The Three Hundredth!

Number Three Hundred:

Home, Lunch, Burger

So on the way home I grabbed a Roy's Big Burger, a Lakeside tradition since I dunno, the 50s ? Anyway, managed this because I had a meeting across town and home was in between! Number 300! I know, unbelievable that I would stick a napkin on my face for nearly a year now! Holy Moly! Okay, here is a secret vid that is going to be on Noah Scalin's website soon, but readers here gets a sneak preview. Yay!

It is to earn a badge for my project, basically I sent a video about the project in and how it has helped me be creative and stuff --which is awesome. I recorded it during Hurricane Irene so it would be a little interesting anyway. Happy 300!

The Two Hundred and Ninety Seventh...

Number Two Hundred Ninety Seven:

Home, Dinner, Gyro

You know what is nice? Electricity! We got it yesterday afternoon and I really appreciate it!

Earlier today, had a great meeting with Jeff Roll from the James River Film Society and Bobby Morgan from Geeks of Doom on doing a Halloween Film Program at the Visual Arts Center. It's ON!!!

The Two Hundred and Ninety Sixth...

Number Two Hundred and Ninety Six:

Home, Breakfast, Cereal

Day 6 without power. Yup, it pretty much sucks.

Note: It might mean me being late posting staches over the weekend! I will be doing them though!

The Two Hundred and Ninety Fifth...

Number Two Hundred and Ninety Five:

Home, Breakfast, Cereal

Day 5 without power. Lisa checked the Dominion website yesterday, said they were on our street, but to me that doesn't really mean anything. It's starting to feel like the long haul of outage. I know there is really no room to complain, thinking of 3rd worlds and places that don't have it as lucky as us. While I sat at the nook eating breakfast, I wondered what people 150 years ago, before electricity was readily available, thought about while eating their breakfast. I was thinking about Harry Potter movies. What did the world think about that was entertaining at the nook before there was a culture built around being entertained? Books? Conversation? Letters they read? Just something I was thinking about.

The Two Hundred and Ninety Fourth...

Number Two Hundred and Ninety Four:

Home, Breakfast, Cereal

Going on day 4 with no power. Yes, I want to restore sanity! (Note background poster.) Last night we went to the store since our awesome neighbors are still letting us mooch a line of electricity to keep the fridge going. We bought some milk for cereal so I won't have to endure that nasty fast foodness anymore! Somewhat back to normal, I suppose! It was a little chilly this morning, so the shower was extra special....

Two Hundred and Ninety Third...

Number Two Hundred Ninety Three:

Office, Breakfast, Biscuit

I think I have reached that age of awareness in my life where eating a sausage biscuit with egg from McDonalds is not tasty and breakfast worthy, but rather gross. Since we still have no electricity at home, and we're trying to make do with the one cord we have coming in from our nice neighbors who do have it, meals have been dodgy. Can I save the receipt for this greasy nastiness and bill Dominion Power?

By the way, Lisa Crisman, a librarian pal, sent me this:

Too funny!

The Two Hundred and Ninety Second...

Number Two Hundred and Ninety Two:

Office, Breakfast, Granola Bar

Still no power at the house, so uploading a Napkin Moustache gets tricky. Might have to do them at work till we get back online. In the meantime, driving to work with all the traffic lights out is a bitch. Also, pay no attention to the date on the calender, I just haven't torn it to the correct day!

The Two Hundred and Ninety First...

Number Two Hundred and Ninety One:

Home, Breakfast, Eggs

The day after Hurricane Irene came through; sunny, calm, getting warmer. Lisa & I picked up sticks, limbs and lawn stuff from the garage. We still have no power, probably won't get it a while (I hope I am wrong), being that we are part of a small row of houses that have no electricity, many around us have it, the retirement home has it, that usually means we are probably screwed. Our awesome neighbors who do have power have given us an outlet to at least keep the small fridge cold, so that's something. I know there is way worse out there so....

Anyway, WRIR rocks. Last night, we had the radio on, searching the dial through the evening for ANY updated weather reports. The only one that was doing effectively was WRIR.

I swear, we tried all over -AM, FM - nothing but people either calling in about downed trees or political pundits trying to blame someone for nature. We roll in on our little LP-FM at the moment they were telling us where the storm was, what the conditions were and what numbers to call. And it was happeneing frequently enough to be awesome. As far as I am concerned, WRIR 97.3 is the GO TO station in a weather emergency, thanks WRIR!

The Two Hundred and Ninetieth...

Number Two Hundred and Ninety:

Home, Breakfast, Weather

A quick 'stache in case our power goes out, the beginning moments of Hurricane Irene, sure to screw up the city for a while in some form or the other. It still didn't keep the Lakeside Farmers' Market from trying to be open. I was hoping to get bacon but wound up with potatoes and some lemon bread. Then snacks from the CVS across the parking lot. Maybe I will upgrade 290 if the power is still on an I do something clever, maybe not!