God, I am so glad we weren't around for the Great Blackout of '03 - I know it's been blogged all to death, but hanging out on the tiny islands of coastal Maine is exactly where I want to be in case this shit ever happens again. I'm struck by many things: first, that we were the last to know (yay!). Second, that the pictures of people lined up at NYC payphones yesterday looked identical to the sidewalk outside our apartment on September 11. Third, a Republican congressman from Louisiana has already blamed the Democrats. Fourth, our nation's power grid must be STUNNINGLY fucked-up for this to happen - I mean, that's a clusterfuck for the ages. Fourth, being away from the internet - except for 15 minutes a night - can be an unbelievable blessing.
We're taking a 7am boat to Nova Scotia tomorrow morning, so I am going to bed before midnight for the first time since I had trig homework. I am going to puke all over Nova Scotia.
P.S. look at my bro Steve's picture of the wedding reception - pretty goddamn cool!
Posted by at August 15, 2003 07:48 PM