I really hope that documentary shows somewhere in London. It will make me cry I'm sure but I think it would be good to see.
So sad about the cathedral. I'd hoped that one day I could come visit you and get to see it :( I guess there will be other great things for me to see instead.
Apparently the documentary is going to be shown in Australia so there's hope and if nothing else there will be a DVD. So, as long as you have something that will play multizone, I can get you a copy if that's what it takes.
I'm still devastated about the cathedral. I hope there will be something worth seeing some day but with the way business is fighting any sort of restriction or regulation in the city plan I'm not sure that anything new that's built will be worth the trip. You may be coming just to see me and to take that trip across to Brisbane :D
That trailer really caught me off guard with how much it got to me . . .
I know - it's really well put together to pull at the emotions, probably because it's all real etc. I think I would feel affected even if it wasn't places and, in one case, people that I know. I'm going to see the movie on Sunday and I'm kind of nervous about it. A lady came in to the voting today and she had just seen it - well, she looked terrible. I expect to be having a cry either during it or later on.
I'm so sorry to hear what's going to happen with it.Thanks. I'm still really upset by it at odd times. That night I cried myself to sleep, all the while going 'what the hell are you doing? It's just a building' but I just couldn't stop. It's probably because it was the one thing that 'they' had promised would remain, and because so much else is gone I'd been so focused on it as a reminder of the past and now it feels like we're going to be cast adrift with no recognisable heritage left. I mostly try not to think about it because it does depress me *
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It's probably because it was the one thing that 'they' had promised would remain, and because so much else is gone I'd been so focused on it as a reminder of the past and now it feels like we're going to be cast adrift with no recognisable heritage left. I mostly try not to think about it because it does depress me *sigh* That definitely makes sense; I'm sorry it's proving so hard for you, though.
No you didn't, but I did hear about it. How close were you to it? Pretty far off--maybe a five hour drive. Where I used to live around DC they definitely felt it, but for us here you could mistake it for a truck driving by or someone moving furniture.
A friend of mine skyped me about it because he was massively spooked. He was pretty close to the epicentre and was a bit overwhelmed. I could understand it. And even for people who didn't get shook hard, it's a very strange blow to your sense of place: an earthquake?!!?!?
I checked out the modified mercalli on it and the intensity for the people closest to the epicentre would have been
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I could understand it. And even for people who didn't get shook hard, it's a very strange blow to your sense of place: an earthquake?!!?!?
Yeah I can see that. It's like when Auckland got a tornado earlier this year. Everyone was all 'wtf? we don't get those, what is this trickery?'
*nods* The reports from Virginia sounded a little sobering, but at least it was a very rural area, so there wasn't much to get damaged or people trapped in city buildings or things like that.
Yeah that's always a relief.
Someone made a picture of a set of lawn furniture with a little plastic chair fallen over, the date, and the words "never forget." I felt a bit bad about how hard I laughed over that.
*sniggers* I wouldn't feel too bad. We gave Auckland hell when they freaked out over a 2.9 quake they got. Okay, they really don't get them, but even so in light of the last year a 2.9 =/= something to get worked up over. People made similar sorts of pictures for that one - mostly involving spilt coffees.
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So sad about the cathedral. I'd hoped that one day I could come visit you and get to see it :( I guess there will be other great things for me to see instead.
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I'm still devastated about the cathedral. I hope there will be something worth seeing some day but with the way business is fighting any sort of restriction or regulation in the city plan I'm not sure that anything new that's built will be worth the trip. You may be coming just to see me and to take that trip across to Brisbane :D
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I know - it's really well put together to pull at the emotions, probably because it's all real etc. I think I would feel affected even if it wasn't places and, in one case, people that I know. I'm going to see the movie on Sunday and I'm kind of nervous about it. A lady came in to the voting today and she had just seen it - well, she looked terrible. I expect to be having a cry either during it or later on.
I'm so sorry to hear what's going to happen with it.Thanks. I'm still really upset by it at odd times. That night I cried myself to sleep, all the while going 'what the hell are you doing? It's just a building' but I just couldn't stop. It's probably because it was the one thing that 'they' had promised would remain, and because so much else is gone I'd been so focused on it as a reminder of the past and now it feels like we're going to be cast adrift with no recognisable heritage left. I mostly try not to think about it because it does depress me * ( ... )
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That definitely makes sense; I'm sorry it's proving so hard for you, though.
No you didn't, but I did hear about it. How close were you to it?
Pretty far off--maybe a five hour drive. Where I used to live around DC they definitely felt it, but for us here you could mistake it for a truck driving by or someone moving furniture.
A friend of mine skyped me about it because he was massively spooked. He was pretty close to the epicentre and was a bit overwhelmed.
I could understand it. And even for people who didn't get shook hard, it's a very strange blow to your sense of place: an earthquake?!!?!?
I checked out the modified mercalli on it and the intensity for the people closest to the epicentre would have been ( ... )
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Yeah I can see that. It's like when Auckland got a tornado earlier this year. Everyone was all 'wtf? we don't get those, what is this trickery?'
*nods* The reports from Virginia sounded a little sobering, but at least it was a very rural area, so there wasn't much to get damaged or people trapped in city buildings or things like that.
Yeah that's always a relief.
Someone made a picture of a set of lawn furniture with a little plastic chair fallen over, the date, and the words "never forget." I felt a bit bad about how hard I laughed over that.
*sniggers* I wouldn't feel too bad. We gave Auckland hell when they freaked out over a 2.9 quake they got. Okay, they really don't get them, but even so in light of the last year a 2.9 =/= something to get worked up over. People made similar sorts of pictures for that one - mostly involving spilt coffees.
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