To feed off of a conversation that the others who taught kindergarten in my CMA group(Bridget, Whitney, Katie, Matt, Meghan, Hilary and I) had- "Dolphin rape!!"

According to Whitney, there are cases of dolphins raping humans, so we spent the entirety of lunch endeavoring to determine whether that is true.



In other news- institute is over! Strangely, the five weeks felt like one very long day. Good times, bad times, exciing and fun times, frustrating times. Now, it is over, and the next chapter unfolds- in Baltimore (Otherwise known as B-more!) My checkout time is in ten minutes. My Amtrak is in an hour. And in 2 hours? I get picked up by my landlord and we hit Baltimore!

Bring on the commencement of Apartment Life. I bought Sims 2: Apartment Life to pay homage.

Without a doubt, the time the entire Northeast lost power back in 2002 (2003?). At the time, I was 15 or 16 and working at Splish Splash waterpark on Long Island in the food services department. I had been sent by my boss to the refrigerator with the task delegated of retrieving hamburger buns. All of a sudden, the interior light that is on when the fridge senses a human presence went out! Meanwhile, I was all the way at the back of the fridge! I groped around for a door, found a handle, and pulled it open only to feel a blast of colder air- I had successfully located the freezer. At this point, I was already very cold to begin with, and I kept kncking against boxes as I felt my way along the wire rack.

Okay, Cher, all you have to do is feel the opposite directon, and you'll eventually get to the door... I thought. I commenced backtracking, shivering.

Suddenly, there was a glorous burst of warmth and a beam of a flashlight in my face.

"Wha- wha's going on?" I said quizzically, reaizing with a frown that the lights did not seem to be on in the Snack Shack.

"The power's out," said my friend. I could hear frantic banging on the windows. I could hear angry customers.

"You mean the whole park?"

"Yeah."

"Damn... dude, what hapened?"

My friend shrugged her shoulders. "No idea but people are banging on the window like we made lights go out or something. Something abut how idiots work here."

I scowled distastefully- even as a teenager I loathed disrespectful customers. "Weird... was there a car accident?"

Later on, courtesy of a plethora of cell phones ringing, I learned that first all of my town (Riverhead) was out, then all of Long Island... and finally, I heard the entire Notheast was lacking power because someone fell asleep at the switch or something. I remember a lot of people speculating that it could be some terrorist tactic, since it was not long after the 9/11 attacks and especialy because I live close to New York City.

Thankfully, it was some genuine human error, but I remember there being a lot of aarmed people wondering what the hell might happen with no power.