So like our power went out this morning, probably cosmic rays bursting from the sun! Or the windstorm that apparently swept over the state while we slept. Either way, since I feel like crap with tonsils the size of golf balls I wasn't going to work. I do admit a twinge of irritation when Rob announced around the golf balls in his throat that our power was out because if you're going to be home sick, you need to at least have your electronic toys to keep you company, right? And how can I see what happens next in Knights of the Old Republic without electricity?
Which, btw, I hit a point in the game the other night and it totally took me by surprise. I'm sure everyone else probably saw it coming several planets back, but I'm so innocent. :) It was a cool, "Holy cow! I didn't see that coming!" moment.
I'm glad to see Lynn posting comments around town. :) And it's funny in a twisted way to note that Broos is updating very frequently since we're all so worried about him and California right now.
What I wonder about is how much denial we can put ourselves into concerning the way the world works around us. I read an article about a local family who lost their home in the fires. Apparently dad looked at the fires about 25 miles away at midnight, shrugged it off, and went to sleep, then they were woken at 2AM and given 2 minutes to get out of their house. I'm thinking that if I thought for a moment that there is the possibility of danger, I'd have at least made a point of gathering my important stuff by the door before I went to sleep...but I guess that's not something everyone does. And I don't know if it's really denial, or something else. I look around my place now and try to think of what I'd grab, and frankly most of it's in the fire safe anyway, but there's some photo albums I'd likely scoop up. And my laptop :) I'm not sure that I'd try to grab Maggie and Mittens, which seems rather insensitive...but I honestly can't conceive trying to chase down two cats who hate each other and packing them into separate boxes in two minutes. I'd have to entrust their fate to the gods.
Which means that Mittens is going to poop on the floor later, and Maggie will hurl into my boots again to pay me back for abandoning them in my mind. :/ What would y'all do?
Which, btw, I hit a point in the game the other night and it totally took me by surprise. I'm sure everyone else probably saw it coming several planets back, but I'm so innocent. :) It was a cool, "Holy cow! I didn't see that coming!" moment.
I'm glad to see Lynn posting comments around town. :) And it's funny in a twisted way to note that Broos is updating very frequently since we're all so worried about him and California right now.
What I wonder about is how much denial we can put ourselves into concerning the way the world works around us. I read an article about a local family who lost their home in the fires. Apparently dad looked at the fires about 25 miles away at midnight, shrugged it off, and went to sleep, then they were woken at 2AM and given 2 minutes to get out of their house. I'm thinking that if I thought for a moment that there is the possibility of danger, I'd have at least made a point of gathering my important stuff by the door before I went to sleep...but I guess that's not something everyone does. And I don't know if it's really denial, or something else. I look around my place now and try to think of what I'd grab, and frankly most of it's in the fire safe anyway, but there's some photo albums I'd likely scoop up. And my laptop :) I'm not sure that I'd try to grab Maggie and Mittens, which seems rather insensitive...but I honestly can't conceive trying to chase down two cats who hate each other and packing them into separate boxes in two minutes. I'd have to entrust their fate to the gods.
Which means that Mittens is going to poop on the floor later, and Maggie will hurl into my boots again to pay me back for abandoning them in my mind. :/ What would y'all do?
posted by Owl Chick at 10/29/2003 09:14:00 AM
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