I can't take too many bad news all at once. I turn the tv/radio off, even at the stage that connie described, when things are not yet fully known. I just can't take too much of it. I'll check a news site online once every hour or so, but anything more than that makes me numb.
Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?
Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nilly - Jul 07, 2005 5:05:04 am PDT #7721 of 10001
Swouncing
P.M. Marc - Jul 07, 2005 5:08:57 am PDT #7722 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
It's odd. I'm a big ol' news junkie, but the place I first heard about the London bombings was on lj.
Me too. Last night, before they knew they were bombings. That was only five hours ago now. I saw my friend's post, went WTF, checked the news, and went to bed reassured but slightly uneasy.
Jesus.
Cashmere - Jul 07, 2005 5:11:56 am PDT #7723 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
ita, I'm glad the family's ok. I hope the hurrican lessens or just whooshes by with little damage.
Bombs are fucking stupid. Gah.
sarameg - Jul 07, 2005 5:15:44 am PDT #7724 of 10001
Kat, BTW, I'm out of town 8/5-8/8, damnit.
-t - Jul 07, 2005 5:16:08 am PDT #7725 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Safety vibes for your brother, grommit.
Gudanov - Jul 07, 2005 5:18:10 am PDT #7726 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Yikes, best wishes for all Londonites and people with friends and family in London.
Nutty - Jul 07, 2005 5:19:29 am PDT #7727 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
the fog of news
Good phrase. As an inveterate clicker, I surfed from one network to the next, to CNN, only to see the exact same interview clip on each station (staggered in time, enough to be irritating). The bizarre thing was that at 7am my time, the bombings were 3 hours old, and the aftermath footage was still unbelieveably vague and far-off. If you have that little, just give half-hour updates and go with your regular programming, you know?
Nilly - Jul 07, 2005 5:25:08 am PDT #7728 of 10001
Swouncing
If you have that little, just give half-hour updates and go with your regular programming, you know?
They can't, because this is the Big Story, so they have to be talking about it, even if they have nothing to say.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2005 5:27:05 am PDT #7729 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
They can't, because this is the Big Story, so they have to be talking about it, even if they have nothing to say.
They do that in Israel too?
§ ita § - Jul 07, 2005 5:28:12 am PDT #7730 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm glad to hear Jamaica is not too worried about Dennis
Just because my family's not worried ... well, my mother flew back to Jamaica early so she could be home for the last hurricane. They're kinda weird that way. But it does sound like there's nothing to worry too deeply about. We have a solid concrete house, and the big trees have been trimmed long time.