off the grid?

Even though Chez Melina finally sprang back to life last Friday, after eight days of no electricity, there still isn't any TV or internet service. Sometimes I feel a yearning for the National Geographic channel, or G4's Movies That Don't Suck. But the lack of television seems to have had an oddly tranquilizing effect. I'm not suffering as much from ADD as I usually do. I'm catching up on my reading. I even got out my tool kit and managed to repair my piano, after it had gathered dust from over a year of disuse (I'd bumped the back of it against the wall and dislodged a wire). It's a Suzuki electric piano with a full keyboard and weighted keys; it plays just like a real piano but without the need to tune it.

Part of me is considering killing off the 200 channels and just keeping the wifi portion of u-verse.

Last but not least, there was some odd news from PD. After an expensive wedding less than eight months ago, she's already getting a divorce. The divorce isn't odd - I mean, who would want to be married to her for long? But the Odd Factor is that, since she announced the death of her troth last week, she's been considerably nicer to me. Like her obsession for control has taken a holiday. Let's hope it doesn't return. I might not have to find another job after all.