Rain, rain, here to stay,
Pouring down all live long day.
…..
It’s raining, it’s pouring, Matticus is boring,
The same sad song, the words are gone,
The muse is off and snoring.
What?
Are you not entertained?
What?
You want more than rewritten silliness about rain and stolen movie quotes?
But, it’s Friday and my brain is mush… Please have mercy on me.
Okay, okay, how about this:
The mighty wizard peered through the stained glass, glowering at the rivulets that cascaded down the colored surface. He’d had such hopes for the day, but the storm had thwarted all of his plans. Adverting his gaze to the mug of tea grasped in his hands, enjoying the puff of steam that rose from the liquid and swirled with the currents in his room, he calmed his raging mind.
He could easily cast spells that would disrupt the clouds and send them on their way, but that magic would leave him too weak to carry out the other sorcery he had in mind. No, he must be patient and wait out the rain and wind. The storm would pass, and then he would have his day.
Blowing over the top of his mug, sending the steam pouring over the opposite rim to disappear beyond the edge as it was reclaimed by the air, he took a sip and then went to his seat by the fire. It crackled and popped in greeting and he let time slip with his eyes lost in the dance of the coals.
The storm continued unabated long into the evening, well beyond any time he might have been able to salvage his objective, but he went to sleep that night lulled into dreams by the percussive dibble dops of rain playing on his roof and the sense of overwhelming triumph he would now on the morrow. The storm had merely delayed the inevitable. The world would still be his.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
There. Satisfied? Can I go enjoy my weather now?
I love the rain. I like everything about it. The cleansing feeling of walking through it. The way it wipes the world clean. The sustenance it provides the living things of the world. It is definitely my favorite weather. And you? Love it? Hate it? What is your favorite type of weather?
The Matticus Kingdom 
Ha… my ark post is right above this post on the humor topic wall page thingy…
Nice!! 😀
I am on top… just so you know… HA!
I, er, um, … wouldn’t have it any other way…?
Hah!
okay… that was the best answer in the history of the English language…
*bows*
Thank you, thank you.
ha
heehee
sigh
Don’t give me that. You know you love it.
yeah… I do… I really do…
Happy to have provided then. That’s what I’m all about.
How noble of you.
That’s why I have a kingdom.
When will my kingdom come? HA!
Well played.
Though, you have minions, hordes of them, so you don’t need a kingdom.
good point
That’s happening a lot today. Doesn’t bode well – I’m not supposed to have that many.
Well then don’t waste them on me…
I’m trying not to!
You just can’t help yourself, can you?
It’s difficult. I’m too close to the problem… and there is so much that needs fixing.
I know what you mean…
or: arrrrrgh, me hearty, f rs th, and she’s buying a stairway t heaven…
I like rainy days, but Monday’s always get me down.
Luckily, today is Friday!!
(And, yes, I saw what you did there.)
I knew you would, which is why I didn’t ask. 🙂
I knew you’d know, but clarified for anyone else who might be reading this thread.
Yeah, like Twindaddy. 🙂
Exactly. He needs help from time to time.
TD needs help all the time! lol I saw what you did there too Mer! Now the song by Karen Carpenter is in my head!
Did you need a different ear worm?
no, no more ear worms! lol
okay, okay, I won’t …
really?!
Yeah. I’m generally a nice guy.
You are. 🙂
Glad to hear you are getting some rain. The descriptions here are fabulous. The steam from the mug and the dancing fire had me right there. Happy Friday!
Happy Friday to you, too. 😀
Glad you liked my little story. I guess the muse wasn’t sleeping after all.
Sometimes the muses are like cats. They’ll do what you want, but it has to be on their time.
Love it. In fact… I think there is a post there… My cat-like muse and her wily ways.
Go for it. My muse is sacked out on my arm right now so I have to type with my left hand only. And I need to pee, and I need more coffee. It’s been a slow start today.
Awww, you’ve got a kitty sleeping on you? I’m super jealous.
Yeah, this is part of our morning routine. I get up and she takes a nap. Although sometimes (on her schedule of course) she goes and hangs out with Poncho in his office.
Our cats wake up with us in the morning, then realize we aren’t doing anything exciting and go back to bed.
Typical!
Yep. I can consistently count on them for that at least.
If I’m not going anywhere, then thunderstorms.
If I’m driving, then a crisp, sunny fall day works for me.
I love mountain thunderstorms where the lightning cracks the sky in half, and the thunder echoes down the canyons like the world world is going to split in two…
It’s raining, very windy too! Son taking train from UCLA (job interview fingers crossed!) DIL flying down from SF and hub coming home tomorrow. Full house!
Wow! That is a full house. Have a wonderful weekend with your family all gathered together!
I hope the weather clears up a bit on Sunday – I think it is supposed to stay rainy and windy tomorrow, right?
And, yeah, fingers crossed for a job at UCLA – that would be awesome!!!
I’m happy you are getting rain. I hope things don’t flood. Temps in the 60’s during the day, 30’s at night and clear sky is ideal. Or thunderstorms at night, when the lightning is vivid.
Yeah, 60’s during the day and 30’s at night – that sounds pretty good to me. And my only problem with lightning at night is that I don’t get to enjoy it as much as I would if it happened during the day – because sleeping, hopefully.
You can scoff but I thought the poem was fantastic. And I’m not just lathering your ass. Highly amusing.
I was riding up in the elevator and on elevator TV (yes, we have elevator TV so we don’t have to acknowledge one another) they ran a blurb about how Cali is being inundated with MUCH NEEDED rain. So no complaints, right?
I love ALL types of weather, which is why I got the hell out of Phoenix after 18 months. They only have ONE type of weather. Most boring job in the world: Phoenix weatherman.
“Tomorrow forecast calls for hot and sunny. And, the next it looks like we are going to be in for more hot and sunny. Though, we do have the nights to look foreword too, while it will be hot still, at least it will be dark.”
I grew up in the desert. I know all about boring weather forecasts. Though, where I grew up we had the added benefit of wind. Some days it would be windy. Some days it would be really windy. Some days it seemed like your car wasn’t going to stay on the ground. Good times.
At least phoenix gets some monsoonal patterns occasionally.
And, yes, I’m not complaining about the rain at all. We desperately need it here.
Do you know what a dust devil is? It can really put a wrench in your schedule.
People think the desert is barren and dead but it’s not. It’s actually quite beautiful. Just not to live in.
I am intimately familiar with dust devils. And by that I mean, they have violated me in places and ways I’d rather not talk about.
Yes, the desert is beautiful… in paintings.
Please send some rain our way…..it is still frigid here (-32C this morning!!)
-32C ??? Holy crap!! What is that? – 100f??? Yeah, rain, your direction. I’ll get right on that.
It feels like it!! Can’t believe tomorrow is March….I think someone forgot to send the memo to Old Man Winter!!
It was the groundhog’s fault…
I’m with you it’s -46 here
-46C?????
I seriously didn’t know it ever got that cold any place people would choose to live.
Yep! It’s crazy cold. If I had my choice right now I so would not be living here. Hopefully we’ll only be here for a max of 2 more years. lol
Two more years?
My mom moved to the town I grew up in on a 5 year plan to move someplace she actually enjoyed being. 35 years later, they are finally going to be moving.
Oh wow. That’s great for you Mom!!
We’re only here now cause the bank owns us. They will for a couple more years before we can sell this house and get out of this town/city
Ugh.
Yes but trying to make the best of it. 🙂 We do like our house. If we could take it with us and move somewhere else…
That’s how we feel about our condo too.
Sorry you’re somewhat in the same situation.
No worries. Life is an adventure, right?
It sure is!
Woohooo!!
Funny – this is the second comment in a row I just typed that in reply – on two different posts.
ahaha!
*ahem*
It’s a small world after all.
heh heh heh
😛
OOOhhhhhh noooooo!
Ohhhhhhhhhh Yeah!
Head and shoulders knees and toes..
I’m Henry the Eighth, I am, I am.
“I love you, you love me, we’re a happy family…”
(Barney)
“Here’s the story, of a man named Brady.”
Who was busy with three boys of his own….wait hey!
is for horses?
We aren’t talking about Mr. Ed. here.
Well pfffft
😛
But, now that you’ve mentioned it: “A horse is a horse, of course, of course, unless it’s Mr. Ed.”
I did get that Brady Bunch song stuck in my head…you win! lol
Ha Mr. Ed!
Victory!! Sweet, sweet victory.
Tastes like purple dinosaur.
I have to give you this one! Does purple dinosaur taste like chicken?
No, not really. It’s closer to dodo….
eww you can have it then!
Oh, I was going to share too. I had a large portion… there is no way I can finish it all.
No no it’s all yours. Maybe put it over ice cream. 😉
with some sprinkles
yes purple ones. eat it while you’re playing the song..
Sympathy for the Devil?
Ha the Barney song
“I would do anything for love?”
Meatloaf!!
Meatloaf is Barney?
yes
mind = blown
don’t blow up, we need your mind!
Are you sure? It’s mostly just a bunch of silly…
silly is good except when silly gets the Brady bunch theme song stuck in my head..
Sit right back, and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip…
that started from this tiny port aboard this tiny ship….damn!
If not for the efforts of the fearless crew, the minnow would be lost…
The minnow would be lost. The waters started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed…wait…
hahaha
I was running into the same problem… which is why I jumped ahead
ahaha, it’s still in my head. there’s a warning over and over that “The minnow would be lost” gwack!
With Gilligan? The Skipper too? The millionaire and his wife? The movie star? The professor and Mary-Ann?
Here on Gilligan’s Isle….ahhhh!
Poor Jed, barely kept his family fed… Then one day, while shooting at some food, up came the bubbling crude, oil that is, black gold, texas tea…
Beverly Hillbilly’s!
You’re moving to Beverly, Hills that is, swimming pools, movie stars…
and warmth!
Well, yeah…
cold, very cold here
I’ve heard. My brain still can’t comprehend, though. It’s negative there more than it ever gets positive here….
Yes. I’m glad that you can’t comprehend!
I skipped ahead a bit.
It’s stuck in my head…grrr…
“Come and knock on our door, we’ve been waiting for you…”
“…where everybody knows your name…”
Ha that’s cheers, I was doing the “Three’s Company” song
I know. But, it seemed to fit, so I went with it.
Because… “I’ll be there for you…”
I know that song and for the life of me can’t remember the next line…lol
So…”and they’re always glad you came.”
You can’t go back to Cheers! That’s cheating.
I’m not sure anyone knows the next line… we’re all too busy watching the antics on the screen (*ahem* Jennifer Anniston) to do more than hum along with the rest.
“You take the good, you take the bad, you take them all and there you have…”
You lost me.
I thought I might stump you on this one. It’s more of a show that girls would have watched back then. Ask your wife she might know
I will query The Queen this evening and see if she comes up with it.
Let me know!!
I love rainy, snowy, stormy days. They’re my favorite and when I get all of my good writing and thinking and tea drinking done. Although, sadly, my particular health problems are very susceptible to changes in barometric pressure, but,on the plus side, that means I know the storm is coming several days before it does. Clearly, I missed my calling as a shaman.
Missed it? I don’t think it is ever too late to take on that calling. People will always need (want) to know what weather to expect in the coming days… you could be the one to deliver that! And, something tells me you’d be a little bit more reliable than what we currently have.
Fair enough. But it doesn’t quite pay like it used to… Well, actually it might. But something tells me the market value of a loaf of bread and a goat may have suffered in the last millennia..
True… but, your potential audience has increased, so if you set it up properly, it should work out to be about the same, right?
Also true. Hmmmm… I wonder how I would declare goats on my taxes.
I think there is a sub-form that allows for special declarations of value, and then lets you determine what the monetary equivalent is.
Excellent well.
My precipitation of choice is snow, thank you.
I love snow when I get to play in it – snowboard, sled, etc…
They’re calling for a foot of the white stuph here Sunday night. Woot!
Nice. I’m jealous of that!
I just hope the weather dudes are right.
For your enjoyment, I hope so too.
Woot!
I used to like rain. And then we got a dog. A very hairy dog who shakes all the raindrops off of her fur and onto our couches. A dog that tracks in mud and no matter how much you wipe the paws off with a towel, she still tracks it in the house. Sigh.
So I like it when I’m inside with nothing to do but relax and stare out the window. Which is rare.
That sitting and watching the rain fall is pretty magical. I enjoy that too. Almost as much as I enjoy being out in the rain.
Also, that’s why we have cats, and never let them outside. They are still incredibly messy, but I don’t have to worry about them shaking off the wet and ick from outside.
I’ll set for weather above freezing right now.
20 days til spring…
You’re almost there. 20 days… that’s less than a month. That’s 4 work weeks, and less than 3 weeks total. The defrost is coming.
Right now I’m just worried it will show up late, regardless of the calendar.
Still gonna wear a Hawaiian shirt on the 20th tho.
I think it’s the right thing to do.
No foolishness today?
no. Took a long time to put together the last one, thought I’d skip a week.
It will be back next friday.
After my last break, I decided to give myself a looser schedule. It’s no fun if it becomes a chore.
I definitely understand that. That’s what happened to my friday movie quote posts… I wasn’t enjoying putting them together anymore, and scrapped them altogether at the end of last year.
I was actually wondering about them the other day.
I do enjoy the foolishness, but some weeks it’s still a bit of work.
You mean all those one liners don’t come to you instantly? Illusions = shattered.
Ha! Writing those posts is probably the most unfunny process ever.
But I like that results, even though I never think they’re as funny as they could be.
(But I’m also my own worst critic, so…)
They are wonderfully clever! And I look forward to reading them… hence the question about the lack of one from today. So, take that as you will. I’m not requesting you do them every week again, because I hated that pressure when people kept asking for the movie quote posts, but thought you’d like to know that I do enjoy them.
(Did that sentence read coherently at all? My fingers typed it and it seemed bad to me.)
It is coherent, and I thank you!
Woohoo! Also, you’re welcome.
Here’s an idea for you two crazies. How about have people send in one liners. Then you don’t have to come up with them all. I’m so smart, I should be the queen!
Hmm… I’m not sure that’s how the position of Queen is decided.
well then how?
royalty
marriage
aquatic ceremonies involving swords
I like swords
Who doesn’t?!
True that!
Ha! I am currently sitting in a caravan staring at the beach through the driving rain. The children have long since lost any semblance of being under control, the adults are killing each other slowly. I am sharing a van with my grandmother who is both deaf and senile. As she has gone deaf her accent has gotten worse. We are at the point where I understand about half of what she says. The rest is a weird combination of charades, mimes and pictionary because she cannot hear my questions. She cannot work the light switches in the bathroom. There is one switch for ‘light’ one for ‘heat’ and one for ‘fan’. I am required to go to the bathroom and operate the high-tech lights for her every time she needs to use the facilities. The water pressure is non existent. I had to wave a tissue under the faucet to make sure the water was actually on. Please send alcohol.
I didn’t know this was a contest… but, now that I do… you win. 😉
I would send alcohol… but, what I’d want to send it would be easier to just walk down the street and pick up for yourself, since they don’t sell it in the states – Toohey’s Old (or Dark). I know, I know, we’ve covered this before, it isn’t your drink. Ok, grab whatever you like while you are there then, and put it on my tab. Deal?
Deal!
So you saw what I was drinking this weekend. What did you find?
Rasberry flavoured vodka 😉
Good choice. There is a mixed drink called a Candy Cane, more prevalent around the holidays, that has raspberry vodka in it and is delicious.
i love a warm rain and especially love sleeping when hearing the rain on my roof. now if we could just get rid of this 50 inches of snow!
50 inches? Is that all? That’s hardly worth mentioning. 😛
oh i so agree, this winter has been so without precipitation of any sort )
Apparently we got some rain in our little piece of the world this weekend. Which was good, because we are in a major drought, but it still funny to compare numbers – I think we got 6 inches over the weekend… hard to think that’s an appreciable amount when compared to the totals everyone else is dealing with.
Pretty good for a wet weary soul. I like fall sunny, cool, soft breeze, colours. I don’t mind rain but not when it’s torrential and windy
Fall sunny is nice… you still get the feeling like it’s summer and you can spend all day outdoors, but you aren’t overheated in the process. Excellent choice.
exactly! i do love to watch a good lightening storm from inside!
Inside is definitely the appropriate vantage point.
you think so?! 😉
well, no, I don’t, but it’s the safe thing to do
I love being outside… feeling the charge in the air and watching the light crash down from the heavens.
I know it’s amazing eh?! Almost royal 😉
Someone will probably will kill me for this comment, but my favorite weather is when it shows.
70 degrees and cloudy is a close second.
We actually had quite a few people say they liked the snow. I was surprised, given the winter most people have had.
Breezy fall days are my favorite.
But…. breezy implies wind…
That can’t be, right? Can it?
Rain! *does a happy dance around the inn*
Hahahaha
Love it. I was doing the happy dance too. Even when the rain started leaking through the non-existent sealant around our 30 year old windows…
I like rain on days when I can stay in bed all day & nap & read. I don’t like rain on days when I have to go outside. I don’t know what it is about humans – we all act like we’re going to melt in the rain.
Well, we are all witches at our core, aren’t we? 😉
I love walking in the rain. It is one of my favorite things.
We really don’t need any more rain here in England just about now! We’d quite like the chance to dry out, please!
It depends on the rain. A thunderstorm on a hot day is great, but weeks of constant steady rain with the occasional complete downpour get a bit wearing.
I have heard that… the clouds, the soggy nature of everything, it can really wear you down.
But, I grew up in the desert, so rain is and always will be a wonderful thing for me.
More the fact that you forget what the sun, moon and stars look like and everything but everything is grey. (It really doesn’t help that we wear grey habits too.) If only we could send some of the UK’s rain to where it is needed…
I’d take some!!
Eventually scientists will figure out how to do that…
Grey is a color I’ve never minded, but, again, I’ve never been saturated by it.