My cable just went out
My cable just went out for five minutes, knocking out all the noise in my apartment and knocking me off the internet. Normally, this would be a mere inconvenience. Tonight, I immediately freaked. The hum of electronics was gone. My eyes teared up. The first thought in my head was someone has bombed communications. I flipped on the radio, the station it was on didn’t come in. I switched to another frequency, “House of the Rising Sun” filled the silence. The cable came back a few minutes later, followed by my modem. The cable is back, but I still can’t shake the jumpiness.
When the power goes out, my eyes tear up. It’s a sort of weird reaction I have. The next time it goes out, what will be the first thought on my mind? If it happens soon, my first thought will likely be that terrorism has eliminated electricity. I’ll probably do more than just tear up.
I slept with my light on last night. I had turned the light off and it was suddenly too dark, there were too many unexplained noises. I’m even jumpier now, I think rest tonight will require light and background noise.
It is times like these I don’t like being so alone.
Leia, I too slept with the light on last night. This is stupid, but I also left shoes and a flashlight right by my bed, just in case. It’s just a weird feeling.
A communications breakdown would just about do America in. Makes one wonder if ARPANET is indeed ready to serve its original purpose.
living alone used to be great. used to be.
Leia, you’re not alone. If you ever want company call me. I’m only a short drive away.
My wife and I are jumpy too. We slept with the windows closed and the air conditioner on even though it’s in the 60′s outside. We didn’t want to leave the windows open. On top of that, everytime the dog barks I wake up and run out to see what she’s barking at. It’s usually a cat or something. *sigh*
Hmm. You should live in the Northeast… a few blizzards will teach you to be less afraid of power outages.
Still, fear is the mind-killer, I must not fear.
Ack. I realized how heartless that sounded. Sorry.