Without the Power

LA had a near total blackout yesterday.

Turns out someone accidentally snipped a wire. Oops.

I was in the shower when it happened, and at first I thought that I blew a bulb. Then, when I noticed that the heat lamp was dimming, I knew it was a power outage.

That's when I thought... terrorism!

Strange that is the first thought now. Most people I talked to thought the same thing.

Well, standing in my shower, I looked out the window that faces west and waited for "it".

"It" being the nuclear wave of destruction, or the EMP ripple, or some kind of blast that would destroy my building and leave me lying on the ground amongst the rubble... naked!

That was the terrifying thought! That I would be struggling around a destroyed city NAKED.

Never mind that if it was nuclear I would be a shadow on the wall, and EMP wouldn't destroy the building, I had a real and present danger... nudity.

I can see myself rising amongst the ruin, grabbing a small chunck of concrete and placing it, like a pillow in a sex comedy, over my groin for manueverability.

Another friend told me he was on the shitter when it happened. I felt for him. As vulnerable as you are in the shower or having sex, due to the nakedness, they are way better than the vulnerability one has on the crapper. First of all, your pants are around you ankles, so there is no chance of a quick run. You are self manacled. Second, you now have an unstoppable appendage growing out of the rear side. One that could make survival awkward.

Yeah, as bad as I had it facing life in the shower, he was up shit's creek.

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Had a thought the other night, thought I would share.

Remember the old Muppet show? Now coming out on DVD. Well, I realized, as a kid, I loved that show, and it occurred to me that I had thought something while watching it.

I had always wished to be Gonzo, but was afraid I was Kermit, but really I was Fozzie.

Ponder the ramifications of that. waka waka