home  -   < previous <  -   > next >  -   archives

damn. i haven't felt an earthquake like that in years. they tend not to faze me as i grew up in places where they were common, but nonetheless, it took me by surprise.

i was in starbuck's, had already paid and received my scone but not my coffee, when it hit. since there is a lot of construction going on in the area, i at first thought a crane had dropped an i-beam or somesuch. then that sound peculiar to earthquakes started, and the ground started rolling and things started flying off the shelves and in my general direction, and i looked at all the glass where i was and the relative safety of the open parking lot mere metres away and whoosh! i was out the doors, sans coffee, at the speed of claire.

i am still obsessing over the coffee. i wonder just how déclassé i would look if i showed up tomorrow and said, hey! remember me? can i have that grande caramel macchiato now?

in strange and perhaps related news, i feel compelled to write about something going on with my body at the moment. so as those with tender sensibilities won't be offended, you'll have to drag ye olde mousie over the white space directly below to read about it.

i'm on my period at the moment, started yesterday, and ever since the earthquake, it's as though someone has turned the tap on full force. the blood is just flowing like crazy. i can't help but think something important yet arcane has been jostled about in my innards and i am now the most efficient menstruator in the western world. i fully expect to be completely empty by midnight.

surfing: brand x
ringing: << >>