Waiting for (PSE&G)odot

I am truly an adult. At 3:45 I flew out of the office after remembering that the gas and electric guy is supposed to come "sometime between 4 and 8" to fix our refrigerator. I will now wait for 3.99 hours until he inevitably comes at 7:59. At the end of this four hour abyss are fireworks. Will he come in time? Or will I miss the fireworks and instead be stuck at home making awkward conversation with the gas and electric man? Come, sit with me as I wait for PSE&G man, liveblogging every minute of it.

4:01-Pull into driveway. No truck to be seen. There was a slim hope in the back of my mind that i would be first in the time window. Someone has to be first, right? Why can't it be me?

4:05-Frantically send emails to my clients apologizing for disappearing off the face of the earth (or the face of campus) without warning. Hopefully they won't need anything.

4:10-Sit down. I feel guilty watching TV when I should be at work. I open up my email and scan it for things that I can do from home, nothing jumps out.

4:20-My Netflix arrived, one of the disks is "Resolved" a documentary about high school debaters....one of my groups is a summer camp of high school debaters. Perfect, this is research. My guilt didn't last very long, did it.

4:32- I have absolutely no idea how to work a DVD player

4:33-I think someone made this DVD on an iMac. No opening menu, shaky camera.

4:34-Looks like we're going to have ourselves an old fashioned documentary night while we wait for the gas man.

4:35-things that are not supposed to be in documentaries...paper cut out animation.

4:36- Apparently the point of high school debate is not to be eloquent, but to present the most amount of information in the fastest amount of time.

4:37-OH SNAP, this girl is sassy. I can tell no one in the room likes her, not even her teammates.

4:38- Matt is "the bitch" of the group...he also appears to be the most likable. He refers to older mentor Sam as "someone who helps me kick back and relax". The camera then cuts to Sam smoking a cigarette...at least I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that it's a cigarette.

4:39-"Sam is much better at debate than he is at life" HA!

4:40-Sam is the type of kid that everyone loves because he's different. I want to punch him in the face.

4:41-This style of the debate really makes it look like the debator is trying to force themselves to throw up.

4:43-OMG This guy's finger has become physically deformed because of how hard he holds a pencil while transcribing debates!

4:46-Sam is growing on me as he drives his debate partner insane.

4:51-New school, the rough underprivileged one. I wonder what other high school stereotypes we'll hit during this movie.

4:55-They're really struggling to make these kids interesting.

4:57-For the record....still no word from PSE&G.

5:01-When going through the mail I found a card from PSE&G chastising my parents for not rescheduling their appointment for their fridge. Wait, what??!? What am I waiting around for? Who did I get in the fight with on the phone the other day? I pick up the phone and call the PSE&G help line. The PSE&G help line refuses to let you talk to a representative or use a touchtone system and instead relies on voice recognition. I managed to get through it, however I must say that's a risky move for a company who is already known for leading to complete frustration amongst their clients. At the end of all of that my appointment is confirmed.

5:02-One hour down. Three to go.

5:04-Back to the movie, I'm having trouble understanding the set up of the world of debate. From what i can tell it all starts with a 50203 team bracket that eventually gets narrowed down to one....

5:06-I always thought debaters dressed for their tournaments. These kids are one step away from pajamas.

5:10-Oh snap Sam will not be going to the finals.

5:15-I have an incredible urge to shower. I'm pretty sure the minute i turn on the water the guy will come...win/win?

5:18-Some random kid is explaining debate to us. I wonder how much he got paid for that gig....

5:19-Follow up question, do you get paid to be a documentary subject?

5:21-"That was one of the cooooolest debates we've done, hands down" girl who said you you are far too pretty to be in this movie.

5:24-Matt didn't think his school was focusing enough on debate, so he transfered to a private school...that has a room labelled "debate". It also has a subscription to Lexus Nexis. This was the main reason he decided to transfer

5:31-The documentary crew just got us pumped up for 10 straight hours of debate before suddenly stopped and informing us that the crew we were following got second place in the country.

5:32-Sam can't get hired at debate camps because his "reputation precedes me". So he just plays a lot of internet poker.

5:34-The girls are Matt's new school are all in love with Matt. He looks like a (even dorkier) version of Finn from Glee.

5:37-Knock at the door! Could it be!?!?!?!

5:37.30-It was my 13 year old neighbor looking for his mail. Dammit.

5:41-There is a fine line between debaters and those who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder.

5:43-The movies discussion of using the race card in debate could use work. For people who love to debate, they really hate to pick a side on racial issues. Interesting.

5:45-The coach just gave this ultimatum to his team. If they make it to the finals, then they get to fly home. Otherwise they have to take the bus. That's bold! I usually just need the promise of ice cream.

5:47-I'm not exactly sure what the question was, but this one kid just started talking about how he owns a boat and how he goes boating on the San Francisco Bay all the time. By the looks of everyone else in the room I can assume that wasn't a relevant answer to the question.

5:50-I can't seem to find the right temperature for the house.

5:51- Judge: I think you all drastically mishandled this argument.....

5:54-Looks like it's the bus....

5:59-Heyo! Matt eventually won the 5849203 round debate tournament!

6:01-final thoughts? Good not great.

6:02- Two hours down. I think I'll go pay this months student loan.

6:03-Time out, what's this Hallmark Channel? A 1995 Western Movie starring Sharon Stone, Leo DiCaprio, Russel Crowe, Gary Sinise and Gene Hackman? Nice!

6:05- BAM! PSE&G is here!

6:07-"Can you clean out your freezer for me?" sure!

6:08-"Can you also fill the sink up with hot water?" This one is going to be more difficult. Our sink is full of pots, pans, plates and other signs of the fact that I've been living alone and irresponsibly for a week (there was also a beer bottle in the sink...I only had one beer that night but apparently I convinced myself that i could wash the bottle out and use it again).

6:12-Slink downstairs to avoid awkward conversation with the PSE&G guy

6:13-Is that a 21 year old Leo DiCaprio?!?!?!? yessssssssss, I'm in love

6:17 Russell Crowe has apparently renounced violence.

6:21-How long does it take to fix a fridge? I'm going to call it a day on the liveblog of waiting for the PSE&G guy. Now if only I can convince him to fix the hot water heater while he's at it....