If any of you have been paying attention to the news lately... if the story was even news worth at all for some of you... You might have noticed that last thursday Southern California was hit by a huge wind storm with Hurricane Force winds.

Some of you may think nothing of it as you probably experience it all the time.. but.. not where I am.. California doesn't get freak storms like this. We get earthquakes and heat waves but never enough force of winds to rip trees out of the ground all over the city.

Where I live just outside pasadena was one of the worst hit areas. The city had to declare a state of emergency and is trying to get the state to recognize our area as a Disaster zone because of all the extensive damage to public property including, thousands of trees toppled over, downed power lines, black outs, damaged roofs and so much more.

Anyway.. I wont be on much for the next few weeks as the city undergoes repairs.

The whole city had a blackout for a while and my house was one of 5 city blocks within a five mile radius that didn't lose power.. Originally I counted this as a blessing, we had warm showers and light at night. However a secondary wind storm took out our cable and internet.. no big deal we though it would be fixed...

So it's ironic that while i mocked those that lost their power and I still had it.. for now those homes that lost power have now had their electricity restored along with their cable and internet. Our house on the other hand. the blocks of people that managed to keep power.. will now be out of cable and internet for the next two weeks. It's annoying, and frustrating not being able to know what's going on in the rest of the world. can't watch the news, can't work online. Our lives have kinda been put on a standstill.. Whatever internet I do have I've been mooching off the neighbors free connection.

So... if in the next few weeks you encounter me wether online or irl and I have a cranky face like this: >:( then yeah.. still no internet :/