Last night was kind of eerie out here at ODU. While I was in my first class of the evening, the power went out. Everyone gasped-why I have no idea-but it came back on very quickly. A few minutes later, it went out again. Again eveyone gasped-and again, I have no idea why-but this time when it came back on, only half the lights came back on. We quickly ended our class, perhaps spurned on by the fear that we might not have been able to traverse the five feet from our desks to the door in the dark. I still had about a half an hour to wait around for my next class, so I decided to wander over to the Webb Center, with the plan of getting myself some Chick-Fil-A, but on the way over I realized that the power was out for several blocks. It appeared that only three buildings on campus, the BAL, which I had been in the class in, the Teletechnet Building, and the Library, had any power, and even they seemed only half powered-except the Library, which was lit up brightly. It wasn't long before my next class was canceled-hard to watch a movie with no power-so I decided to walk around a little. I'm not out on campus at night much, but I know that even when we went out and played soccer on campus at 3am that one time the place was fairly well lit, so it was odd to walk around in near darkness in a place that's usually so well lit. It has a sort of calming, yet disconcerting feel that I really enjoyed. It made me think of how exhilerating it would be to walk around a major city, known for it's brightness even at night, a New York or a Las Vegas, in the midst of a blackout. I think it would feel dangerous or even scary, but it would also have a revalation to it. Ironically enough, you'd be able to see things you never would have with all those lights. I'm sure a blackout in a major city is nowhere near as neat or fun as I'm imagining it, but I still wouldn't mind trying it.