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).