Kickin' it Colonial Style!
January 13th 2007 21:34
We had yet another power outtage. I must say this is getting QUITE ridiculous!! Anyway, the power went out early this morning. Did you know that if it's to quiet, you can't sleep very well? I found this out last night. No matter how hard I tried, the quiet was deafening. I never realized how LOUD our house is, even at night. Tony has his box fan on, I have my sleep machine, the fish and turtle tank is always a gurgling away.
We decided we were going to "tough it out" here at home all day. Mainly becuase we could see the workers trying to fix whatever the problem was. The people across from us had power, and my mom who lives a few blocks away did too. So, we knew it wasn't that big of a problem.
Tony turned on teh burners on our gas stove to high, put a big pot of water of to boil to help steam our kitchen up he carefully poured boiling water through our coffee pot to make a pretty damn good pot of coffee, and we hung out there all fucking day. Out of desperation and sheer boredom, Tony and I opened up our pack of cards. I bought these cards MONTHS ago, when I thought it would be nice to play cards one night. But, why play with REAL cards, when you can play cards online right? Why risk the paper cuts and having to socialize with your loved ones? So, we played "Olde Timey cards" and had a somewhat good time. Ok, it sucked! I hate cards! Tony alwys fucking wins. It WAS fun hanging with Tony though and the kids... well, the kids were assholes but I dont blame them. Their best friend the tv was down. THey had to play with REAL toys and entertain themsleves. OH the horror!!
So, we were all sequesterd in this one room, playing old timey cards, and I had the farts from my new "healthy" diet. Eating healthy is not all that its cracked up tp be. First, it's more expensive, everything gives you either the shits or the farts, and then it has the fucking nerve to taste bad to boot. The only vegetable I can eat without gagging is brocolli which I am sure is the reason for my flatulence. So, here we are in my stinky, steamy kitchen playing cards.
I would LOVE to say that we realized that life is better when we're all together, interacting and that we laughed and had a jolly good time. Unfortunately, that was so not the case. It was boring. We all wanted to play with someting that beeped, had batteries or a power cord or SOMETHING. When the lights came on, we tried to pretend like we were still going to sit in the kitchen and continue to play cards. Within minutes, both kids were glued to the tv, and me and Tony are now on our computers.
What can I say? We're a modern family.
We decided we were going to "tough it out" here at home all day. Mainly becuase we could see the workers trying to fix whatever the problem was. The people across from us had power, and my mom who lives a few blocks away did too. So, we knew it wasn't that big of a problem.
Tony turned on teh burners on our gas stove to high, put a big pot of water of to boil to help steam our kitchen up he carefully poured boiling water through our coffee pot to make a pretty damn good pot of coffee, and we hung out there all fucking day. Out of desperation and sheer boredom, Tony and I opened up our pack of cards. I bought these cards MONTHS ago, when I thought it would be nice to play cards one night. But, why play with REAL cards, when you can play cards online right? Why risk the paper cuts and having to socialize with your loved ones? So, we played "Olde Timey cards" and had a somewhat good time. Ok, it sucked! I hate cards! Tony alwys fucking wins. It WAS fun hanging with Tony though and the kids... well, the kids were assholes but I dont blame them. Their best friend the tv was down. THey had to play with REAL toys and entertain themsleves. OH the horror!!
So, we were all sequesterd in this one room, playing old timey cards, and I had the farts from my new "healthy" diet. Eating healthy is not all that its cracked up tp be. First, it's more expensive, everything gives you either the shits or the farts, and then it has the fucking nerve to taste bad to boot. The only vegetable I can eat without gagging is brocolli which I am sure is the reason for my flatulence. So, here we are in my stinky, steamy kitchen playing cards.
I would LOVE to say that we realized that life is better when we're all together, interacting and that we laughed and had a jolly good time. Unfortunately, that was so not the case. It was boring. We all wanted to play with someting that beeped, had batteries or a power cord or SOMETHING. When the lights came on, we tried to pretend like we were still going to sit in the kitchen and continue to play cards. Within minutes, both kids were glued to the tv, and me and Tony are now on our computers.
What can I say? We're a modern family.
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Al Brunswick
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you're hilarious... all power to ya....
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