mother nature shows herself in japan.

for the past 12 or so hours i've been mostly sleeping, but i was awake when the news of the 8.9 earthquake in japan hit the internet. whenever i see footage of natural disaster aftermath i always bring it back to myself and my life because i'm self centered like that. i think, i'm such a weakling, i could never go thru something like that and survive/make it out with my sanity. it's always after seeing scenes of people on the streets after losing their homes, swimming in flooded waters, looting and scouring for food, everything in rubble...i can't imagine losing my home, family, pets to a disaster like a major earthquake, which is very likely here in los angeles. the one major downfall of our fair city :[

japan's economy is strong but all the support we can offer will help. you can text: REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. japanese red cross is asking for international help.

here's LA weekly's take on the possibility of something like the japan quake happening here:
could it happen here?

i don't wanna hear it. *puts fingers in ears* i'm not listening to youuuuu!! oh, it turns out the answer is no. we don't have the proper geological make up for an 8.9 but that doesn't mean we can't crank out a massive earthshake.

i was in tokyo about 3 months ago, and it's amazing to me that from sendai, the city @ the epicenter, all the way to tokyo about 250 miles away, this is the extent of what they felt:
footage of the quake in a tokyo supermarket.

my trip to tokyo was the reason why i've decided to do some baby revamping to my blog and today i had intended to make a post about my trip with lots of the wonderful photos i took...but i'll save that for another day.

here's to a speedy recovery, japan!!