times

So we had a pretty bad thunderstorm here tonight, it didn't really rain so much here as it was thundering a few miles away, which I guess hit a powerline or transfer station or whatever lightning hits..anyways our power went out for 2ish hours...funny how an event like that sends you back into the dark ages. Get out your flashlights, start to actually talk to people again...we get so wrapped up in our individual little existences that we dont think to include others, only when its convenient to us (aka no other choice, tv, internet, stoves dont work, nothing else to do but actually communicate...pch) anyways as I sat waiting for the power to come on, I decided to break open one of the books I got from the library today. The Grapes of Wrath. I got through the first three chapters, I can tell already it will be a good read. He's really good with words, they kind of just flow and ebb like the way a really good public speaker weaves his words. Anyways I wanted to read more, but one can only read so much before one needs a break. I also got out a 'learn spanish' CD set, I decided since clinic was such a waste of time I might as well set out to do some other worthwhile endeavors. Between french and spanish, I decided that more of the world speaks spanish, and most places where you would encounter french you could get away with speaking english (french canada, france) plus i've got 2 years of HS spanish under my belt, that stuff comes back if you give it a chance. So I did the first CD today, its a cool way of learning. Instead of studying it like they make you do in HS, its more of a fluency builder, you just kind of repeat whatever the person on the tape says, it goes through syntax and stuff like that, but in a way that makes sense. I guess the thing to do nowadays is to retire in central america, where houses are much cheaper. I could attest to that, just doing some casual searches of southern maine makes me not impressed at the current prices..although I think that part of the country is still in a bit of a housing bubble, and its always been expensive to live in southern maine. I dunno. Anyways, insert some witty comment about how difficult times bring us closer together, blah blah blah. I like that nobody reads this anymore, it being on some random website that people dont get notifiecation when I post something, I just felt like a very annoying entity in people's mailboxes. OK, its bedtime i reckon..the AC is buzzing and the lights are at my disposal..