read what i meant to post yesterday first.

so why didn't i post last night? long story:

at 10 pm last night, the power went, probably due to some lightning striking some power thing. i was about to go on line, so instead, i started copying this pretty border from the buffy calendar with the help of a torch. then the batteries ran out so i went to bed. at 11:00pm. i went to the toilet 3 times last night, had nothing to do.

i managed to nearly fall asleep when at 1 am i heard this distant alarm, so i stuck my head out the window. nothing out there but rain water. so i opened the door and sure, the alarm got louder.

"shit," i thought, "its a fire alarm. my house is on fire!"

so i started sniffing the air for smoke and cataloging everthing that could be useful in th eevent of a fire.

"blanket: check, in the computer room. i could wet something with my mug of water and use it as a mask. *channel 2nd year chemistry* come on... electrical fires should be put out with blankets and sand because water conducts electric charge back to you, killing you. is there any sand in the house?"

the alarm got louder as i went down the stairs. "why is no one else up?" said my inner monologue. "shit," it said, "its a carbon monoxide alarm. no-one else would have their window open in the middle of a storm except me. they're all unconscious already. my haemoglobin is screwed! we're gonna die! and all that time i was sniffing the air. CO: colourless odourless gas. stupid, stupid, stupid."

then i located the source of the noise: the broom cupboard. the security alarm thinks that its been tampered with. 2 hours late, honey. but i dont know the code to shut it up so i went to my parents room. they didnt hear it. deaf old people. and i thought they we're gonna die.

i dont even have a carbon monoxide detector. should get one.

fwd to 2:32 am. the power snapped back on. the irritating red light on the surge protector woke me up from a dream i think in which i was talking to lex with 'the couch' and 'i was hoping' as background music. the ventilator which i left on at 8 pm after i showered came back on. so i went once more to the loo. when i came back the room was glowing a pale greeny white. i thought the sun had risen. nope, just my mum turning on the computer. here's one: why dont you wait till i've slept? normally, i would have been on the internet. but now the power was back on, i was way too tired.

i cant even go on line now cos my mum is on the phone with her sister, who thought i was her when i picked up the phone. even when they finish i wont be able to touch AOL, because my dad's ex-colleague/friend whatever has to get back from wherever she has gone too and might get lost and has to call. havent they heard of mobile phones? it's nearly 38 hours offline now. i sound like some recovering alcoholic: i've been dry for the last 38 hours.

but hey, when you read this eventually i'd be happy. it now 5:50 pm. i have enterprise in 10 mins. is T'Pol a traitor? bet she's not and that it'll be really boring. enterprise is replacing smallville in its slot. *channeling kathryn mertuil*: i want lex!

7:09 pm

i just saw enterprise. not bad. so it turns out that T'Pol isn't a traitor after all. how did i guess? did anyone catch the sparks flying between her and tucker? ooh.

enterprise is very much like smallville. sequels to big stories with already existant fans. so you get these bad refering-to-the-future, dramatic irony things: on enterprise it's when they try out teleportation, on smallville it's basically everything they say. "we're gonna be the stuff of legends." i'm blah toay.

oh no. rob lowe is leaving the west wing next spring, apparently because they aren't paying him enough. well pay him! pay him well! him pay well! well him pay! what's the west wing without sam seaborne? who's gonna write the speeches? what's a president without speeches?

40.5 hours. still offline.

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th since 5th october 2001