“i don’t know about you, but i sit around…and i wait.”*

Last night, we watched the Steelers beat the Browns and immediately afterward, the power went out. Our windows were open so we heard the entire neighborhood go, “AWWWWWWW MAN!” It is indeed fortunate that the power went out after the game, as opposed to right in the middle, because then there might have been riots. But still: no post-game. Grr. We also didn’t get to watch True Blood, Entourage, or Mad Men and we didn’t get to finish watching The Seventh Seal, which we started watching the other night but we both fell asleep in the middle of it. I mean, it’s not like we knew what was going on, but it’s still awesome and I want to see all of it. I guess I never noticed how little I’ve heard Swedish being spoken, but it’s pretty rad since to my Latin-based ear it all sounds like gibberish and very…like…”I am Death-schnurgen. Do you play chess-schnurgen? Bork bork bjorn borg.”

I imagine that if I have any Swedish readers I’ve completely offended them and I’m sorry. But yinz talk funny, n’at.

The wind was pretty intense last night but I didn’t realize how much it messed things up until this morning. There was already a mess on the main street because a building that caught fire a few weeks ago partially collapsed, but now there were trees everywhere, no traffic lights, gutters and siding and shingles scattered all over. And the baby’s school had a 2-hour delay so we had to drop him at my mother-in-law’s house. But I wonder how people who don’t have family or trustworthy babysitters nearby manage when there’s something like a 2-hour delay and they CAN’T be late for work.

Oh, this is completely unrelated but we went to see Burn After Reading on Friday and it was pretty great. It’s been getting bad reviews but I think that’s because the Coen Brothers blew everyone’s minds so much with No Country for Old Men that people forgot that they make goofy movies all the time. Granted, Burn After Reading isn’t their BEST movie ever, but I can tell you that any time a whole, crowded theater cracks up at brutal killings…well, you got something special on your hands. Shit. I might make that into a Hallmark card.

*Okay, so, I know I’m a cornball but I am once again referencing Joe Rogan. He has a bit in his 2005 (a whole two years before Idiocracy came out, which is pretty wild since it’s basically the same argument) special in which he talks about how people are getting stupider, but we all think we’re smart because we use things that smart people have made. “If I left you alone in the woods with a hatchet, how long do you think it would be before you sent me an email?” Perhaps the best example he gives is what we do when the power goes out, which is just sit and wait for it to come back on. And last night, I couldn’t help but think about that, especially as the husband and I stumbled around breaking our toes on our furniture and downloading flashlight apps for our iPhones, for fuck’s sake. Totally helpless.

10 Responses to ““i don’t know about you, but i sit around…and i wait.”*”

  1. Lizzie Says:

    I have always wondered that about 2-hour delays (and snow days, etc, in general, I guess)… My mom taught in our school district, so we never had that issue – if we had a delay or an unexpected day off, she did too. And now I can’t remember what arrangements any of our friends had, other than that some of them would end up at our house sometimes.

  2. kdiddy Says:

    I really hate 2-hour delays, especially now that I’m directly affected by them. they’re such a useless hassle. just cancel school!

  3. Ed Says:

    Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue, Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn børk! børk! børk!

  4. kdiddy Says:

    precisely

  5. Alaina Says:

    Dominic and I were out watching the steelers game at the union grill and dee’s in the South Side. The power went out during the game while we were at the Union Grill, and it was like the apocolypse driving from Oakland to the South Side. We didn’t get power back at our house until this morning though. It was so silent last night, it was like we were camping or something.

  6. kdiddy Says:

    it was also weirdly bright out. the moon I guess was especially bright and there were no other lights competing with it. pretty weird all around.

  7. Mary Says:

    I love Swedish. Even though it sounds like total gibberish, it is melodic gibberish, and therefore awesome.

  8. kdiddy Says:

    I agree!

  9. alienspice Says:

    dude, my power is STILL out. Since 8:30pm Sunday night. I am posting from the QS, where I am also charging my phone and probably later storing all my perishables (unless they manage to get our power back on today)
    life on larimer ave……

  10. kdiddy Says:

    ugh that SUCKS

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