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aredblush ([personal profile] aredblush) wrote2009-04-07 08:35 pm

Safe and sound and other things

Hi.
As you may have heard, there's been an earthquake near here.

L'Aquila is roughly 90 Km far from Rome, so we felt it pretty well. I woke up when it happened because my bed was shaking hard. At first I thought that my sister was rolling around in bed (we have a bunk bed and I sleep on the top bed so I feel every time my sister changes position) but then I realized that there was too much noise to be just the bed banging on the wall. That's when I noticed the windowpanes were rattling in their frames and the metal cabinets outside where banging against the wall. What unsettled me the most was the fact that I couldn't hear any animal sound: usually I can hear the birds sing even at night and our dogs making sounds, but they were all silent. It was quite eerie, like hearing silence in a ruckus.
Some of my friends got really scared. One of them was staying with her grandma and their building shook really hard and her grandma almost fainted, so my friend was doubly scared.
The good thing is that a lot of people are doing all they can to help. It's nice to see people my age and even younger try to do something. It gives me hope.

Anyway, my family and friends are all well.

To change topic, some news:

- A Japanese friend of mine is returning to Japan at the end of the week, so my friends and I organized a little "goodbye party" for her and decided to have dinner all together at the by-now-infamous "cock restaurant", but this time we booked a table in the vanilla room (meaning that it was decorated with grape branches. It was quite nice). We got her a boxset of Vintage Italian Music... the strange thing is that we knew all the songs on the cd. There were songs that came out when my mum was 5! And we knew the words! Next time someone says that the youth of today doesn't know "old" music I'm going to club them on the head >:(

- Saturday afternoon I'm going to tattoo another person (and possibly their mum). I'm excited but I'm not freaking out \o/

- I made six Empires icons! Nothing fancy, but I liked the original pictures (that you can find here) and thought they'd look good in icon-size (and ok, I admit I have a soft spot for Ryan J and Sean. How could I not?):

1.Ryan J 1 2.Ryan J 2 3.Sean 1 4.Sean 2 5.Sean 3 6.Sean 4

- I hopped down to the post office and sent a "special parcel" *evil grin* hopefully it will arrive on time.

- My sister read my Darwin!fic and didn't throw up. I'll count it as a win?

How was your weekend?
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[identity profile] unaccompanied-g.livejournal.com 2009-04-08 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Eeek, I'm glad you are okay! I live in CA so I've only felt one earthquake, and it was a wimpy one at that.

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2009-04-08 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It's good to know that most of my online friends were in a safe area. After the earthquake we were all asking each other if we had friends in L'Aquila and calling people to know where they were. It was scary.
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[identity profile] saba1789.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
That does sound pretty scary. I'm glad you and yours are okay :) .

I hopped down to the post office and sent a "special parcel" *evil grin* hopefully it will arrive on time.

So, so mean!!! D: And unfortunately your parcel isn't here yet so I guess I'll have to wait until I return from the parents'. *sighsigh*

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn... I'm going to punch the postman tomorrow morning...
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[identity profile] saba1789.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no, please don't! It will just make my birthday last longer if I still have a present to open when I get back from the parents :) . Even if my impatient side is all WANT IT NOW *GRABBY HANDS*. Heh.

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
The postman is safe... for now.
Well, let's see.... If you manage to hop over lj on your birthday, there will be a special post for you ;)
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[identity profile] saba1789.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I got a Internet flatrate for my cellphone so I can go online at least some while I'm with the parents (who don't even have a PC! o.0) so I'll make sure to hop over here on my b-day :D . Whee, special post for me!!! *is excited*