| | Well, as we here in Dallas all know, Ike was nothing.
It was looking very very threatening.. this hurricane the size of Texas
coming into shore and up I-35, with sustained winds of 30-35 MPH and
gusts to 60 MPH. We were worried.
Galveston got hit good, but now where near the destruction we thought.
And Houston not so bad either.
My friend in Austin said it barely rained. :D
So when it got to Dallas, we got a good shower. Nothing like what we
expected. But MOST disappointing...we get 5 mpg winds, a little rain,
and BOOM the nearby transformer blows, and I'm without power. This
pissed me off that such a little bit could take out my power.
What's more, it did this two more times that day, and once last week. I
was going to complain, but the people who had to keep coming out and
fixing this REALLY traced down the problem this time, and cut the hell
out of a tree along the power line that belonged to a 80 year old woman
[C]ontinue, [N]onStop, [S]top? [C]
two houses down. This seemed to fix the problem.
And me and two other neighbors were working yesterday to chop up the
tree slaughter the electric people did. I mean, they must have cut off
half a tree there. Probably be there again chopping up parts tonight
too.
So I was ready though. I bought batteries to power a radio, and more to
power a TV to run games on my portable Sega Genesis and have my gaming.
My only shortfall, I couldn't find the A/V cord. Well I didn't look
that long. Truth is I was looking at an interesting section in my bible
I've had since I was five that my mom gave me, and it was a section
talking about all the books of the bible. Never noticed that there
before. Started reading it and ... ZZZZZzzzzzz...
Books do that to me. :D Especially when it is raining outside.
We were also doing well... got my 10 pack of tacos from Taco Bell, and
had ice to preserve the frozen foods.. which I only used in the end to
cool some drinks. I've been buying more organic drinks like "Hansens"
Root Beer is pretty good. No Sodium in a lot of cases and good
ingredients. My blood pressure was getting high there for a while, but
it's come down to the normal ranges lately.
Anyway, should have seen me when I went to church this weekend. I was
recording my shows at home, and the power goes off. I turned off the
laptop and grab all the stuff I use to record shows with it (Antenea and
encoder box), raced to church, set things up in a hallway that doesn't
get any traffic, and had the laptop back there continuing to record my
shows. Got one show, and the other was covering hurricane Ike.
Grrrr!!! They pre-empted EMPEREOR'S NEW SCHOOL for coverage on Ike.
Yeh the whole morning went that way. There was another show I record on
Saturday called GOD ROCKS which was pre-empted by a pledge drive. And
unfortunately the race to church from 10 to 10:30 I missed KIRBY. That
kinda sucks.
But it was fun singing at church. I got an IM from a friend of mine out
of the blue, and since Ike was coming in, my other plans (helping a
friend demolish his trailor... or the plans to run the live action
medeval combat society I'm in) were canceled. So I let my friend know I
might be at church this weekend. And naturally she told another friend,
who roped me into singing. Mannnn... I manage to visit for the first
time in two months and they rope me in to sing. :D Wow.
(I'm actually attending a church in another city till Decemeber while I
run that medeval combat thingy I just mentioned, but I do plan on
returning to the church mentioned above. Apparently I've been missed.)
:D
Singing at the church is something I do because I like to kareokee.
This is a lot like that. You stand on stage, which is like kareokee,
and look at words on a big screen, which is like kareokee. So yeh hard
for me to turn this down. :D
Oh yeh, speaking of Kareokee, I really raked in the money Friday. We
had a company picnic, I got $5 just for volunteering to sing, then I got
another $20 for being the first singer. I sang DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW
WHAT TIME IT IS? by Chicago. Later that night, after practicing for
church and doing that Kareokee, I stopped off at a mexican restrarant,
hung with some people I know there, and sang song after song. Got the
$5 prize for being the first non-family member to sing there too. I
really should not accept it in the future since I'm kinda family there
now. But yeh $30 total for singing. Not bad. Still can't quit my day
job. ;)
Doc Clu
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