saving the world one snowflake at a time

i know it's december because today my socks slid down into my shoes, reminding me of the winter days in elementary school that i would forget to pack my tennis shoes and have to wear my sorel boots all day.

i know it's december, and cold in december, not only because i listened to regina spektor's song december and matt costa's song cold december this morning, but because the weatherperson on the radio had to distinguish the fact that the temperature was nine degrees above zero, opposed to nine degrees below zero. this would be in degrees Fahrenheit, for those of you metric system conformists of Other Countries.

i know it's december because today is world AIDS day. who's excited for human right's day on december 10? and festivus?

i know it's going to be a long december and there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last, but this past year was pretty spectacular, and if there's reason to believe maybe this next year will be better than the last, then i'll believe whatever the counting crows tell me to believe... unless it's contradictory with a Beatles song.