zeptember

Well. It appears we’re having a swarm of earthquakes on the Hayward Fault. Four in one week so far, all ranging between 2.6 and 3.7 on the Richter Scale.
The Experts say that it’s nothing to worry about - swarms like this happen all the time. They say it is releasing stress on the fault line - that it’s not a harbinger of The Big One.

I of course don’t believe the Experts. I think that the fault is slipping. I don’t see stress relief by small quakes. I see slipping fault leading to huge quakes Real Soon Now.

Across the ocean today off the coast of Southwestern Taiwan, an earthquake between magnitude 6.7 and 7.2 struck in the ocean. What’s all going on in the Ring Of Fire?

I’m known for being negative, pessimistic and a bit of a doomsayer. I was, after all, raised that way.

When I avoid my boyfriend for a week to avoid the nasty cold he’s caught, for example, I mean it with good reason. However, with the Christmas holiday, I caved in and got cozy with my man. Today, just three short days later, I am paying for it. I have his cold. It ramped up really fast and led him to miss two and a half days of work.
For me it’s worse because george is slated to invade by tomorrow. I’ll miss work for that anyway, but with a hacking cold on top of george? That’s going to make me one cranky bitter bitch.

The cold, having george, and worrying about The Big One should do well to occupy me on this, the last week of 2006.

I don’t WANT it. It’s what I have to work with.