So because of said manhole problem, Con Ed has been working on my patch of 1st Ave for the whole week. Recently, the super of our buildling put up signs all over which read:
‘Currently, we are operating on 1/4 power from Con Ed. They request to conserve electricity as much as possible. For example: NO AC, non-essential lighting being turned off, and no cooking.’
No cooking? No a/c? No way! I chose the third option so I normally have one light off and let the cats use their night vision. I read somewhere that cats can see in the dark but not the absolute dark. Who can see in the absolute dark? Also, where is absolute dark? This sounds to me like some sort of theoretical notion like absolute zero or Plato’s perfect table, or the idea of time slowing down as you approach the speed of light. It might be true, but it’s hard to prove.
I will be setting out to prove this by conserving as much electricity as possible. Luckily, this 1/4 power dealie isn’t really noticeable in the apartment like it was on that dark and stormy night(err… Sunday). That night it was like whenever there’s a naval battle scene on a submarine and they’ve been hit. The lights start blinking, claxons are blaring, and the tv is blinking on and off intermitently.
Well, that’s what my tv was doing anyway.
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