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i used to take electricity very much for granted. when it’s shut off all day, things change. the traffic lights stop working, the restaurants mostly shut down, school comes to a screeching halt. today there was no electricity.

normally i sit and read in my room. the fluorescent lights illuminate everything with a terribly pale glow. today i read in an open-air café. i was preparing for my english literature class. it was incredibly refreshing to read outside in the blazing sunlight and it made me felt alive, real and wonderful.

the air was fresh and poured all around me. nothing was illuminated and the hum of traffic quickly became white noise. everything felt so much more alive and peaceful reading outside.

i think that we spend too much of our lives indoors working, reading and generally living under the glow of terribly fake fluorescent lights. they make everything look like the morgue. our skin turns green. the pages in our books turn yellow. nothing is natural.

the electricity finally came back after dinner. the pale, fluorescent lights now glare from above. life can be so much better when it’s simple.