It finally happened. Between myself and another editor in the bay behind me using our space heaters, lights and computers, we blew a fuse for our bays. I figured it was only a matter of time. Luckily, we only blew the fuse for the outlets and not for the plug the editing system is plugged into. I sat in the cold dark bay editing for an hour until someone arrived who knew where the breaker box is at. When I was a kid in school, there were three of us girls in the house. It was the 80s - big blown dry hair. We regularly blew the breaker for the bathroom and we all knew how to reset it.

Work is slow today, and I have to pretty much rush out of here later for a women's league hockey game at 8pm on the other side of town. On one side, it's nice that the games are earlier (my co-ed game this weekend is t 10:45, earlier than our recent 11:15pm game slots). However, it puts me right in the middle of Friday night traffic through downtown as everyone is trying to get out to Hollywood or to something at the Staples in downtown. They're supposed to be putting a state of the art ice arena in Pasadena (to replace the old crappy one). The sad part is that it's owned by the city (most rinks are privately owned) and they have been dragging their heels on building it for the better part of 5 years. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed.

The song of the day is "I Nearly Lost You" by the Screaming Trees off their 1992 album Sweet Oblivion (it was also on the Singles soundtrack, where I originally heard it). Screaming Trees, from Ellensburg, WA in the middle of the state, were a lesser known part of the Seattle grunge movement that included Nirvana, Pearl Jam, et al. I can only imagine part of their angst came merely from having grown up in Ellensburg, where there certainly can't be too much going on. If you've heard and loved other grunge, but don't know this band, you really should check them out.