an entry about nothing
Jul. 24th, 2003 02:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chestnutcurlsWhere is everyone? I'm lonely.
I keep calling the apartment because if the answering machine picks up, it means our power is back on. So far, nothing. Ironically, the air conditioning unit in my office appears to have died, too. It's getting stuffy and hot in here. You know, we people are so spoiled. Take away our electricity for three days and we all freak out.
I am proud, though, of the way our city has pulled together. Last I heard, 75% of our streetlights are still out, but everyone's got the four-way-stop thing down. Electricians and emergency workers are coming in from all over the state to help. Neighbors are pitching in to clean up the trees. It's nice. I've talked to all kinds of people over the last few days. It's funny how, in a crisis situation, it suddenly becomes okay to talk to and be friendly with strangers. On a normal day, people just look at you strangely.
I made another poll, but it didn't work. Again. I am irritated that, now that I'm finally thinking of poll topics, I can't get it to work.
I keep calling the apartment because if the answering machine picks up, it means our power is back on. So far, nothing. Ironically, the air conditioning unit in my office appears to have died, too. It's getting stuffy and hot in here. You know, we people are so spoiled. Take away our electricity for three days and we all freak out.
I am proud, though, of the way our city has pulled together. Last I heard, 75% of our streetlights are still out, but everyone's got the four-way-stop thing down. Electricians and emergency workers are coming in from all over the state to help. Neighbors are pitching in to clean up the trees. It's nice. I've talked to all kinds of people over the last few days. It's funny how, in a crisis situation, it suddenly becomes okay to talk to and be friendly with strangers. On a normal day, people just look at you strangely.
I made another poll, but it didn't work. Again. I am irritated that, now that I'm finally thinking of poll topics, I can't get it to work.
