I’m sure Reddit will be inundated with posts about the blackout.
F7U12 will be full of blackout related comics.
Pics will be full of blanket forts and other things made out of boredom to fill the gap that is usually so well filled by Reddit.
(And Amy: I wrote this before you told the world that you made a blanket fort during the blackout- how awesome is that?)
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing; it just means that, for some people, the one day blackout is actually more like a two day blackout (one actual blackout day, then one day of blackout posts).
This post is not about what I did on blackout day.
Well ok, it’s actually exactly that.
But hey, want to see what I did on blackout day? Because I was sick and it was still a good day. This post is full of delicious links to videos, pictures, and various other media. It’s a journey. If you want something to do, check out all this cool stuff.
I woke up sick. It was snowing. My man went to work. I bundled up in many layers and planted myself in front of my laptop at my kitchen table. Ugh, sick. Cancelled plans to go see a movie I’ve been looking forward to.
Relatedly, I’ve been trying to coin a term to describe having a crush on someone without knowing what they look like. But not a lusty crush. Well ok, lusty, but not lusting after their bodies- like, like lusting after their delicious, sexy brains. Cronenberg (see above). Fincher. Cuarón. I have crushes on a ton of brilliant people, but it’s like a brain-crush, where I love their brain and how it works and everything they make.
Brain-crush? Hmm, needs more work. Maybe when I’m not sick it will come to me.
What better way to feel better than to let the pleasing antics of Simon and Lewis lull me into satisfying state of amusement? Their Minecraft golf episode did the trick while I made coffee in my new Aeropress.
Then, I decided to do my part and learn more about SOPA/PIPA.
I made a FB post about it to try and get others to learn more too: “Stop SOPA/PIPA! I hope the Blackout today will get people to call and write their congresspeople to prevent this terrible, terrible bill from going forward. Would you like to know more? http://vimeo.com/31100268”
Then I was amused at myself for my Starship Troopers reference and decided to see what came up on YouTube when I searched for “Would you like to know more?”
Consequently, I learned more about Belgium.) Amusing.
Then I put on slippers. My apartment is cold. Went and found my cat (see previous picture) actually no, see THIS) picture. Echo tells the best jokes.
I decided that it was actually a good idea to make something to eat. Something warm and mushy and tasty. Steel cut oats.)
My mother in law phoned and offered to bring over her plug in heater. I readily agreed.
I tried to find a gif of this hilarious dancing Russian, and was instead amused at Google’s ‘did you mean’ racism…
But it led me to this), which is just about the most awesome thing I could have found.
My oats were finally ready, and they were delicious. Extra butter. Cream, vanilla, cinnamon, brown sugar. Yes. Yes, good. I ate them while looking at gifs.
From there things were just starting to get silly.
So I opened my new Minecraft world (“Flatopia”) and proceeded to try and make a safe area to grow crops in. Damn slimes. SLIMES EVERYWHERE.
Aaaan, that’s it! Once I got into Minecraft the day was Minecraft from here to eternity.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed the links. It was fun making this.
Thanks for reading.
Heidi out.
H.G. Bells 
