| [ | mood | | |  drained | ] |
...unless, of course, you have a blackout. Or something close to a blackout.
Starting about a week ago, I noticed my lights flickering. The blackouts started on Sunday, although the kitchen was strangely okay. My mom called Southern California Edison and some lady on the phone said that SCE won't do anything about it because they're only responsible for the power from the wires to our house, and judging from our situation it seemed like it was something about our circuit breaker, so we had to call an electrician. $450 later it wasn't really fixed, so we had to get another guy and he found the problem; it actually wasn't our fault... it seems the last guy from SCE who worked on the wires didn't really do a good job. So now my mom's trying to get a reimbursement. I don't think I'm going to Las Vegas tomorrow, so I'm just hoping someone gets fired and / or falls off a cliff.
I missed the first episode of the new Sunday 9:00pm UTB drama because of the power issues so I'm just going to skip it entirely and delete the season pass on the TiVo. SARS Fansubs started giving Gokusen 2 the full treatment, so I'm sure if I just wait long enough, someone will upload Haruka 17.
However, I admit I haven't exactly been paying attention to dramas lately. I've been playing Ibara (鋳薔薇). It's a vertical shooter and its name is a pun which I'll try to explain: "ibara" (written 「茨」 in kanji) means "thorn" - like the thorn of a rose. "Rose" in Japanese is "bara" (written 「薔薇」 in kanji), and the 「鋳」 in the title (which can be pronounced "i", as in 鋳る / iru) comes from the 19th Century setting, and with the rose theme prevalent in the game, the game's title implies that the "thorns" are actually bullets. You can see gameplay videos here (search for プロモーションビデオ near the bottom), view wallpapers here, and read the manga here. This game is where I got my new LJ userpic from. I don't care at all about Final Fantasy XII (and that's putting it lightly), but with Ibara I'll be set for the year.
On another note, I must say I'm enjoying the show "American Inventor" - I highly suggest you take a look, so give it a download! (or, uh, watch it on TV)
