I hope everyone's ok and that you hear from them soon, sumi.
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Mar 11, 2011 4:31:48 am PST #27644 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
sumi - Mar 11, 2011 4:37:02 am PST #27645 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
One of my cousins replied and he and his family and my aunt and uncle are all away from the worst hit and his sister - who lives in one of the worst hit places (Iwate Prefecture) happens to be in Hokkaido doing research so she is also safe.
I'm very relieved.
Lee - Mar 11, 2011 4:40:16 am PST #27646 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Oh god, what horrible news to wake up to.
Seriously, though Sumi's news makes it a little easier.
Tom Scola - Mar 11, 2011 4:41:08 am PST #27647 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jesse - Mar 11, 2011 4:48:45 am PST #27648 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm glad to hear that, sumi.
Sparky1 - Mar 11, 2011 4:49:16 am PST #27649 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
sumi, I'm glad your family is safe, and was able to ease your fears so quickly. One point for this interweb-tube-thingy.
bt, I think my DH will be on the radio program Late Night Live on your continent on Monday. Unfortunately, they are not flying us in for this. Listen for a crying 22 month old in the background!
Jessica - Mar 11, 2011 5:01:24 am PST #27650 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sumi, what a relief for your family.
flea - Mar 11, 2011 5:04:18 am PST #27651 of 30001
information libertarian
My friends are in Tokyo and have checked in safe. They are stranded away from where they were staying (no transport available), but have gotten hospitality from friends of friends and have a safe place to stay.
I am stunned by the earthquake resistance of the buildings in Japan. This was a BIG earthquake, and very little damage. People report being like popcorn in a pan, but the buildings stayed up. Go team engineering.
Sue - Mar 11, 2011 5:09:03 am PST #27652 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Sumi, I am glad to hear your family are safe.
As quickly as news does come to social media, I'm finding it hard to get my head around the enormity of this quake just from tweets and pictures.
And in happier news, my coworker visited with her goldendoodle puppy, who is already bigger than Boomer, our usual Friday visitor: [link]
Frankenbuddha - Mar 11, 2011 5:17:45 am PST #27653 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Safety-ma for anyone with folks in the area of the quake and the tsunami.
Hippo birdies, tommyrot!