National State of Alert:
(as of 3-8-04)

Personal State of Alert:
(as of 3-8-04)

Reason for Personal State of Alert:
- So this is post-college life? Really? *shivers*

- The Passion of Christ featured a deleted scene where Christ called me out and told me "You're next"

Featured Links:
Diaryland.com
OnlineOnslaught.com
MSNBC.com
QuietAmerican.org
MoneyCentral.msn.com
Tremble.com
Weezer.com
Fool.com
GirlsArePretty.com

joelthecat.diaryland.com

Flicker, Fading, Dead
2001-08-24 - 10:01 p.m.

"Now all I wanna do is to exit, so I go to where I can get off, on a curve, through the shoulder, there's no parking in that trough" -Geggy Tah

Lots of sounds effects tonight. Storm started, and I was singing along with Weezer's "Good Life" while lightning bolts were making flashes in the sky in front of me. The storm kinda started out of nowhere, and the bolts were accentuating things. I was surprisingly calm, it was cool.

I made macaroni and cheese. Mike called-he was checking if I was caught out there, or a fried Puerto Rican. I told him I was fine, though at that point, I had given in, gone to the living room, turned off my PC, and watching TV instead. Storm warnings were on like, every 7 minutes during whatever I was watching, interrupting during key parts. During one, there was a subliminal shot of a little black girl for about 1 1/2 seconds. I think it's a sign.

I brought a flashlight into the kitchen, in case my electric stove stopped working along with the power.. my dinner was almost done, and I was just letting it get a little more tender before I put it in the strainer, and I was ready to do such a chore in the dark. Fuck the storm.

Ate dinner, the power stayed on, but flickered a few times. I saw the storm warnings were of East of Savannah, meaning out towards the islands. Dave's out there, and seein as he told me he was going out to Wallyworld (aka Walmart), I wondered if he got caught in it. I gave him a call after Jeopardy on the number I had for him, which I think was his beeper, but it wouldn't go through without an area code. So I went to the computer, figuring the storm had passed my area. My finger was literally ONE inch from the power button, when I heard a BOOM and a ZAP at pretty much the same exact time. The power flickered, I backed the hell out of my room, and decided to wait a bit.

I did, I was in my living room, and heard another BANG come from behind my house. It was really disorienting... didn't seem like lightning- and it sounded like a gunshot- I made note of the time, too, just in case it was.

Anywho, a little later, got online.. el David missed the storm, and was fixin to go to the club, like he had the night before, and the night before that. Earlier today, he messaged me quick before going to the beach. "Hey, bout to head out to {cool location}. Bye!"

Ya ever seen the episode of Malcolm in the Middle where the older brother and friends all head out to Mardi Gras, but the main dude has to stay in the hotel room the whole time cuz he ate some bad food or something and got sick? You can kinda see the party from the window, but you're stuck, like the dude, inside the room, doin nothing?

I *HATE* that. It's happened on sitcoms since I was a kid... like... we're going to Disneyland this episode! And meanwhile, we're (the viewer and a main character) is stuck in the parking lot, or at the front gate... cuz of whatever stupid reason. It's an evil, evil tease, and it drives me nuts.

Well, yeah... this is where I point to myself.

Yeaargh! How frustrating. I'll just sit at home then, doing my laundry. I wash myself of all this. No more dirty laundry... *shwoosh*.

"Slot machines, wanna bet.. are resting... Before the night when the lights went out, was an electrical water spout, absolutely everything about- Electricity / Has been dead for more than a minute, I don't think this was an accident, the dead presidents are innocent, made of metal... It's Las Vegas with the lights out" -Geggy Tah

Reason for Terror # 82:

Using phrase "da bomb" unwittingly in phone tapped conversations could lead to arrest and beatings by the FBI, local authorities, and hip police.

Reason for Terror # 81:

There was a little bit of mold on that bread you had this morning.

Reason for Terror # 80:

When evening falls, you can try to drive away; but the moon will be following... always following...