There was an hour long power outage tonight. I think it's a bit exciting whenever the power goes out at night. It takes away all modern forms of entertainment and forces you back into reality. No TV, no Internet, no Virtual Mario Tennis. When the lights go out, you're forced to do real things.
I was at my father-in-law's house when the power went out and, after we lit some candles, he pulled out and acoustic guitar and started playing. He didn't even have to plug it in to anything! It was more enjoyable than talking over the background noise of the television.
I can't recall a time when I was happy about the end of a blackout. There is something exciting about the anticipation for electricity to resume. It makes you wonder what you would do if the power doesn't return. When it does, it's as if the moment of real is sucked away by the humming of electric machines.
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Stop motion video of man trapped in elevator for 40 hours.
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The silence of power outages always makes my ears hurt. I haven't decided what I think about that.
The bad part of silence is that I can notice the damage that has been done to my ears from rock and roll music festivals. It doesn't hurt though, it's just a constant ringing that I can hear.
Your ears actually hurt? Like a pain? I don't think I've ever experienced pain from silence or noise. Loud bass has hurt my head before, but not my ears.
Nah, not pain. It's like when you close your eyes in the dark and you can't tell the difference between illumination and darkness in your peripheral vision.
And in the same way, whenever you focus on it, it's gone.
That video bummed me out big time.
(That power outage at my dad's house didn't, though. But if I'd been alone in an elevator at the time, I'd sure as hell have felt differently.)
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