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Explosion at Fukushima vid We are not sure if it is the reactor or another building but 1015 micro sieverts per hour recorded at time of explosion - about the same amount as the human limit for one year (NHK).

Wow, devastation is almost indescribable! I woke from the 6- shock at 4:36 this morning but haven't felt any of the other hundreds of aftershocks.

Some interesting science-y facts about this quake from the Vancouver Sun and the USGC.

Earth's axis has reportedly shifted ten inches as a result of the quake, and Japan's coast is said to have permanently shifted 2.4 metres.

Nice to see DH on Twitter being positive about Japan in response to a follower's nuclear-related criticisms.

Just popping into Lj to say I am fine. The earthquake was a long way up north, although it is the longest earthquake I have ever experienced - it went for 3-4 long minutes (or so) and I was kind of stunned and scared about that. I checked the Jpn meteorological site for the details and then went to the loo and it was STILL going! I kept anticipating it stopping - but No! It didn't! ... for what seemed like an incredibly long time I kept looking outside and watching the lamp post sway madly and my building was doing the same, which is a good sign.

Swaying means rubber in the foundations or some such high-tech building thingy. Japan has excellent earthquake- resistant tech, building codes and much better responses since the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) quake. It wasn't hugely strong where I am (just looong) and nothing shook loose. Nagoya is also protected by peninsulas, so we didn't get tsunami either.

Hope everyone is well!

Hello all my lovely friends! I know! work, work, work - such a dull girl! I do read you all though, pretty often, so I keep up with what you are up to!

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who wished me Happy Birthday, especially so because I have dropped out of doing the same.

Thanks darling bluespirit_star for the sneak peak snippet of the 1930's story you've got done for Big Bang! I loved it - plus glitterati shades! Also sweetie iadorespike for the half nekkid optimist/pessimist b'day card, which made me laugh! And dear tarlanx for the cupcake - hmm, they featured in iadorespike's card too - I think there's a theme getting up here ...

Hmm, I hope I didn't miss anyone ... I might have ... Please tell me if i missed you so I can add you to this thanks post.

*many hugs*

p.s. I am being lazy and using last years birthday gifts icon. But hey I haven't used it in a long time!

Hello all my lovely friends! I know! work, work, work - such a dull girl! I do read you all though, pretty often, so I keep up with what you are up to!

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who wished me Happy Birthday, especially so because I have dropped out of doing the same.

Thanks darling bluespirit_star for the sneak peak snippet of the 1930's story you've got done for Big Bang! I loved it - plus glitterati shades! Also sweetie iadorespike for the half nekkid optimist/pessimist b'day card, which made me laugh! And dear tarlanx for the cupcake - hmm, they featured in iadorespike's card too - I think there's a theme getting up here ...

Hmm, I hope I didn't miss anyone ... I might have ... Please tell me if I missed you so I can add you to this thanks post.

*many hugs*

p.s. I am being lazy and using last years birthday gifts icon. But hey I haven't used it in a long time!

W00t! Yeah I know with party politics it's not that much of a change, but at least that 'last' high ceiling has finally been broken through for Australian women, and thankfully we are not the last among the English speaking western nations. I know KR worked his arse off, but he was too much of a cardboard cut out fake for me - he's a Queenslander after all, so I know his rough roots only too well. A certain amount of sublimation of the real self is necessary in politics, but I think he became lacklustre and uninspiring to the nth degree as a result.

Hope JG does better.

iadorespike ... Thank you for the tulips! You are such a darling!

I have been so inundated with work - it's never ending and just seems to pile up and up. I went to work today (Sunday) - it's university entrance exam time so we had to be on hand for that - same thing tomorrow and then Tuesday we have the Faculty meeting to vote on accepting successful applicants. Even when I come home, I still do work via email. Have to get our new Department's inaugural Journal out soon, so I had it write an article for that. I didn't have the time to write anything original so kind of forced an article out an an old assignment I did for my master's - square peg/round hole kind of thing re genre. I'm not happy with it, it's not nearly focused or pared down enough, but it will have to do. *sigh*

Hope everyone else is well.

iadorespike ... Thank you for the tulips! You are such a darling!

I have been so inundated with work - it's never ending and just seems to pile up and up. I went to work today (Sunday) - it's university entrance exam time so we had to be on hand for that - same thing tomorrow and then Tuesday we have the Faculty meeting to vote on accepting successful applicants. Even when I come home, I still do work via email. Have to get our new Department's inaugural Journal out soon, so I had it write an article for that. I didn't have the time to write anything original so kind of forced an article out an an old assignment I did for my master's - square peg/round hole kind of thing re genre. I'm not happy with it, it's not nearly focused or pared down enough, but it will have to do. *sigh*

Hope everyone else is well.

This is an old manip I made, but I have newly superimposed the fleece as a second skin. I love what the shiny, harder, but still supple leather and the woolly, 'creature of comfort' squishiness of fleece say about John and Rodney's personalities.