Tuesday, February 1, 2011

On the eve of snowpocolypse.....

As of now, no snow has fallen today, but that hasn't stopped the Detroit area from going crazy.

Traffic made people 45 minutes late to class, and those that did make it found that campus was relatively empty. It seems like most people are following the logic of "HOLY SHIT! Its going to snow and snow a lot tonight. Time to go stock up of food, gas, and clothes because there is no way I'm leaving the house tomorrow." It makes me wonder why they homes are so devoid of food and why people can't go a day without leaving the house, but anyway.

In Midtown Detroit, we handle things a bit differently. After waking from the Man U-Villa nap, my girlfriend and I decided to walk down to the grocery store (for those of you who aren't Detroiters, grocery store is the code word for liquor store) for some winter provisions.

At the liquor store, we found a wide variety of people. There was what looked like the offensive linemen of the Wayne State football team, an Indian couple, black folk, white folk, and about 3 people that I knew. Everyone seemed to be stocking up on their various alcoholic needs. They were just getting ready to enjoy their day off and were not throwing themselves into a panic of the weather.

The general good feeling of everyone in the store, coming together to just have fun during this snowpocalypse just really reminded me why I love Midtown and why I love Detroit.