i must confess that i love MILD natural 'disasters': snow storms that don't completely shut down a city, earthquakes that are just an exciting tremor, and floods that don't cause millions of damage. how i wish i could be in venice at this moment. my timing is always off though. i spent a spring in california when not even the minutest tremor occurred (and a 10 year drought had just ended which meant my much-looked-forward-to coastal train journey from l.a. to sfo was rerouted via bus to bakersfield--joy!) i did get to see snow in northern italy last winter but i had to climb a mountain to do so. anyway, all of this is to say, splash in a puddle for me and one day, i WILL experience acqua alta!

on a complete side note, purple_pen, i don't know you but i LOVE your little icon-thingie. rwav is my favourite film of ALL time!