Last night while Rachelle was working late out in Scarborough, Toronto had another power outage. These are the text messages that I sent to her:<\/p>\n

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M: There is a power outage!!! All is dark!!!<\/p>\n

M: It\u2019s another World Class power failure!<\/p>\n

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M: I think it\u2019s the third this month.<\/p>\n

M: Yes, I did call Rob Ford.<\/p>\n

M: Couldn\u2019t get through.<\/p>\n

M: Got a message that said my problem was important to him.<\/p>\n

M: My feet are cold.<\/p>\n

M: We should get a heating pad that works without electricity if we\u2019re going to live in Toronto.<\/p>\n

M: Oh, right! A hot water bottle!<\/p>\n

M: Yeah, I bet hipsters make them to look like owls. We should get one for our emergency kit.<\/p>\n

M: What am I doing?<\/p>\n

M: I\u2019m lying in bed wishing I had a hot water bottle.<\/p>\n

M: Yes, I guess I am draining my phone battery.<\/p>\n

M: Yes, I am in complete darkness.<\/p>\n

M: Except for the little glow of my iPhone.<\/p>\n

M: When I turn off my iPhone, it must be exactly what it\u2019s like to be a ghost.<\/p>\n

M: Well no, I can\u2019t float about or pass through walls.<\/p>\n

M: Look, I don\u2019t know why you have to be so difficult about this.<\/p>\n

M: We really don\u2019t know if ghosts can see or not. Maybe that\u2019s why they pass through walls– they can\u2019t see them but instead of bumping into them, they just pass right through!<\/p>\n

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M: Well, I don\u2019t know how they know where the people are if they can\u2019t see. Maybe they have super hearing?<\/p>\n

M: Look, I just figured ghosts live in darkness is all, okay?<\/p>\n

M: Whatever.<\/p>\n

M: Okay.<\/p>\n

M: Fine, maybe it\u2019s more what it\u2019s like for a dead person than for a ghost.<\/p>\n

M: You people with power sure are arrogant.<\/p>\n

M: I\u2019m going to light a candle and see if I become all stuck up.<\/p>\n

M: Oh my God.<\/p>\n

M: The apocalypse blood-red moon was today!<\/p>\n

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M: I forgot that!<\/p>\n

M: I just heard a wolf howl!<\/p>\n

M: This could be the end of the world, and we\u2019re fighting about what it\u2019s like to be a ghost!<\/p>\n

M: So petty.<\/p>\n

M: Look, I\u2019ve done a lot of research on ghosts, you know.<\/p>\n

M: Have to.<\/p>\n

M: No.<\/p>\n

M: No, I\u2019ve never talked to one so I don\u2019t know what their lives are really like.<\/p>\n

M: Fine. Rachelle 1, Michael 0.<\/p>\n

M: You just don\u2019t care about the apocalypse, do you?<\/p>\n

M: It\u2019s a pretty big deal.<\/p>\n

M: Fuck, my battery is nearly dead and there are three weird looking people with shopping carts on the street.<\/p>\n

M: It\u2019s like they\u2019re plotting.<\/p>\n

M: Yes, plotting to take our bottles, but something worse, too.<\/p>\n

M: I can feel it.<\/p>\n

M: I\u2019m scared.<\/p>\n

M: And I don\u2019t know where my inhaler is!!<\/p>\n

M: Fuck!!<\/p>\n

M: When are you getting home?!<\/p>\n

M: Where\u2019s the Ativan???<\/p>\n

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M: Oh.<\/p>\n

M: Light just came back on.<\/p>\n

M: Bottle collecting murders are still staring though.<\/p>\n

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