Alan woke me this morning before 6am to inform me there was a power outage (read: blackout) but he was sure it was only local and would soon be back on. Umm right thanks, I'll return to my regularly scheduled sleep, thank you very much. I guess he wanted company in the dark as he got ready for work. Fair enough. A couple of candles did the trick since he'd already managed to make coffee before the power went off. Shaving would have to be a writeoff since his razor is electric. His office will survive. Outside there was a faint light as the false dawn began.

As soon as he left I went back to sleep. Twenty minutes later I was woken up again as one of the laptops started beeping and compaining that its batter was failing. I don't touch Alan's kit so I let it beep and just closed the door. Another 20 minutes and the power went back on at about 7:30 am.

My exciting morning ;)

I expect to get either a job offer or a rejection from 2 companies today. It's in the hands of the gods. Meanwhile, I got a call for an interview with MTV; they found me on their own. We'll see how that goes. I keep making it through several rounds of interviews and testing and just not getting the final nod. But sooner or later that will come.