「２０１１年３月１２日」 ・ my coming, my going; two simple happenings that got entangled.

[terrorcandy]

This afternoon at a little before 3 PM shocks from a magnitude 8.9 earthquake hit Tokyo. I was in the Shibuya Red Cross waiting for my doctor's appointment. They'd just taken three vials of blood for tests. My first thought when everything started swaying was that I was passing out, and that I should have eaten a sandwich or something beforehand

Comments

[matt_doyle]

*hugs* I'm glad to hear you weren't hurt, and I can't imagine what it must be like. And... not entirely relevant, but this is a really well-written post.

[lynstraine]

Teared up while reading this. I'm glad that you're okay, though.

[motorbike]

I am so glad you are all right. Drysobbing reading this, god, it's the most personal articulate visceral stuff, and tangentially I am even thinking, like. I am so glad such a fine writer put it all down like this. There must be so many stories like this right now, that need be shared. I live along a faultline and still I can not imagine what you are going through, what you went through.

It was such a sunny snow-shiny day today. I'm watching the PBS-NHK stream while on hold with SinAir's New York office, though no office has been of use so far. Narita keeps getting closed and reopened, and I'd have to get to my cousin's tomorrow for a real internet connection, to buy tickets. Just finished an embarrassingly broken letter to my friends Hiromi and Yosuke in the city, like. Please thank you for offering to host me and I just got money from my parents to go home. Thank you too, and stay safe <3

[maeda]

Thank you so much for posting this. I guess that's not the best thing to say considering what all has happened, but I still have friends and teachers that I can't get in touch with, and knowing that you're okay really means a lot.

[dalton]

you write beautifully even when under emotional duress. ♥ like I've said a million times, I'm glad you're okay and that your friends and professors are okay. I know it seems like you'll never stop being scared, but I promise that you will. I know it isn't useful to say now, but you will. I have been there (uh obviously not as serious, but far too many earthquakes and two major house-ruining floods) and while it may not fade for a while, while it may always be in the very back of your head, you will learn from it and just like the aftershocks, it'll slowly go away. promise.