{"id":19,"date":"2006-07-22T22:52:11","date_gmt":"2006-07-23T05:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/2006\/07\/22\/blackout\/"},"modified":"2009-03-17T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T14:49:00","slug":"blackout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/blackout\/","title":{"rendered":"blackout!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>some of you may be aware of this freak blackout in Queens. such a strange phenomenon. some of it works, most of it doesn&#8217;t. one outlet (of three) in my studio is working; the overhead light switch is temperable. tomorrow is the sixth day. up until tonight oddly enough i was house-sitting in Manhattan! so i haven&#8217;t been too bothered by this, but now that i&#8217;m here i can only comment that this is total bollocks!<\/p>\n<p>the area around me is flooded by these OEM machines and NYPD mobile light stands, loudspeakers, and generators of varrying sizes and colors even. i can&#8217;t help but think of where this stuff is stored, how it finds its purpose during these aberrant hours, and how it&#8217;s all kept track of, logistically speaking. pretty cool, but also pretty weird.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image57\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/OEM-blackout.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"OEM generator\" \/><br \/>\nthese machines are outfitted for all types of jobs<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image58\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/blackout-20060722.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"blackout outside\" \/><br \/>\nthe view outside our gallery window; that&#8217;s Sunnyside Gardens off to the south, no lights, very unusual.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image59\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/blackout-map-20060722.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"X marks the spot\" \/><br \/>\ngreen X is approximately where i&#8217;m located<\/p>\n<p>oddly enough, our internet is still online!! LONG LIVE THE BLOG!<\/p>\n<p><em>read what others are saying about the blackout<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/20060722-blackout\/daily-news\/\">Daily News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/20060722-blackout\/gothamist\/\">Gothamist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/20060722-blackout\/nytimes-page1\/\">New York Times page 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/20060722-blackout\/nytimes-page2\/\">New York Times page 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/20060722-blackout\/wnbc\/\">WNBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>note: these pages are stored locally for archive purposes; links through these pages might not work, hit your back button to return to the blog<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>some of you may be aware of this freak blackout in Queens. such a strange phenomenon. some of it works, most of it doesn&#8217;t. one outlet (of three) in my studio is working; the overhead light switch is temperable. tomorrow is the sixth day. up until tonight oddly enough i was house-sitting in Manhattan! so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[290,118],"series":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-blackout","tag-queens"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6OfVu-blackout","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3173,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/3173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}