Foreigner and Power Outages

Well, let's put this blog to use. Notice the title says Foreigner, not foreigners. I do not have xenophobia. I hate a really annoying band from the 70's and 80's.

Don't know who they are? Consider yourself blessed. The radio stations around here adore them.

But in the interest of education, here's the Wikipedia page: Foreigner (band [that no one should listen to. Ever.])

I suppose it's Lou Gramm's voice that annoys me the most. Totally rubs me the wrong way. Their songs are damn catchy, because they get stuck in my head, and therefore make me want to blow my brains out, cause while catchy, they annoy me to no end.

Sadly, I must rate this as Gravel. The band is annoying, but short of a funny old man showing up in a police box, there's nothing I can do about it aside from turning off the radio and playing something decent in my CD player, like Kings of Leon.

Now for the second half: Power Outages.

Goddamnit, I hate power outages. Well, let me change that a bit. I hate power outages in the middle of winter after dark. Power outage at work? Totally cool. Any other season, sure, why not? Morning, noon, evening; I'm really not bothered if the power goes out. There's disadvantages to the power going out at any time of day, of course. You have to worry about the food in the icebox staying cold, your have to worry about your computer being unhappy with its supply being suddenly cut off, and no matter how smart you think you are, you will wander into the next room and try to flip on the light switch. You can't help it, as humans, we're creatures of habit. But still, you walk into the next room and try to turn the lights on, and you will feel like an idiot. I digress. Having a power outage in the middle of winter after dark when you live in a place that touts itself as having the greatest snow on earth sucks big fat donkey balls. It's dark, it's cold, and the power's still on across the street, just to fuck with you.

I also have to rate this one as Gravel. The power goes out from time to time. Weather's a bitch, and physicists haven't yet figured out a better infrastructure with a better but still affordable electrical supply system. Or they have and The Man is keeping it down (read: sarcasm).

FIRST!

So this is the first official post. No, that other one doesn't count. Welcome posts don't count.

Anyway. What shall this post be about? Suppose I should've thought of that before I started typing.

I'm not irritated at anything at the moment, so I'm going to post links to things on the Intarwebz everyone should investigate.

1. http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com - Blog written by Allie Brosh. She is one of the funniest people on the planet. Of her most popular blogs, read either "Dog" or "The God of Cake." If you don't laugh at either of those, you have no soul.
2. http://mow-your-lawn.blogspot.com - Blog written by two very dear friends of mine: Charlot and Axver. They post about rundown buildings and odd architecture around Melbourne and New Zealand. It's quite entertaining. Charlot also writes Happy Up Here; tales of her life and times in Melbourne. Also hilarious. Also includes MS Paint drawings of win.
3. http://www.youtube.com/raywilliamjohnson - Ray William Johnson hosts a bi-weekly show reviewing viral videos. Ray William Johnson is the sexiest man alive...under, like five-foot-four. ;)
4. [Placeholder for Daniel's blog.] I can't remember the URL at the moment. Sorry, Daniel. Daniel is around six-foot-two. I'd say he's sexy, but his fiancee might eviscerate me.

That's about it. I'll come up with something better...eventually.

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog.

Granted, most of the people who read this are going to be my mates from Interference. I'm fine with that. Hey, did you see what that one guy posted in the music thread? HILARIOUS.

That was an attempt at humor. Most of my blogs are going to be this.

Now then, I'm sure you're wondering what "Throw Rocks At Them!" means. Well, when people ask me for advice, this is most likely my response. Boyfriend's being a turd? Throw rocks at him. Computer froze? Throw rocks at it. Throwing rocks is a viable solution to any problem. It may not accomplish anything, but it's a good smart-assed answer. That being said, should I go off on a rant about something that aggravates me, I'm going to rate what sort of rocks I would throw at them, assuming throwing rocks was a socially acceptable solution to being irritated, as opposed to doing something healthy.

The scale shall go thusly:

• Gravel: Sort of irritated, but I'll get over it.
• River Rocks: Sigh. 
• Boulders: Oh, goddamn it. (Cursing will abound here. I don't care if it makes me look unsophisticated or whatever. I like cursing.)
• Uluru (that great big, sacred rock in the middle of the outback in Australia. If you don't know what Uluru is, google it or gtfo): Kill it. With Fire.
• Waste of Perfectly Good Rocks: This designation is used when it'd be offensive to rock-kind to throw rocks at this person/situation. 

So, welcome, again. Enjoy.