January 30, 2008
Very nasty weather!
Boy, the weather here in Alberta is far from hot... yesterday morning, the car would not start. I checked the temperature once I got to work. Minus 43 degrees Celsius! With the wind chill, it was minus 50 Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit). I think this the is the coldest day I've ever experienced in my life. I'm not exactly laughing either.
When I did my military training back in Sweden at the age of 18, we were out in the bush when the temperature reached minus 40 Celsius. I remember that clearly, it was so cold and all was quiet. Same thing here yesterday morning, the world just stops when it's this cold. Dead silent (except for me cussing about that car that wouldn't start...).
It was hard to not notice the comments from my friends on thefret.net; these guys who live in the south. They were of course quick to point out how nice and warm it was there. Walking in shorts to pick up the mail, yadda, yadda. Just wait until July, when it gets really warm and balmy down south...
I've been working on some new scales videos, some really fundamental lessons about scales and what they are. This chilly weather has kind of frozen my inspiration away and of course, I got a nasty cold on the weekend.
I plan on doing some videos with some theory basics - hopefully well explained - I am working on making my videos better. I am thinking this should be useful to players who never learned these things or beginners who want to learn some basic theoretical concepts.
Waiting for warmer weather and new toys!
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Comments on this blog entry
It was cold and snowy here in OR too but not that cold.Next year from jan to march I am going to South America I have some land there and I am going to build Cabanas so if you get tired of the cold get in touch I know of a waterfall to hang out under down there.Sumi
Comment added on February 13, 2008I remember it well. I lived in Alberta for approx. 15 years. Hated the bitter cold and the mandatory chore of shoveling snow. I live in Texas now and find myself greatly missing seasonal changes and also the snow (not temps and -40C though)....looking forward to to the new vids..
Comment added on February 03, 2008