OK, who slipped the speed into my cup of hot cocoa?

[maystone]

I cannot believe that my brain is as wired as it is right now. Even our very nocturnal cats are all, "Will you go settle somewhere? We're trying to sleep here."

Things:
1. it's the coldest night we've had so far. The air temp without the wind chill is 1F/damncoldC. Yet it's supposed to 50F/10C the day after tomorrow.

2. We had a major wind storm Sat. night thru Sunday. Woke up to no power, which out here also means no water. I had every intention of filling the bathtub on Saturday before I went to bed. This I failed to do. Once everyone was up, we headed into town and the local McDonald's for free wifi for Dar, coffee and bad food for me. I had to take my morning pills, so that's what had to be done. Ran a few errands because we were out anyway. The electricity was out for 8+ hours, so it got just a tad chilly in the house.

3. When the power came back on, it surged. It took out the power plug for my TV satellite receiver, which I eventually figured out after a process of elimination and a lot of swearing. Fortunately we had a spare, so I got my TV back.

4. Not so lucky with the dishwasher, however. The surge fried the solenoid that opens up the seal that lets the water into it. This I did not discover until running the same load of dishes twice trying to get them clean and succeeding only in baking all that dried food onto everything. (This would not be the case if people would just rinse off their dishes before putting them in the dishwasher or leaving them there for me to put in. But apparently rinsing off your dishes is an onerous task - Herculean, even - so it usually doesn't happen.) Anyway, it should maybe hopefully be fixed by mid week. So it's hand washing for me until then. I don't mind that much. I've been washing dishes daily for 58 years now, so it seems to be my lot, eh.

5. I knew that my camera battery was dying, but it is now officially dead. It was fully charged after the last time I used it. I got three pictures out of it today. Time to buy a new battery, I'd say.

6. My latest review for The River went viral. I have no idea why, but it's been viewed over 2,800 times the last time I checked. I in no way think it has to do with my writing; the hits are coming from Google searches, so there's something about the combo of the show and episode title that led people to it.

7. It also brought me my very first bitchy commenter :) I gave the episode a C; she liked it a great deal more than I did. So I got the "it must be so nice for you sitting back and critiquing other people's creativity. I'm sure everyone at the show is waiting on the edge of their chairs for you to tell them how to make the show better." I didn't want to harsh her buzz by saying how flattered I was that she thought anyone connected with the show would read my review. I just sent a simple reply that I'm glad that she enjoyed the episode; from what I'd been reading, public reaction was mixed, and ultimately I was rooting for the show because I do like it. No response yet. Heh.

8. darlong, in a protective mission to find out just who was dissing me, tracked her down on Facebook. Dar triumphantly told me that the commenter was a fan of Sarah Palin, so "what else could you expect, right?" That's my babycakes :)

9. The problem with living in such close quarters is that you can't really get up and do anything once insomnia hits. I could do laundry but the washer/dryer is right next to the bedrooms. I'd make tapioca pudding from scratch, but it's about now when Dar wanders out to sleep on the sofa (it's a chiari thing), and the kitchen/living room is just one big room.

10. Oh, look. Game of Thrones is on! OK, that should occupy me for a while.

Hope y'all have a great day ahead of my, my friends.

Comments

[kelly-girl.livejournal.com]

Hee! Bitchy commenters and Insomnia + bonus cold! Good times.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Ha! In a completely strange way it was actually a fun night :)

[petranef.livejournal.com]

I read that comment too, and I was all outraged on your behalf. ;) I guess you've now Officially Arrived as a person of interest (chorlte) on the web. ;)

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks. In truth, I wasn't offended at all. Perplexed, though. I really was surprised that anyone thought that episode was scary. Now the dolls were scary :)

[petranef.livejournal.com]

Agreed!

[budclare.livejournal.com]

*snickers at your commenter*

[maystone.livejournal.com]

I know, right?

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, so many electronics going haywire, even batteries! Sometimes I wonder how much all the electricity in storms can do, or if one drain or surge goes static through the air to affect even us. Hope it's all back to normal. Wayyyy to cold to be without electricity! Has it warmed up?

I'm so excited to hear you got 2800 hits! That's wonderful. I hope some of those viewers will continue to pop in. Exciting! But ha, glad Dar checked on that commenter. Yep, it figures. And she'd rather attack then actually look at what the review might be saying and consider other opinions. Since you were logical and civil, she probably won't write back. Glad she got a dose of something she didn't like. :)

[maystone.livejournal.com]

It was just above freezing today, but there was a brutal wind that brought the wind chill down to the low 20s. They say it's going to be 50 tomorrow (Wednesday), but if the wind doesn't go away, it'll still feel cold. We need spring very, very much.

Dar once got a comment from someone who blamed her for the show being canceled. And Dar liked the show! Some people just need to lash out, I guess. I have a pretty healthy ego, and I don't take offense easily - except in politics :)

Now I have to get set up to watch The River at 9. I don't tend to like normal shows, do I? Heh.

[malterre.livejournal.com]

You are awesome!

[maystone.livejournal.com]

You are silly :) (But thank you.)