Aftershock...

[secondlina]

I'm a little annoyed at the people around me who are giving me crap for not putting my life on pause because of Japan. Yes, it's a tragedy. Yes, you should pause, reflect, inform and donate (I did all those things). But if you are lucky enough to be able to have a normal day, then enjoy and be thankful for it. The people in trouble don't have that luxury. Don't ignore a problem, but don't freeze-frame everything for it. Especially if you ignore all the other political and natural disasters. Stay informed, feel concerned, but don't give people crap over it, jeez.

Anyways. Thanks to everyone on my f-list who was kind enough to donate for Japan and New Zealand. You peeps are fantastic.

In case you are all wondering, there's an online community where you can auction for fanworks. All profit goes to help the countries shook by the earthquake. help_japan 

Not much else to say. So tired today. Methinks i,m going to be sick again...

Dreams are strange and terrifying and beautiful...

- Isa

Comments

[neocloud9.livejournal.com]

Wow, intense...

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

yeah.

[quasiarti.livejournal.com]

Actually i got a very intense dream last night I don't if it have to be about how I feel about the news , in resume it was about a group of girls trying to survive on a "haunted house" like the whole house was destroyed and two of the girls apparently have been living and surviving in that house for a long time guiding the other inexperience girls, they were worried of the something that can catch them and when they look outside the house window's they just see the outside world like if time stopped....iiiiiis very werd that i can even remember my dreams so I dunno.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Woah O_O That sounds kinda crazy.

[pip25.livejournal.com]

I feel for those who lost loved ones, but thankfully, this incident went by with the minimal damage considering its magnitude - thanks to luck, and the Japanese being prepared for it. (If they can get that issue with the nuclear plant sorted, that is. That's scary.) Of course people are suffering, so it has to be top news on TV. >_> If anything, I am still more concerned about the events surrounding Libya right now.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

There's bad stuff everywhere. :(

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's a pretty intense dream.


I can't believe anyone would give you crap for not curling into a ball and sobbing 24/7 because of what's happening in Japan! If I fell apart every time I saw something depressing on the news, I'd be dead within a week! O_o

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Well, anime comes from there, so obviously, it's TOP priority!!!!

/end sarcasm

Their ideas and motivations bother me. Even their motivation to help is so self-centered.

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, definitely an odd dream. I also had a vivid dream, but it really just involved my sacrificing my quilt to two other people also caught out in the rain. So...not entirely sure what it's supposed to mean.

In any case, I guess I'm not getting at all worked up about his at all. Earthquakes happen. Tsunamis happen. Both in Japan and on this side of the ocean, we have developed precautions to prevent mass damage and loss of life. Nothing is ever foolproof, but it's not the end of the world when this sort of thing happens. Japan is a strong nation. It will be quick to pick up the pieces and rebuild, making itself even better for when future earthquakes strike.

...and I guess I feel totally at peace about it all since I donate all the time, so my money was already prepped and ready to assist the moment something like his happened.

Go out and enjoy your day. Enjoy the fact that you can have a normal day. I'm sure there are many even in Japan doing the same. The moment work stops, recovery is halted.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

That quilt one sounds kinda cute actually. Permission to draw it?

Yeah, I try to donate to help organizations regularly, as much as I can anyways, since i,m not rolling in cash myself. Last year friends made a donation on my behalf on my birthday to an organization that helps preserve endangered birds. It made me really happy. It was sweet. They know I love birds.

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Before, or after I tell you the dream involved everybody in semi-medieval garb? (For two nights I dreamed about questing with friends/random people in a somewhat D&D fashion. Not sure why, since I do not LARP.) It might even be more scandalous to reveal the people I let keep my quilt were a guy and a girl, but oddly enough they were sleeping apart from each other. The quilt is huge enough to allow for that. o_O

Anything to help preserve endangered species is great! That's a really great idea for a birthday present.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

It really is!

That dream quilt sounds fabulous and comfortable.

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

It's the gryphon quilt I made a couple of years ago. The thing is 9 feet tall and..pretty dang wide, so the thing is humungous! I love that thing and can't wait to have a bed to use it properly! It's apparently awesome enough to appear in my dream. ^_-;;

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

I really think last night was the night for odd, vivid dreams.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Seems that way. I should ask you guys to send me messages about it regularly so I have some weird drawing material.

[torreadora.livejournal.com]

I absolutely agree that our lives need to go on. It would be an insult not to, burning the day we have.

Your dream, though I'm sure was unsettling, is absolutely beautiful. Makes me think of the video for Baths' "Lovely Bloodflow" and something a friend said about it, that she's always thought those who die alone are witness to something very special. Which is a nice idea.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

That video is amazing! I can't get over it.

There's always some kind of twisted beauty in death, blood and destruction. Maybe it's the unknown, maybe it's the whole twisting of images that we are used to. I'm not sure. But yeah, dreams like this are strange and beautiful.

[torreadora.livejournal.com]

Also: there was a time when for weeks I would dream of the end of the world. I was riding my car like a surfboard on the crest of a giant wave that swept over the island; the world had a thin shell that had slowly cracked, pieces fallen down until it couldn't protect us from the cold death of the sun anymore; planes were tumbling from the sky and cars were bursting into flames while we all ran into buildings and pressed our faces against the windows. My favorite was one where a series of storms were crossing the earth, wiping out everything. I was with a group of friends, and we were eating good food, hugging and kissing, dancing and telling stories, waiting for it to come.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I had a dream like that a few times myself. Those are so intense.

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

That goes on the records for the most vivd dreams.

Have people really said that to you? Good grief, a lot of the time you need the normal routine to help yourself get through times like these. Life has to go on at some point. @_@ Some people's stupidity just amaze me.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Some people are strange.

[putri-nih.livejournal.com]

I'm a little annoyed at the people around me who are giving me crap for not putting my life on pause because of Japan. Yes, it's a tragedy. Yes, you should pause, reflect, inform and donate (I did all those things). But if you are lucky enough to be able to have a normal day, then enjoy and be thankful for it

So true.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

You can only do so much, after all.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

If we put everything on pause, and let the tragedy consume us, then we might as well never wake up. All we can do is help with what we can, and keep living.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Basically.

[serenity-winner.livejournal.com]

Man sometimes it's hard enough for people to get by even without dealing with natural disasters happening and shit. :( I'm sorry people are giving you shit, especially when you did help.

That dreams sounds really unsettling, and intriguing. Interesting read, I really like the comic based on it.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I almost prefer people who don't bother to people who kick and scream because not everybody is focusing on an issue. As you say, your own life is already pretty complicated. You can't expect someone to be 100% involved in everything. That person would explode!

[rosemusek.livejournal.com]

Oh, gosh. This really reminds me of dreams I've had, myself. Those images and feelings that just sort of linger with you for the rest of the day. Thanks for sharing.
I have a couple of friends who live right next to the coast farther south, but luckily they were just fine. It was incredibly scary not knowing how they were for a while, though, and I can only imagine how horrible it must be for other people and their families closer to the disaster.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine.... Or people with dead relatives. My heart goes out to them, really.

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

It is something to reflect on and take in, but I agree with you, life doesn't stop where you are because of it. For someone to give you grief about it is just retarded :/

Very interesting dream! Kind of scary as well! 0o

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

A little scary. But the good type of scary I guess?

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

I'm a little annoyed at the people around me who are giving me crap for not putting my life on pause because of Japan. Yes, it's a tragedy. Yes, you should pause, reflect, inform and donate (I did all those things). But if you are lucky enough to be able to have a normal day, then enjoy and be thankful for it.

A-FREAKIN'-MEN.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[anna-nimmie-tee.livejournal.com]

There was something positive and touchingly beautiful in that 2nd to last panel: "Help me collect fabric. I shall make a tail and be a mermaid." Life goes on. Maybe in other forms, but it goes on. We make the best of what we have and can. Perhaps it will be more fantastic and lovely if we help each other.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

So very true. I didn't analyse that part of the dream like that, but it makes sense!

[engelen.livejournal.com]

1) your dream was full of beautiful imagery. You should try to work it out into a short story (or let me steal those ideas from you >:D)

2) Don't ignore a problem, but don't freeze-frame everything for it.
this is SUCH a FIRST WORLD PROBLEM. It's like "my life is so good I should worry about other people because it's the right thing to do or I might seem insensitive."
I feel bad about Japan, much more so than with New Zealand, Australia* and even Haiti**, but that's because I've been closer to Japan than those other countries. Still, I'm living my life. I haven't donated yet, but I will.

* I know it was a tragedy. I know it was horrible. I know people died and lost their homes. Yet, I can't stop seeing them as firt world countries who have enough money to put themselves back up together (see next point).
** Meanwhile, Haiti is the poorest country in Latin America, and people seem to have forgotten about that fact. They can't build up. They're a poor country. People can't donate to every single country that's in trouble, because there are some that need it more than others. IMO.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

1) I started drawing my dreams more and more. I kinda want to do a collected version of all these dreams :D

2) I agree. This is totally a first world problem. Participate because you want and for the problems that interest you. Don't do it because you feel guilty.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

I agree with what you said. Even though what happened was a terrible tragedy and people should do what they can if they can, but aside from that, there's not really much they themselves can do. If you have the news on 24/7 and all that, then you lose yourself in it.

I made sure I made my donation and that's all I can do at this moment.