Winter SUCKS OUT LOUD

It's so ridiculous that I have ANOTHER cold....I'm not even sure I was totally over the last one.
But it started yesterday -- sinus headache, congestion, a slight cough.
JA started with it a couple days ago, so I guess I'm not surprised, really.
But MAN, has it gotten old already.

I knew when we had a mild December and January, the other shoe would drop, and drop HARD.
February was brutally cold, and now that's finally done, we're getting hammered with snow.
Over the weekend, we got somewhere around 10 inches of snow, which was WET and HEAVY AS HELL to shovel.
Now that we've just recovered from that, here comes another storm, starting tonight....
At this point, they're predicting 6-10 inches for our area, but that's not even the best part.
Along with that snow will be lots of freezing rain and sleet -- temps are supposed to hover around 32 all day, resulting in snow changing to sleet, changing back again, etc....ALL DAMN DAY.
And just for kicks, we'll be getting high winds too.
Yes, I know I'm bitching.
And yes, I know this is friggin God's country, and this shit happens in winter.
And yes, I also know we've had generally mild winters the last few years.
Blah blah blah.
IT STILL SUCKS!!
My only hope is for schools to be closed tomorrow so I don't have to go out in it.
BUT, I'm thinking that won't happen, with my luck.
I'm SO looking forward to being out in it AND having to shovel all the crap as well, I just can't even tell you.

As far as the Oscars went, I think it was good, in general.
I did okay on my pools -- missed a few, but got a couple upsets.
I called Alan Arkin upsetting Eddie Murphy....but did ANYONE see Melissa Etheridge upsetting all 3 "Dreamgirls" songs??
That was fucking AWESOME!
There were a couple things that pissed me off though (are you surprised?)...

• STOP cutting people's speeches off so fast!! This is their moment, the one they've been dreaming of their whole lives -- they deserve a good 2 minutes, if they want it, even if their award isn't one of the "big" ones. They'll give the Best Actor winner all day, but they'll cut off the Editing guy at 30 seconds....pathetic and shameful. Either make it a show to truly celebrate everyone, their accomplishments and their movies, or make it a fast-paced show more palatable to the viewing audience -- you can't have it both ways. In my opinion, if we've sat through everything, we'll sit for a few more minutes tacked onto the show for people's speeches....don't start playing the music until AT LEAST 1:30 into it, please.
• Why the big push for foreign films this year? Don't they already have awards for those? If the Oscar people are worried about the show going too long, don't spend 10 minutes honoring a guy who doesn't even speak English (watching Clint Eastwood translate for him was painful). I hate to sound small-minded (but I will anyway), but this is an American show and an American institution....give the foreigners a nod (with their own category, which is plenty), and move on.
• Why start it so late in the day? If you know it's gonna be long (which it ALWAYS is), start it earlier....I can't even imagine how the people in the Eastern time zone deal with it. Move it up an hour, and everyone will be happier -- the people on the West Coast will cope and adjust.

That's not too much to ask, is it?

Let's hope this storm isn't as bad as they're predicting....false warnings are good with me.
Cry wolf all you want, weather prognosticators!