I've been unable to post updates on my triops. Or be on the computer much at all. Sunday night the power went out and I am still living like Laura Ingalls of Little House on the Prairie. So far I haven't resorted to throwing around a pig's bladder inflated with air for entertainment, but I have been dancing with the cats in make shift strobe lighting I create with the flash light.
My possible day time entertainment is throwing out everything in the freezer and washing it out for good. There isn't much in the fridge that will need to be thrown away, and hopefully the $37 of limited time only Great Lakes Brews I bought Saturday won't lose any of its shelf life. I have a case of Oktoberfest and two four packs of Imperial Dortmunder, but what I need is the Blackout Stout, commemorating one of the many other blackouts I endured in the summer of 2003. You know, the one where Cleveland (Eastlake specifically) caused a black out across the entire North East United States? D'oh.
Then there was the summer of 94 when I used the blackout to help me put a notch in the bedpost. My bedposts are made of metal now, and I've been using the blackout as a way to get more sleep much more so than the other thing.
So I endure by charging the lap-top at work, using some "community" wifi of whose origins I am not sure, and by knowing that God has some reason for turning on the lights everywhere in my neighborhood except for this little cluster of four buildings.
No, not really about the God part. I've just been spending my time thinking about the belly button ring I might get Saturday.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Beer, bladders, and bellybutton rings
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I can relate. Last winter we got hit by one nasty ice storm. Knocked out power all over the state, broke off trees, you name it.
I was w/o power for over 100 hours, though houses across the street to the North were re-powered 2 days beforehand. I could plainly see which tree was causing the problem too. Total pisser.
I hope you get everything back soon.
And good luck on the piercing!
Thanks, Brandon. You are in OK so I guess you get your share. I've lived through a lot of blackouts and at least this one is during decent weather. I'm still feeling like I'm on survivor. At least survivor has producers who secretly give you goodies behind the scenes.
And no, I haven't learned that I really don't need all this technology after all. I want it back!!
Yeah I was the same way.
Sad as it sounds, I was lamenting my loss of internet and digital music like I'd lost a friend.
Not to mention my refrigerator, coffee maker and the ability to have electric lights.
I'd just gone grocery shopping right before that too. Pretty irritating to have to throw out food you just bought a few days prior.
Still crossing fingers for you!
(and hoping this winter doesn't yield more icy "fun" here)
I like the fact that you even drink beer that's not mainstream/common.
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