushy conditions, and no snow can cause limited openings of mountains. I skied once this year in December and conditions were terrible-too icy. I'm going again this weekend, and hopefully, because it's been cold and there was some snow, conditions will be better. Skiing on ice is not fun. It's tiring, and it makes you either crash hard or go down a majority of the trail sideways.

-Does anyone have commitment problems when it comes to writing? I try to write a lot, but I can never seem to finish what I've started, unless it's a short story, and journals (or blogs) don't count. I tried to participate in National Novel Writing Month (http://www.nanowrimo.org/, if you're interested) and it didn't work out so well, do to many distractions. This time I'm writing a story in a notebook, instead of on the computer. So far it's worked to a certain extent, but I keep changing the plot and/or certain passages of the story. Last night I might have written something that will change the whole thing.

One of my New Year's resolutions: to finish writing. I've got free time today (even though I should be doing Chemistry, but I'm also a procrastinator), so I'll try and write something of substance.

-Left handed people are pretty outnumbered by those who are right handed. Has anyone ever seen the Lefty Notebook? It's bound on the opposite side (right side) and has interesting facts about lefties on it's blank pages. I got mine in Alaska, in a small bookstore, so it may be rare. I've gone through several uses of it before figuring out what I wanted to do with it. It's not too big, about the size of a regular notebook, but it doesn't look like one, and the paper is not lined. At first it's confusing to write in, since it's like writing backwards, but it's easy to get used to. I have yet to see a The Lefty Notebook in another bookstore yet.