Buzz, buzz...

Yup. I shaved. Shaved it ALL off. For Steph.
For months and months and MONTHS she's complained about my 'nasty' chest and belly hair. Well, today, I snapped, and shaved it all off. My chest, my belly, all the way down... [Ahem.] I shaved my belly. I now have what looks like a 10 year old boys' tummy. >_>
From a boy living in a household that had drilled into him that 'you're not a man unless ya have a good patch of chest hair', this is a big blow. It's like getting a tattoo of a pink pony on your forehead. Not cool...
Still...

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This evening, the entire power grid went out. I'm not sure of the details, but it appears that in one section of town, at an intersection, a powerline let loose and fell onto some other lines. A huge power spike ran through all the lines and shorted them out.
I was inside at the time, in the basement, when suddenly all power went out. I heard people freaking out, so I went outside. Outside, it was like those scenes from a disaster movie: people gawking at SOMETHING and gathering together, completely clueless. Well, I was curious too. After hearing random tidbits of 'there's white circles in the sky', and 'there it is! Above the power lines!', I was extremely curious. I guess they were just pointing at some faint trails of smoke that the line emitted. >_> No aliens, demons, zombies, or other sci-fi wishes coming true.
I rummaged in my truck outside, grabbed my emergency tin that dad made me (thanks Mike), my flashlight, and a hammer (you need those, JUST IN CASE...).
My grandma had given me some tea-light candles right before she left, so I dug through my room in the dark, found a lighter, and was using those briefly to look for batteries.
After nearly an hour straight (the indoor wall clock had batteries in it) the power was eventually restored. Funny thing though; although the power went out, phone lines still worked.
Obviously, the power now works, since I'm able to blog for you guys. O_o

K, it's late, so I'm gonna crash, and admire my SMOOTH body for a while... err... umm... I mean...
Goodnight folks!!! ^_^