Planned carefully for the scheduled blackout. Met it with the fridge and freezer almost perfectly empty, but still found I needed to sleep during the day. Spent as long as I could at the Alderwood Mall. There is a game store there, and I'm kind of dismayed at the state of board games these days, with the indies of the past all hopped up on big media licensing. Decided I was not in the mood to be wandering around and would rather lie awake staring at the ceiling in the dark than continue shopping for the sake of shopping. Went home and lay awake in the dark for 4 hours. Went to Shari's for a big mediocre omelette to fill the final few hours. The whole experience has not much helped me with the feeling that my life continues only in the spirit of the personal quirk that compels me to stay through the credits of a film.