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New York City has been devastated
by Hurricane Sandy. There was loss of life, power, and property. Honestly, I
really didn’t know it was going to be this bad. It wasn’t the dire warnings of the
Weather Channel that finally got through to me. It was when The City suspended
parking meters and alternate side of the street parking. That’s a sign of the
apocalypse isn’t it? Yeah, it was going to be bad.
As I stocked up on groceries
and filled up on gas I began paying more attention to the increasingly urgent news
reports. It sounded as though Hurricane Sandy should have been named Hurricane
Omar. If you’re a fan of the TV show The
Wire, then you know what I’m talking about. “Omar coming!” (If you’re not a fan of the show, do yourself a
favor: start with season one – it’s available at the library – and fall deeply
in love. It’s one of the most amazing television shows I have ever seen.) But I
digress. Hurricane Omar.
As the storm began I
felt confidently prepared. I had a bottle of moscato chilling in the fridge. I
was texting my friends, surfing the web, and had the TV news on in the
background. It was basically all fun and games until my cable went out. I still
had power though so I simply began dipping into my DVD collection, which wasn’t
as good as I thought it was. I got down to the bootlegs fairly quick and it
deteriorated from there.
I found myself watching The Punisher.
To quote a hit song from
90's group, All Saints: “Never ever have I
ever felt so low.” It wasn’t the bottom, but I could see it from here.
Kind people would call this
an “AHA” moment. Let’s be real and
call it a “What the Fuck” moment.
As
we go about the arduous task of rebuilding our city and our lives, we’ve got to
take the time to reexamine our choices. I didn’t just lose cable. I lost phone
and Internet as well. Just like that, in one fell swoop: poof, all gone. And AHA/WTF:
maybe bundling isn’t such a good idea. Maybe, just maybe, we shouldn’t be
putting all our eggs in the bundle basket.
Initially, I was dubious
but I ignored that inner voice that said, “Boo?
Are you sure about this?” Instead, I plunged ahead and now all my stuff is
connected in The Cloud: books, movies, music. That means right
now, for all practical purposes, my stuff doesn’t even exist. Apparently, The Cloud
will not always be there for me. The hard truth here is that on the
Rock-Paper-Scissors scale: Hurricane beats Cloud.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m about to go and watch
Cyborg.
Ladies and gentlemen: we have hit bottom.
Thanks for reading The Urban Erma. You can subscribe to the blogcast (yes, I made up this word) FREE on iTunes. And, in case you were wondering, in addition to blogging I am also an amazing stand-up comedian. I do "Thinking Cap Comedy." Basically, if comedy were music, I'd be Jazz. Want to see a show? Check out my schedule at @ VeryFunnyLady.com.
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