so after 13 hours of no power and a lot of thinking time, what are the best ways to past time with no power? (cant do anything outside, remember its raining)

I listened to music and worked on AP English homework(summerwork?)

Books, man. Literature.

That, provided it's not too late. After Hurricane Wilma, we had no power for about three weeks. We just lit scented candles and talked to each other while trying to see what we could cook without power. It was fun, and now the scent of fresh baked cookies with extra brown sugar reminds me of Hurricane Wilma.

Sleep.

Meditate, sleep, pillage neighbors homes declaring the end is neigh!

Sing in the rain
Play board games
Read by firelight
Roast marshmallows
Build something

You could alternatively storm into other people's homes and crush their pottery in search for rupees; not only is it a fun activity, but you'll also earn some good money, and get to know new people.

Um, so it's raining. Are you a wicked witch or made of sugar and will melt if you get wet? Sometimes going out in the rain is the best thing, especially if it's warm.

Play in the puddles like a kid.

Grab some nightcrawlers for fishing later on

Watch how the reverlets run down the driveway

See how "fun" it is to build a shelter in the rain

Just sit out in the back of a pick-up and shoot the breeze with your friends

Listen to the "tsinging" sound of the rain on a lake

Swim in the rain and listen to that sound under water

Mudball fight!

Stay in a garage and listen/watch a thunder storm (love the booms when I'm outside)

Practice making a fire in the rain

But, If you're set on staying in without electricity..

Write letters instead of emails to your friends

Read (which can be done outside under an overhang)

Board games

I Spy

Card games

Whittle/carve (soap carving? )

Paint

Go through your stuff and sort things into trash, keep, give away, and resell

Build a model

Sing some Bob Seiger while wearing a button-down shirt, boxers, and sunglasses

Play an instrument

Create an instrument (rubberband and facial tissue box guitars, box drums, rice and cup rattles)

Exercise

Clean the windows

Make an indoor scavenger hunt to share

HIde and Seek

"camp games" or teambuilding games

Toothpick and marshmallow bridge

Make and test an Egg Lander

Legos

Sharpen knives

Sew something

Make a homemade compass

Play wiht different kinds of magnetism by using magnets, graqes, and toothpicks

Chew Wint-o-green Life savers in front of a mirror with your mouth open and in picth darkness after your eyes adjusted.

OK...guess I'll stop...

I've been reading and writing where I currently am, and we get a lot of rain here as well. There's a small bookstore in a mall not far where my dad and I have found a few interesting books, and he also recently got a new one from a book fair in Wal-mart (I think that's what he said) that has some familiar points about writing and it's fairly interesting too.

Back at the house my family is trying to sell, I'd also pass the time by sitting by myself outside or taking a nap if my mom was working with the light on in the room (which usually always bothered me).

Sounds fun and EXCITING!

It is! So what are you standing around here for, Sonny? Go grab that deku sword, and give your neighbors a surprise they're sure to never forget! It's fun for the whole family.

Nothing, absolutely nothing.

No power? That means you can actually see the night sky. Try it some time.

Smashing the neighbours' pots for rupees? Remember, whatever you do, don't antagonise their chickens. Always ends badly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aW9-wv6gGg

I feel so bad for posting that

When the power goes out I usually just sit out by the porch to fend off looters... nah I just sit in the dark livingroom naked with the front door open.

I also recommend cooking all the food in the fridge as it will be spoiled

I'll remember to stay away from houses with the door open during a black out.

I imagine that I'd be extremely bored. Probably end up using every battery I could find on my old original Gameboy Advance since I'd have no way to recharge my SP or DS.

Then I'd probably end up using my vehicle as some sort of generator for charging things after I remember it could do that. Then I'd be annoyed and go buy a generator or something.

The only thing I could possibly think of is to read.. I usually spent times like that asleep because I somehow manage to sleep for hours despite lack of drowsiness.

I would read, but most of my books are in the E format.