Sigh.
Still no lights. I just checked National Grid’s “real time estimates”. Customers without power in Erie County can expect to have power restored by…October 21! Yay!
Today, I’m hanging out at DYC. I’ve got the phone and the computer charging. Tomorrow, I’ll be working.
By the way…showering and getting ready in the dark sucks.
To amuse myself, I’m thinking of song lyrics that have to do with darkness or the lights going out. Feel free to post any for me to add to the list. 😉
Well, don’t trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
’cause the judge in the town’s got bloodstains on his hands
- The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Vicki Lawrence
They say that girl ya know she act too tough tough tough
Well it’s till’ I turn off the light, turn off the light
They say that girl you know she act so rough rough rough
Well it’s till’ I turn off the light, turn off the light
And I say follow me follow me
follow me down down down down
till’ you see all my dreams
Not everything in this magical world is quite what it seems
- Turn off the Light, Nelly Furtado
get up in the evening
and I ain’t got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain’t nothing but tired
Man I’m just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
- Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen
[MIMI]
It’s nothing
They turned off my heat
And I’m just a little
Weak on my feet
Would you light my candle?
- Light My Candle, Rent Soundtrack
There’s only one thing that I like
And that is whistling in the dark
- Whistling in the Dark, They Might Be Giants
You and me going fishing in the dark,
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows.
Down by the river in the full moon light,
We’ll be fallin in love in the middle of the night
Just movin slow…
Stayin the whole night through, feels so good to be with you…
- Fishin’ in the Dark, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
(I actually like this song quite a bit…)
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y’awl’s neighborhood
- Thriller, Michael Jackson
The night is like a dagger
Long and cold and sharp
As I sit here on the front steps
Blowing smoke rings in the dark
- Smoke Rings in the Dark, Gary Allan
Okay, I’ve wasted enough time with this…later!
Compliments of my husband, who actually had to look presentable for students today:
(Found you via Flickr. Hi!)
Lights out! Uh-huh! Blast! Blast! Blast!
(or something like that!)
Peter Wolf — “Lights Out”
“…never doing nothin’ ’bout the trouble on the way when the lights go out without warning … it’s a blackout for me and one for you, too … there’s nothing you can do about it!”
Sloan — “Blackout”