#7: 12 things to do when the power goes out

First off, here's a funny story. Actually it's not funny but it's true and coincidental...
This year, right when we started reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which by the way is 10,000 times better than Scarlet Letter, I downloaded the audiobook onto my Ipod (I'll take the extra credit for that now, Keirn:)). Anyways, the power went out as I was beginning to read, so I got out flashlights and a neon light that I hadn't installed in my car yet and began to read and listen to the audiobook with my parents via computer speakers. I read like 8 chapters that night (They're long chapters). Then we played the Monopoly card game around the coffee table, during which my mom injured her back. ....

Anyways:
1. Read
2. Freak out when the lantern that is never used because we never go camping is a.) nowhere to be found or b.)out of power and needs to be charged
3. Eat (always a solid choice to fall back on in case of any emergency)
4. Round up the crappy flashlights and have a family pow-wow in the living room
5. Listen to a transistor radio
6. Ipods dont need to always be plugged in! In your face, electriciy, you can try to stop us from listening to music, but alas, it is the 21st century
7. Sing (yea, I admit that's really cheesy and not what I would do, but its one more thing to add to the list). Although I might suggest Kumbaya for starters
8. Go outside and do something, even if its dark
9. Sleep
10. Call the neighbors and act really concerned even though the situation is totally out of your hands (yea grown-ups, that's you)
11. Flick the lightswitches every once-in-awhile just to make sure the electricity isn't fooling around with you
12. Live in your car for a few hours (although not flashy, this is probably very reliable as it provides lights and speakers and power, even if it means your car's battery dies the next day and you can't drive to school or work.... awww man)

It's really easy to love Thomas Edison but once the power goes off, try not to pull a Benedict Arnold on him. I'm sure he was a cool guy anyways, even if his invention isn't fool-proof