I just thought I'd give a quick hurricane report while trees fall in front of my window.

Well, last night band rehearsal was cancelled for my mom, thank GOD. If you'll remember, I had to wait at church for hours while Isidore completely mangled the city.

But the Blockbuster visit, ahh...the Blockbuster visit. It never fails.

We weren't going to go at first, mainly because every kind of media wave was telling us to stay inside and not move from an indoor bathroom. Except my mom remembered that we had some movis that were due today.

They were the movies that we rented last week for Isidore. How ironic.

So we drove to Blockbuster with wet hair. (About the wet hair...we had showered right when we got home because it was reported that our water would probaly be shut off for a couple of days.)

So we get there, return the movies, and it's all good. And I wasn't going to put up with that "Oh it's all right, we won't get blown away by the 150 MP F'N H winds if we stay here all night" bit again. Except last time it was only 70 MPH winds.

I was the girl with a plan. We got inside and I grabbed a movie: "Ocean's Eleven". (Which, by the way, my drama teacher is an extra in. if you want to see him, fast forward to the boxing match. When the first boxer, the white guy, comes out, Mr. Sedevie is the guy behind him with the spiky silver hair and black-rimmed glasses.)

But my mom saw a sign that said: "Buy 2 previously previewed and get 1 FREE!" She, being a blonde, couldn't resist. We had to buy Ocean's Eleven, The Others, and Rat Race on DVD. I didn't really mind because this was, after all, a good deal for three two-disc sets of DVDs. But it was the principle of the thing: WE'RE IN A F'N HURRICANE AND ALL YOU DO IS RENT MOVIES!!!

Practically every building in the city had their windows taped and/or boarded up. Us? Nay. We don't need no stinkin' windows.

Last time I heard last night, Satan ("Lili") was pushing being a Category 5 by only a few miles an hour.

And that would be when I flipped out. I've only been in a Category 4 before, and that was Hurricane Andrew in '92. Winds were up to 153 MPH. MOFO WINDS!

I woke up this morning at nine o'clock to the sound of a hideous cracking noise and a gigantic thud which was eerily right outside my window....

.......*deep breath*

A tree had fallen right outside my window!

And that would be the part where I throw on a robe and some slippers and insist that we flee to Baton Rouge to stay with my grandparents. However, this was impossible, considering that there were trees down all over the place, and driving across the Causeway in a hurricane wouldn't be such a great idea.

Well, as of now, it's droped down at a Category 3, but that's still pretty strong. I can hear the wind threatening to knock down some more trees or the WTC or something, so I'm going to shut down my computer now before I get electrocuted. Again.

I may not have power for a few days, but I'll update whenever I get the chance.

Peace.

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