Yesterday, we had some Hanna-related issues. That is to say, my building and others within a few-block radius were dealt a blackout yesterday for 5 or so hours. Which sucked. It was uncomfortably hot and jungly, so my apartment became hot and jungly. Eventually, due to not being able to read in the encroaching darkness, and due to it being about 85 degrees in my apartment (the qats didn't mind), I went to the lobby, to find out the situation. A bunch of other people in the building got the same idea.
I also noticed a few of them slinking off to the gym, where a lot of cool A/C air had been captured, not unlike in a fridge. Slinking off with a bottle of Grey Goose and some mixers. I formulated a plan. I drove to the beer distributor on Fairmount, which was fortuitously open and not powerless, and bought a case of Natty Boh (SO happy to find it here. It kicks Yuengling's ass); after getting an improvised dinner at Wawa (side note: the mashed potatoes are awesome), I hauled the case into the building, and invited the folks in the gym to help me drain it. Because I was so bored, I knocked back 4 cans in about 1.5 hours, faster than I should've been drinking.
I was sloshed, needless to say, when the power came back on and I felt like going back upstairs.
Still, not a bad way to spend a blackout - making friends, and drinking beer.
Oh! some pictures.
First, a couple stragglers from Hawaii.
This is a gorgeous tree related to a Protea, which is kind of a ubiquitous flower-tree in Hawaii. This one, I think, is an Australian variety. Spotted at the Kula Botanical Garden, not far from Haleakala Crater.
Next, we have the incredibly rare Hawaiian Nene Goose. Only about 300 are known to exist. This critter, too, was at the botanical garden.
Finally, in non-Hawaiian related awesomeness, I picked up a SICK pair of Adidas Superskates on Friday. Soooo cool.
4 comments:
Nasty Boh in Filthadelphia? Who knew?
Nice pictures!
Ooh, I love the shoes!
Yuengling is highly overrated, IMHO. I only know of the legendary Natty Bohemian, have never tried it.
I've been thinking of you while doing some New Criticism for my class. I bet you had to go through that in your program, too. We're doing Dylan lyrics to practice New Criticism. :-)
Uggggh.
Literary criticism can bite my ass.
I hate, hate, hate dissecting novels to the point where you're not even sure what you're dissecting anymore.
Thank dog I want to teach middle school, where literary criticism entails talking about themes and tones at the most. Oh, and symbols. As was my experience, anyway.
I prefer writing. Poetry units for everyone!
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