Much respect to Conan O'Brien for actually showing up for work during (cue creepy patriotic newsic)
BLACKOUT 2003
He's got a "stand-by" show, and I also discovered The Daily Show did as well.
I hadn't thought comedy shows prepared for just such contingencies!
This BLACKOUT kinda freaked me out. I began wondering if it was a
government experiment to see how large populations without power would react.
I think the population passed the test on this one, if that's the case.
But if it goes on for much longer, there surely will be chaos.
(as of this writing, power is still out in many cities)
I also wondered if New York was quieter or noiser without power? And how utterly creepy it must be to have the sun set on the city and get enveloped in darkness.
I heard some shout-mouth (actually, Pataki himself) on the news say New Yorkers were doing what they always do~helping each other out.
I'd never really heard that about New Yorkers. Like Joe Montagna would say
"what the hell are you doing on the streets on NY after sundown??"
Also, Bloomberg is a jizzmop. He was soooo standoffish at the press conference, as if he resented being asked questions.
"What are you asking
me for? It's not
my fault! I'm not Gray Davis!"
No Guliani in
him, nosir.
In the end, it appears that New Yorkers ARE willing to he
lp each other out, en masse.
On an individual basis? Fuggetaboutit.
Imagine all of these girls giggling at once..........on second thought, you'd better not.

via
RAThis I post just for
weirdpixie~
She's got a shiny atmospheric piece of music on her site, and I mentioned my own unworthy work in comments, so here it is.
it was made with some music program when I thought I might branch out into scoring.
It's called Vimana because I was reading the Ramayana and Mahabarata at the time I wrote it.
I'd rather my entire body of work not be judged by some ditty I did on the computer.
Someday I'll throw my entire collection onto a few cd's and have them passed out at my funeral.