Hurricane Charley is headed up the state, and we're all working as long as we can before things shut down later today. Last night after Bonnie blew through, the sky was incredible. Clouds stacked up towards the Georgia border (visible from the highway) and with the curve of the earth I could just see over the top. Storm clouds dotted the outer borders, making striations in the sky, and the sunset lit her remaining bands, now thrown out from their circulation into lazy lines, in Caribbean neons against a cornflower blue background.

By the time I grabbed my camera and found a good place to shoot, the sun had set.... Sigh.

Now that I've tanked up on my Friday caffeine fix, some observations:

* You're going too slow if you're drifting in your lane.
* The air pushed ahead of a hurricane is dense and terribly humid. I should have an afro by the end of the day. Also, it holds sound more, so that it seems quiet outside, except for the cicadas, which are the size of sparrows.
* Just watched this trailer, with "Edge of the Ocean" by Ivy in the background. Excellent song, and looks like a decent enough romance movie, for a change. Feels familiar, like something we've always wished for.
* Princess Diaries 2... The first one was cute enough and plenty of fun, but there's just something about this one that strikes me wrong. Namely, it's yet another princess story where the girl has to find her prince charming before she can even be who she was born to be. I know Anne Hathaway is 21 and certainly old enough for a romance, but girls watching this movie aren't. You want the perfect job, the one you're meant to have from day 1? Well you have to get married... or you'll never have it... right away... to the bad boy... in 30 days. Ick. Why is that acceptable? Julie Andrews was quoted as saying she tried to show concern that it would have been an arranged marriage, but it's concerning enough without that.

Well, Charley has been upgraded to a category 4 by the hurricane hunters, so back to work to wrap up for the day...