We choose to go to the moon...

Today was just, god, it was this crazy surreal day. I woke up in the middle of the night and I was overwhelmed by the sound of the wind and rain. The power went out just before 6:30am. Shortly after the phone lines went out as well as my cell phone connection which meant no power, no phone, no internet. I napped for a while but, once I woke up, I did my best to connect to people through text messages and to get some news through my battery powered radio. Holy cow BORING. Boring. I kept hearing about the 3.2 million homes without power and the weeks it would take to restore power and, wow, that sounded horrible. Somewhere in all of this I read printed fic and ate 1/2 a jar of peanut butter (yum) and resigned myself to more of this because my office is closed tomorrow. Right around 8:30pm when I was nearing despondent because it was dark and I was trying desperately to interest myself in a book by flashlight, four coworkers led by one who lives in my community knocked on my door and spirited me away to a home with PEOPLE and LANTERNS and BEER. And it was good. The power came on a short time ago but I have food for tomorrow and will probably stay close to home since the office is still closed. The moral of this story is that I will never underestimate hurricanes and I will NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF ELECTRICITY ever again. Ever. Again.

Thanks to powrhug and kiffle for the the texts and calls to my corporate hotline for work updates and posting in my absence. You did wonders for my sanity. Seriously.

THE WEST WING WAS PREEMPTED BY WIlMA COVERAGE.

*sobs*

TOBY!

ETA: I'm so bitter. Does anyone know of any Torrent sites for The West Wing?

ETA2: Kiffle let me know that nbc6.net is airing the shows on the web. I missed the first 15 minutes so maybe someone can fill me in. There are also weird volume problems with the site that require me to sit with my ear to the speaker. I'm not happy tonight.

* Here's the current storm path. And here's a map of Florida. Check out where Naples is located. Half of my county has mandatory evacuations. Everyone's talking about pressure and water temperature and flood zones and, wow, this sucks. The waiting is hideous. Oh! But I was in Publix today buying extra water and non perishable food and the guy in line behind me had at least 20 loaves of bread and all of the bologna in the store. I asked him about it and he said that he eats bologna sandwiches in times of great stress. Ha! I, on the other hand, stocked up on peanut butter. (But I can't dig in unless (until?) the power is out.)

* Grissom is so hot in a suit and glasses. Especially with that beard. God. (What's the name of this S5 episode? The one where Grissom reopens the case with the match book and Ecklie opens the supervisory inquiry before splitting up the team?)

* It's Viggo's 47th birthday. He's definitely aging with flair.

* And someone left the newest issue of GQ on my desk. Orlando is stunning. That photo takes my breath away.

* ETA: Someone also left me the Nickelodeon Magazine with a Dan Radcliffe interview and another issue of the recent Stargate Magazine. Does anyone have interest in one of both of these?

* Everyone around here is freaking out about Wilma. I think there's still residual Charlie angst but they keep talking about trajectories straight toward Naples and I wonder if I'm supposed to be freaking out, too. My company is sending people to Harrisburg in case we lose power and everyone's telling me that my family isn't going to be able to fly in for their visit on Sunday. I'm not panicking (yet) but I do think I should consider stocking up on more peanut butter and bottled water. And, uh, batteries. And maybe I should fill my gas tank. Panic breeds panic. Seriously.

* Dinner with the boy and his colleagues was a good time. Even better than anticipated, actually.

* Work is overwhelming lately in the "my brain hurts" way rather than the "I'm positively challenged" way. Everyone's overwhelmed and I'm making it my life's mission not to snap at people because I never want to be that person.

* I absolutely blame cranberryink for this but, all day, I haven't been able to stop thinking about a scenario where Sheppard meets an alternate universe version of himself and they're both hot and heroic and have thigh holsters and then they have sex.

* I'm a rebel and I'm sleeping in till 7am tomorrow. Step back. This renegade thing may be catching.

* ETA: Ahahahahaha! House business cards.