Why I am "the way I am" part 1

1970, lightening tried to take me out early. The skies went dark, obviously annoying the gods, I was born. That is how I like to explain it. When in reality, huge thunderstorm, the hospital went dark, I was born. In the dark. The lights eventually came on and I am probably embellishing but I am sure next was heard, “Hey it’s a girl sorry we dressed her in blue. It was dark, and her toe was all up near her business. Our bad.” I am told that I was born on a Sunday afternoon. How apropos. I am guessing clocks didn’t have batteries in 1970 being pioneer times so they just picked a time and presented it on a certificate. Little did they know the havoc that could cause me sitting in a room while hippies stare at astrological charts trying to pinpoint why I am "the way I am" according to where a damn planet was when born. Where is the blackout lightning area of the chart.. start checking there! I can tell you why I am the way I am and it isn’t because a planet crossed paths with a unicorn and eclipsed a damn moon. From that point I am going to just assume that I was placed in some sort of child vehicle restraint or laid haphazardly in the back of the pinto wagon and taken home.

My first memory - The San Fernando earthquake. 6:00:55 a.m. PST on February 9, 1971, with a magnitude of 6.6. Wish they had those exact stats at my birth. There are various names for this earthquake. Seismologists obviously harbored a lot of issues with coworkers as this was surely a battle of wits deciding on a name. They should give these human names like tornadoes and hurricanes. Regardless, I remember standing near a wooden end table of sorts and seeing my whole world awkwardly tilt. I was later informed that I did not remember. So, there ya go. Of all the things in life that I could imagine and create as a memory in my mind the intense magnitude of my imagination choose a wooden end table in a sketchy apartment in Sylmar. Why have I not become a phenomena in science fiction film production? Some kids have invisible friends and scenarios in magical worlds and I create an urban development reuse. Power went out that day too but I guess by ’71 we had batteries.