If there's one thing I'm actually sick of, it's the need to refer to snowstorms as Snowpocalypse, Snowmageddon, etc, particularly in a region of the world like Chicago where snow isn't exactly a rarity. Thus, although my favorite term I've seen so far in reference to the ginormous blizzard bearing down on Illinois is the moderately inappropriate Snowgasm 2011, the Red Eye (a daily newspaper supplement here in the city) had a pretty good term: Snowverload. Not only are we forecast to get anywhere from one to two feet of snow tonight and tomorrow, but the general hype about snow does feel a lot like a snowverload of information and chaos.
A blizzard warning is supposed to start at 3pm central and go until 3pm central tomorrow, but I don't think the actual snow and blizzard conditions are supposed to bear down on us until after dinner sometime. I'm thus planning the usual trek to Self in a bit, followed by putting in my time at Ratner (the gym here). I haven't been to the gym in forever, it seems like, so it's time to go get some energy back while watching my usual spate of Jeopardy!/Tyra/Dr. Oz/trashy MTV stuff before we get socked in the face with oodles of snow.
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