It rained today.

The puddles are gone now, but the sky still hovers charcoal grey and low, almost protective, and a wind is stirring through the trees. Thunder is growling somewhere, like a deep aching. The world outisde is electric. It's beautiful. And we've been promised more, the next few days. Thunder and lightening. The cold.

So beautiful.

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In other news, I've decided that Muse it the ultimate band of Bellatrix's soul. It's almost as if they wrote every song with a knowledge of her inner torments, her deepest desires, her trauma, her weakest moments and greatest triumphs. It's kind of scary. Really, really scary, in fact.

Her most fitting songs (so far): New Born, Butterflies and Hurricanes, Microcuts, Take a Bow, Showbiz, Escape, and Uno.

While their slurred, dischordant, nearly screamo-ish sound might've been an initial turn off for me regarding Muse (I kind of like it now... it's very spacey [:), they write BEAUTIFUL lyrics. They're absolutely gorgeous, and while their mostly negative stuff is really pretty, their few songs about happiness (which are really, really happy...) are even prettier. But it can get really depressing listening to them. So bah. :P

IT'S RAINING!!! It's actually raining!! *dances* I feel like I'm home again.
This morning I woke up, turned off the alarm, and laid back down. I kid you not, two seconds later the rain began, making me the happiest person alive. And then, because God couldn't help himself, the sprinklers started. Go figure. xD It's only let up for the briefest intervals all day, and since the ground isn't absorbing we've got loads of water flooded up everywhere. My mum and I tried driving around town, and crossing the streets are like fording the Deleware or something... it's madness! It's mayhem! It's the most wonderful tiiiiiiiiiime of the yeeeeeear!! We havent' have a storm this long since... 3 years ago, I think? I feel sorry for all of the Californians, though; they've all forgotten what water is. Half my class came to school in flipflops. Lord have mercy on their toes. 
And in other news... NaNoWriMo is OVER!! As of... 10 SECONDS AGO!! THANK GOODNESS!!! Microsoft Word and I have bonded over the past few weeks... I'm so sick of writing. Love it to death, but NaNo is like being force-fed candy for several weeks. Really cheap candy. With the wrapper still intact.