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02/07/2006 Entry: "Brrrr part ate"

and it's still cold outside but apparently not freezing cold. When I went downtown to get my new visa early this morning I thought that it could almost pass for early spring. The layer-upon-layers of crusty ice and snow finally began to cede and resign itself to gritty slushiness.

Yet the early afternoon proved to be rainy and windy and generally antagonistic, and while much of the slush washed away, vast stretches of compacted snow regrouped and became nefarious slippery slides of treachery despite *** pepperings of grit from previous days and weeks. From the safety of the elevated viewpoint of the number 8, I bore astonished witness to to all of pedestriated Dresden--reverend Grannies, foolhardy young boys, toddlers adorned with animal-shaped winter gear, slutty teenage girls, exasperated parents--all doing a frantic softshoe routine along the slidewalk, ultimately busting ass or flatout eating it with such a passion and widespread frequency that it seemed to be a national pasttime.

By early evening the streets and gutters moaned with the anguished gushings of melted ice, adding to the whole mess quite nicely.

Home safe and sound, no intention of leaving the appartment for any reason until tomorrow afternoon, when I hope it will all be a bit less nasty.