Power Outage

The other day as I was typing up Fucking Birds (part 2), there was a power outage in my neighborhood. The power outage in question managed to happen while the gas company was at my house in yet another attempt to fix my heat. And of course, I hadn’t managed to save the blog I was typing, almost finished with actually…

So I go storming downstairs, damn near ready to bash the gas man’s head in with a wrench, and when I get downstairs, he’s complaining about the power outage too. Apparently it’s not his fault. He’s lucky.

It’s too late though, because I’m already off on a tirade. Within another minute or two, the power came back on and I run back upstairs and turn the computer on. While it’s booting up, I immediately call X and leave him a very frantic voicemail because he knows shit about computers and I want my blog back. And I’m sick of the flashbacks I’m having of my teachers and professors constantly reminding us in class to back up our work.

B: IT’S ME. I NEED YOU TO CALL ME BACK ASAP. I’M HAVING A COMPUTER EMERGENCY.

As soon as I hang up I sent him a text message too. Just to drive the emergency point home.

The computer finally comes back on and I can’t find my blog. I decide to open up Word, just to check. Low and behold, there it is.

I was just starting to relax, and to finish writing the blog when my phone rings. It’s X and he’s a bit worried.

X: Hey…are you ok? What’s wrong?

B: Oh…nothing. The power went out and I thought I lost the blog I was writing and I knew you’d know how to get it back. But when the computer came back on, it was there. In Word.

X: (laughing, and presumably thinking I’m fucking crazy) Ok…I’ll talk to you later.

That X…he’s a good egg. I’m also fascinated with how I can go from normal, to an unhealthy state of insanity, and back to normal within minutes. Oh well…that’s what makes me so much fun!