2008.12.06 - More Snow!

Study break for nerds:

2008.11.17 - SNOW!

View from my apartment about 5 minutes after it started snowing.

I guess I'm not going groceries shopping today anymore!

2008.10.24: LeBron's Shoe

Jenna's friend caught LeBron's shoe after the Cavs-Wizards preseason game at the Schott at Ohio State.

2008.10.18 - Cornhole

Becoming more of an Ohioan by the day... played cornhole for the first time today.

2008.10.16 - Gas Prices

Octane 93 for $2.849 per gallon in Columbus, OH. Booya!

2008.09.27 - First OSU Football Game

vs. Minnesota @ the 'shoe. Beanie's first game back since foot injury in season opener. Terrell Pryor's second start. OSU 34 Minnesota 21.

2008.09.17 - Ohio Stadium Tour

The Business School arranged a stadium tour for us at the end of orientation. I didn't bring my camera because I didn't know we're getting a tour due to the whole no-power-no-internet situation. Had to make due with my phone's camera:

View from one of the fancy suites:


On to the press box; we don't need no stinkin' credentials:


Overlooking The Horseshoe from the press box:



50-yard line about 10 rows from the sideline:


End zone view. I didn't get to step on the field. Boo.


The "off limits to public" part of the tour - The Recruit Room:


Band room:


I'll be with 100,000 screaming fans next time I'm there.

Hour 45 without electricity...

*Courtesy of Columbus Dispatch

Midwest was hit by hurricane-force winds Sunday afternoon. Franklin County in Ohio (where I am) is hardest hit in the state, with 58% of the city without electricity. It really could've been been much worst - it's an Inconvenience right now but at least we don't have homes destroyed, cars turned over or under water...

With over half the city in the dark...

• Coffee shops with internet access instantly becomes the most popular hangout in town
• Looking for food becomes a daily challenge
• Ice is the most in-demand item, followed by flashlights, batteries and gas. Hrmm, gas was $0.50 cheaper a few days ago...
• Entering every intersection without traffic lights is a life-or-death situation
  
• The most portable light source is my cell phone (sorry, flashlights at Target were completely raided)
• My electric toothbrush is almost out of juice!
• Charging my cell phone becomes a carefully calculated exercise - if I drive to x, I can charge my phone for 10 minutes with the cigarette lighter, followed by y minutes directly from my laptop...
• Taking out your contacts in the dark is as hard as it sounds
• Who won the (insert team A) vs. (insert team B) game on Sunday???
• 10:30 bedtime
  

Even with all this craziness, I'm still alive. Soooo this is how people lived in the 1800s before electricity.

All these inconveniences is not without positives, though. Got to hang out with gracious classmates with POWER, LIGHTS, WORKING FRIDGE and INTERNET CONNECTION! Oh yeah, they're pretty cool too.

Latest update: power will be restored in Columbus for half the customers without power within 2 days, or 4 additional days (6 days from today) for remaining customers. Hospitals, schools and heavily populated areas get priority, and we've got a hospital and a school nearby... *please please please*

More from around Columbus:

2008.09.14 - Windy in the Midwest! 84°F + 60 mph wind?!?

(Video version is on Facebook)

The remnants of Hurricane Ike will combine with a quick moving cold front to bring windy conditions to the region today. Surface winds will continue to increase this afternoon... with sustained south winds of 25 to 40 mph and gusts near 60 mph.


Just lost power...

My Future Home in Columbus, OH

Thanks to Google Street View (as creepy as it is sometimes)!

Spring, err, Summer Cleaning Sale

Virtual Garage / Yard Sale; started a separate blog today dedicated to selling stuff:

http://moving2ohiosale.blogspot.com

Updates (almost) daily. Check it out. Pass it on. Thanks.