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Sunday, February 27th, 2005
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2:37p - Carole King didn't know shit about it
I have to take yet another break from watching the Grudge. I'm sitting here in Japan, in my old, noisy, Japanese-ass house, and I'm freaked the hell out. There are too many things in this movie that characterize daily life here. I took a break a little earlier, played some Bejeweled 2 for a while, calmed down, and tried to watch some more. Well, a few minutes later, when Sarah Michelle Gellar's character opened the door to her house, I noticed that it's same exact one (same window and shit) as my bedroom door. Another few seconds, and she goes to check her answering machine. I HAVE THE SAME EXACT PHONE! AGHHHH!
I am never getting any more sleep until I go back to states. (11 weeks!!!)
In other news, the earthquake last night, while probably only the second or third strongest one since I've been here, knocked a whole bunch of shit over in my house. I live in the Aomori prefecture, so that's likely one of the closest quakes to home we've had. I normally love quakes, but for some reason this one gave me the willies. I was taking a nap because I was going to go work SSADD (giving drunks rides home) at 11 pm. I woke up scared for no reason at all at 9:36 pm, and everything started shaking about 10 seconds later. At first I thought it was just going to be your average quake - they start with a relatively slow and mild, long-wavelength, side-to-side kind of motion, then a faster, stronger rumble, which is usually where it stays for a minute, then it subsides into a subtle, low, rolling motion before stopping entirely. Well, this one went through the first two things, then it started shaking something fierce. I watched stuff falling in my room and heard stuff crashing out in the living room. After that, things felt seriously wrong, like the tremor was the work of a malignant presence that was still hanging in the air. I couldn't get the hell out of my house fast enough.
Now I'm gonna go try to watch the Grudge some more. I'll be back if that doesn't quite work out.
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