These boots are made for walkin'

and that's what they do... and 've been doing since November. For the first time since fall, I've been wearing "non-winter" boots! Trust me, it's fantastic news when you're a boot lover. So far, I've been doomed to wear the same pair of boots, the only pair that's been allowing me not to walk like a penguins on the ice (aren't they cute though)... the only pair that's been keeping me warm... the only pair destroyed from day one by the merciless salt... Before I knew it though, snow's back on sending me the clear message that sticking to that same pair of "adorable but tired black Nov til May boots" is a must. I've always found the Montreal weather obsession idiotic. Being stocked in elevators with 9 to 5 "akward ('xcuse the pleonasm) office people" on their way to their grim desk I'd hear : "it's snowing 'gain today hey..." How long can you use the same line when snow's part of your everyday life for 5 months straight... seriously. Once the snow subject's over they usually bring up how long they've got left before retirement... gee... silence's golden but I sometimes wanna scream... The TV's on as I am writing these lines and, surprise surprise Mrs Weatherwoman's on talking about the current snowstorm, the one I can see from my window. Thank you Woman for telling me something I can see smell touch hear and feel. Dude, she's so enthousiastic about this snowstorm. How does she manage to act as if she hasn't already talked about that shit weather every day for the past 5 months already. Her blond hairdo's bouncing as she joyfully explains a snowstorm can only be called so if it's at least 15 cetimeters of snow... well this piece of info's definitively helping. Thanks to you lady I now understand the nuance in between snow crystals, snowflakes, rime, graupel, hail and what defines a snowstorm versus non storm snow. Oh now the ancorlady wraps up the news with the ultimate question "will it ever stop snowing?" Guys I'm not making this up... This is the everyday news in Canada. That's as good and serious as it gets... Snow's the main character whenever you turn your TV on. The birds sings everyday, the sun's on every morning, the moon stares at us at night... do we talk about it every day in the news... Maybe we should. But my point's I wake up with snow falling, I walk outside and help my friend shuffle the snow off her car so we can go to school, same story on my way home. I censore myself from watching the local news cause half of it about telling you what you already know: it is snowing. Months of white flakes falling over you and wearing the same boots every single from November til March does not need explanation.