Earth Hour party for one Part 4

My torch is sitting on the table next to me, shining up onto the ceiling. There are bugs walking around on top of the lamp.

I look up to where my torch is shining, and I see a shadow-puppet show projected onto the ceiling, with huge bugs crawling around. It looks cool.

Earth Hour party for one Part 3

The more you look at the stars the more stars you can see.

I went out onto the veranda, but couldn't really see the sky from there. I braved the trecherous, apparently snake-ridden back yard and found a clearing where I could tilt my head right back and look up. It hurt a little bit after a while, but it was worth it. I saw one shooting star within about 5 mintues. I might have seen another one, but I was getting confused between shooting stars and bats.

It was cooler outside.

As I was looking up I had the realisation that I am certainly not the only person in the world looking up pensively at the stars at this very moment. There are many others. And then I realised that I am also probably not the only person in the world realising that I'm not the only person in the world looking up pensively at the stars at this very moment. And then I thought that maybe there's someone imagining ME, out in the desert, looking up at the stars all by myself, just like I was imagining someone sitting next to the harbour bridge, and on a beach, and sitting on top of a car on a farm, looking up at the stars.

Earth Hour party for One Part 2

Observations. Right. Well. I figure that if I'm going to be doing this by myself, I might as well be writing about the experience, otherwise I'm literally just sitting in the dark by myself and I think there might be potential for that to turn into something profoundly weird.

Now that I think about it, this is actually rather reminiscent of my time in Bangladesh, except this time my "current nei" (no electricity) is voluntary.

I'd completely forgotten how quickly the room heats up and how many bugs the computer screen attracts when you have nothing but candlelight.

I've spilled candle wax on the table. My fridge is loud. I'm hearing funny noises in this new house I've moved into. I'm getting bitten by mozzies.

Think I'll go outside and look at the stars. There's nothing as beautiful as stars in the desert.

Earth Hour party for one

Is doing Earth Hour by yourself something really amazing and inspirational, or is it just someone sitting alone in the dark by yourself?

Perhaps I am a sad and lonely individual, but I've decided to join the hype tonight, despite being on my own.

It's not quite time yet. I'll continue once lights are out, in 2 minutes.