At 8.30 last night we switched off all our lights at home. I was in an incredibly bad mood, because it was all dark and I couldn't see a thing, and the dad went all crazy and had the sudden urge to be 'green' by banning the usage of candles, because, according to him they would "release heat and contribute to global warming."
This came from the guy who laughed at my "stop taking plastic bags if you don't need it!" speech I made at home a while ago, saying that by the time the Earth would be at its worst, we'd all be dead. Oh how very amusing.
So, because of the darkness last night, I couldn't read a book, nor was I allowed to use my laptop, because the dad kept saying "you are ruining Earth Hour," even after I told him a million times that it was running on its batteries. I eventually had to end my game of Word Challenge and shut it down. I looked out my bedroom window at the building across from mine, there were quite a few houses with their lights on brightly, shining proud as if to say, "hahahaha!"
I didn't want to hang out in my room alone, because it was dark and the streetlights outside were creating shadows in my room which kind of freaked me out because a few weeks ago the hat guy and I watched this tres scary French film about incredibly disturbing nightmarish things and one of the stories was of this guy rummaging around in a dark cabin, with only a lantern as his source of light and you couldn't see what was going on in the dark but you knew someone was following him because later reflected through the mirror you could see this really scary looking woman in a kimono...
Anyway, the short of it is that I didn't want to hang out in my room so I brought my iPod along with me and hung out in the living room where the dad was asleep on the couch. For about 45 minutes I just sat there listening to Tristan Prettyman (who, on top of having a really nice voice has a really nice bum. Enough to give mine a run for its money. hahaha.). Eventually my eyes started to close and since I was listening to one of her live sessions, I started thinking about my acoustic session fantasy and pictured myself having Prettyman's voice and singing her songs (which, in my fantasy, would be MINE). I decided to update the fantasy.
List of changes to my acoustic set fantasy:
1. On top of having a voice like that girl from the Cardigans, I would also have a voice like Prettyman's.
2. The hat guy will not be around for the whole set, he will only be around for one or two songs, and we would have a duet. Before he reveals himself, I would say "For this next performance I would like to introduce you to this really good friend of mine. Hat guy where are you?" to which he would come out with his guitar and we would chat for a bit before we start singing.
3. This set would take place at a coffee house. It would be very low key.
4. I wouldn't have a band. It would just be me, because I'm still new in the music scene (hahahaha).
May I remind you that this is a FANTASY, and I've accepted the fact that it's never ever going to happen because one, I can't sing or have a voice even close to Prettyman's; two, I don't play guitar; and three, I am not cool enough to entertain a crowd for an hour or so.
By the time I was done, it was already five minutes until the lights went on again. By 9.30 sharp, the dad had the kiddies turn on all the lights. I said, "So what that's it? You don't even want to wait like five minutes before turning them on again?" But I was ignored.
So that concluded my Earth Hour. It felt like a blackout with no candles and the fan on.
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