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Had my first serious earthquake!

It happened while I was at work. I was standing in my office and almost tipped over; for a second, I thought it might have been the construction crews in the back shaking the floor.

(We're getting additional washrooms put into the building, to bring it up to code with our staff headcount. Today was SURPRISE JACKHAMMERS day.)

Branch Manager comes out like WTF?

I, too, leave my office to WTF? at people. We quickly find out it wasn't an isolated thing and was, indeed, a quake. I start texting friends and housemates. No one was injured and nothing was damaged at home or at work, thankfully.

Estimates of the magnitude are anywhere from 4.7 to 5.4, depending on where you were.

There were roughly a million earthquake posts in my localised subreddits, which was fun. And a few more about the Big One, the magnitude 9 earthquake projected to hit my area within the next hundred years; it's not surprising that people would be thinking about it.



Also, someone on the train ride home was taking pictures of my feet until I tucked them behind my backpack. I guess they really liked my boots.

1. What type of mood are you generally in on a rainy day?

I don't let the weather affect my mood. I'm happy when it's raining, because that gives an excuse to stay inside with a cup of tea and a book. (And I'm happy when it's warm and sunny, because that gives me an excuse to walk to the park and sit outside with a book!)

2. What are your favorite things to do when the weather is gloomy?

🌦 Watch a movie
🌦 Read a book
🌦 Do a puzzle
🌦 Play a video game
🌦 Play jenga with the person I love most: myself

3. Have you ever been kissed in the rain?

None of your fucking business. 😡

4. After the rain stops, do you continue what you were doing, or do you run outside to do something else?

That's adorable... and unrealistic for life in Vancouver. The rain never stops. It just takes coffee breaks. I don't let it decide what I do or don't do unless we're in a monsoon vortex and the streets are flooding. This happens roughly every six weeks.

5. What is your favorite drink/food to have when it's raining outside?

A grilled cheese sandwich. Maybe I'll make one tonight.





And now, for some talk of North American geopolitics. Again. Sorry!

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