OSU verses #1 ranked USC

Kylie came into town yesterday afternoon and we had an enjoyable time talking about her work, her internship, photography, etc. We made pasta and used a vodka sauce Gene had purchased at a vineyard in the Monterey area. Then we started watching the Oregon State - University of Southern California game.


As half time neared, with a score of OSU 14 USC 0 - our power went out! I am not sure how, but for some reason, I knew almost instantly that it would not be a short outage. This was confirmed when we called Pacific Power.

I found the oil lamps but could not locate the emergency radio. Not being able to find something is a major pet peeve of mine, and I was particularly irritated that I had went to the trouble of purchasing an emergency radio (with a flashlight), that has a dynamo (a handle to spin and charge a ni-cad battery) and I could not locate it in an "emergency". I finally located it in a bowl on top of the cupboard in the sunroom.

Because Gene had been discussing the game during the outage with our neighbors, he wanted to take the radio to the garage, so they could join us if desired. We listened to the game in the garage, with our neighbor Kim (who was rooting for USC). If fact, in retrospect, I find it ironic that Gene who is from California was rooting for OSU and Kim, who grew up in Oregon was rooting for USC. While I definitely prefer to watch a game rather than listen to one - it was a great time, made better by the fact that Oregon State has once again beat a highly ranked team!