{"id":3184,"date":"2011-03-27T01:53:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T06:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3184"},"modified":"2011-03-27T01:53:42","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T06:53:42","slug":"energy-conservation-is-sexy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3184","title":{"rendered":"energy conservation is sexy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthhour.org\/Homepage.aspx\">Earth Hour<\/a>, an international event created to raise awareness of energy conservation, Rudi and I turned off our computers, unplugged most of our electronics, and prepared to embrace the darkness of a Saturday night in early spring.<\/p>\n<p>I lit candles, Rudi tidied up a bit, and we brewed a pot of tea. Then, as 8:30 rolled around, we turned off the last light in the Burrow and settled in. There was some ambient street noise, but far less than either of us expected.<\/p>\n<p>I knit (albeit slowly) along on Rudi&#8217;s sock. Rudi pulled out his guitar and a Beatles songbook, and he played music for me, and we sang and talked about the songs.<\/p>\n<p>The hour flew by and was well on its way through a second one when we realized we hadn&#8217;t yet had dinner, so we flipped a few switches in order to cook some food. Otherwise, I think we could easily have stayed in the darkness quite contentedly for the rest of the night.<\/p>\n<p>Every time we do something like this, we say we should do it more often. I hope this time we&#8217;ll follow through on it, because it was just about the perfect date night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Earth Hour, an international event created to raise awareness of energy conservation, Rudi and I turned off our computers, unplugged most of our electronics, and prepared to embrace the darkness of a Saturday night in early spring. I lit candles, Rudi tidied up a bit, and we brewed a pot of tea. 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