You have a Power Blackout Story?
Where were you when the lights went out?

As you all know, most of Northeastern U.S and Ontario Canada,
had a power blackout that lasted for hours.

The Great Power Blackout.
The Power Crisis.
The Eastern Interconnect Grid Failure.

Great names!

Back home in Manila,
We call it,
“Daily Routine”

Come to think of it,
I had most of my guitar training whenever there was a power outage back home.
Me and my cousins would grab our guitars and sit by our fence, facing the river.
My uncle with his nightly coffee, singing with us.
Then when the power comes back on,
Everybody would shout,
“May Kuryente na!!” (The power’s back),
Then we would all rush inside and have a snack.
(sighs) Good times. Good times.

Anyway,
Yesterday was a crazy day for us too,
on top of us, hating the power blackout.

First, since we are having some relocation issues,
our dog has to stay with a different family,
which pretty much bummed us, for days.

Then while we were driving,
Of course it was pretty stressful since none of the traffic lights were working,
Tracy noticed a huge crack on my windshield.
I didn’t even notice.
I heard a crack while I was driving a couple of days ago,
But I thought it was just a small ding.

Why did this happen?
I’ll tell you why.
Because I am going to sell my car. (Another relocation issue)
And I am trying to get it certified.
Since money is pretty tight,
My freakin’ bad luck struck again,
Pointing at me and laughing.
“Selling your car eh? Take this !!!! Bwahahhahaaaa!!”

So that bummed me out even more.

Then when we got home,
Tyler was so fussy,
Because it was hot, and he’s very sleepy.
We opened all the windows, trying to get him to sleep.
But nooooo, of course all our neighbors,
Decided to have a barbecue party at 10:30 at night,
With all their kids screaming, running around like always,
Bouncing their basketballs, shooting their water guns,

So it’s either I go out there and slap them until next payday,
I just played it cool and gave them the “eye”,
while closing the windows,
shaking my head.

As I do this, one of the Mother’s saw me, (The nosey one”¦ oh wait, they all are),
And she said a loud “Hello” with an enthusiastic face.

Since, I’m a nice guy, I didn’t tell her what I was really thinking.
All I said, was “I have to close the windows, We’re trying to get my son to sleep”.
Then she just looked away from me, pretending she didn’t hear a word I said.

What I was really thinking was,
“Why don’t all of you, and your “tard” kids shut the hell up!
Now we have to close our windows and suffer the heat, because you inconsiderate
orcs won’t shut your mouths!!

Good thing I only thought of it.

I better be careful, sometimes I can feel it about to leave my mouth.