June 10, 2008.
It was perfect. No night out with friends. No staying late at work. Just going home, grabbing some fast food, and enjoying TV. And, when the time was right, grabbing my controller, and blowing some Brutes to pieces. Yep, I was ready to go back to work on Halo 3.
And, then it happened. The lights started to flicker, while I was watching TV. It happened twice, and then the third time, which is usually considered a "charm", turned out to be quite the opposite.
Total darkness. The only light coming through was from the street light that could partially be seen from one of the windows of the Bat-cave (i.e., my basement). And even that light was starting to flicker.
So, it was me, still eating, and nothing else. No TV, no lights, no cable. Nothing.
No gaming for me. Not tonight, which especially sucked because I was planning on doing nothing but gaming until I couldn't keep my eyes open. (Wednesday's my late-day at work, so staying up late on a Tuesday is de rigeur for me.)
Fortunately, I managed to fight off boredom by gathering enough candles, to create enough light to read. (Yes, gamers. I do read occasionally, when I'm not shooting or slashing my way to victory in the current game of choice.) At the moment, I"m reading the novelization of the upcoming Hulk movie. (I just can't wait for the movie. Plus, I'm a comic book geek, so reading a book about one of my favorite comic book characters isn't a new thing for me.)
As I write this now, while I'm at work, and should probably actually "working", the lights are still out at my home. And, considering the number of power lines that are down on my street alone, it's a safe bet that the lights won't be back on when I get home tonight. So, another night without gaming (or electricity, for that matter) possibly awaits me.
We shall see...
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