So. I ran off to Vermont on a semi-whim, and what happened in the two days I was not at home?

A massive electrical storm hit Bangor and lightning struck the transformer nearest our house, ran giggling through the wires and slaughtered beyond repair (or at least crippled severely) a great many electronic devices, including both our DSL-modem and our router. Hoorie hoorah. Normally I would be all 'Oh glee in a bearnaise sauce! Now there is nothing to distract me from writing and art and things!'
BUT.
I have like 203750238 college forms to fill out that can only be done online and that are also due by the 15th and knowing how unfair Fairpoint (phone/internet provideything) is when it comes to having anything done remotely on time or conveniently, well, there will be a lot of hiding out in libraries cursing internet-based collegiate bureaucracy for a while, for I cannot just fill out bits here and bits there, unless I wish to take up residence in Speculative Sciences in a small tent.

I am now off to fill in many blanks and be sad.

PEOPLE OF EARTH!
Do not contact me on the internet until further notice because I will likely not be able to respond to it with any sort of haste whatsoever.