DC Talk- It's The End of The World As We Know It

That's great it start with an earthquake
birds, snakes, and aeroplanes
You know I am not afraid.

Eye of the hurricane listen to yourself churn
World serves its own needs, dummy
serves your own needs
Feed it like an aux feeds, grunt, no, strength, no
Ladder starts with a clatter gear found high
wire in a fire represents a seven gauge
in a government rage

(chorus)
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine

That's great it start with an earthquake
birds, snakes, and aeroplanes
Tobymac has never, ever, ever been afraid

Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
World serves its own needs,
dummy serve your own needs
Feed it like an aux feeds, grunt, no, strength, no
Ladder starts with a clattered gear found high
Wire in a fire represents a seven gauge
In a government rage

(chorus)

Cause I know where I'm going

(chorus 2x)

I feel fine


---(Erica) So why am I throwing DC Talk lyrics your way? Check this out:

Two (2) miles SW of Chino Hills @ 11:42AM, I (and all of SoCal) lived through what is now termed a 5.4 magnitude Earthquake. It was determined to be 7.7 miles deep and it was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego. An area coined as Inland (sp) Empire lost phone service for a time and within the first hour, 27 aftershocks have occurred throughout SoCal. They ARE lessening and the strongest of those was a 3.6 magnitude. Most of the ones being felt are in the Diamond bar area, but since the initial quake, I have not felt any aftershocks in Lake Forest, so we are OK and safe here.

After Joe called from work to see if I was OK, I flipped the TV on to channel 4 and it's been on ever since. Governor Schwarzenegger is now on trying to calm the general public and spread some more light on what's happened (2:30pm). He's relaying that this is mild to some that he's experienced since being here in Cali, and that we were very lucky this time. According to broadcasts, there's been minimal damage reported. From a few items falling off shelves, to a few community water mains breaking and they are being dealt with now.

Now, here's my personal experience:
I was still in bed, yes, not feeling too well today, so I slept in. As I decided to roll over and check the clock, I realized the time and Joe would be coming home for lunch soon, so I decided to get out of bed. Before I had a chance to even sit up our apartment felt the tremors. It felt like a rolling with a few small jolts. I blamed the incident on the damn trash trucks that love to roll past our apartment and wake me up in the mornings. But the unusual thing this time was the shaking was a big more intense then just for trash trucks, and I heard what sounded like cursing in foreign languages outside the windows. So I knew this must have been something big. As I started getting up my cell rang and Joe had called all worried wanting to make sure I was OK. It wasn't until I heard the tone of his voice that I got worried and he had to tell me we had lived through an earthquake before I would believe what my brain was trying to tell me. Well, channel 4 went on for live updates and about 2 minutes later my mom called to check on us. I explained to her what I assumed it had been, then given her the OK that we were all fine here and the information that I had gathered from the news. Well, now you all have the info as well.

So don't be alarmed. Just praise God that we're OK. The geologist who was on TV earlier did mention may be today and tomorrow that we still have aftershocks and tremors going on, but most will not affect our daily lives and routines, so it's not a huge concern, just beware and be careful. So, my love to all and know that everything is good here, and we're still alive :).

who needs public storage?

(Joe) Yay! two weeks before Erica and I are husband and wife :).

As the wedding draws near, we've managed to start relocating my beloved' essential possessions (e.g. clothes, books, etc). Plus on top of that, we've been getting wedding gifts delivered to our apartment from our generous family and friends. Erica's things..I keep alone until she gets here. Our gifts...we'll open together.

So...corrugated cardboard boxes abound the living quarters.
My bedroom has become a safe storage facility ;). And if you think that's a lot, there's actually more boxes staged to mail out from the Nichols' home. Good nite..how many boxes does a wife come with by default? lol.. j/k. I Love You Dear. When we move from the current apartment to our own place, we'll definitely need a large moving van.

However, looking over the inventory, I realized that we have a hidden treasure....
Without even asking...we got a coffee table!!! I'm not referring to the coffee table that's holding up the TV ..I've had that one for a while. It was born as a bona-fide coffee table, but was able to graduate to the position of TV stand. The *new* coffee table is comprised from 3 boxes that mate together into a useful piece of bachelor furniture. Hey...I have a few days to enjoy this before someone living with me claims that cardboard boxes does not a coffee table make, and urges us to journey to the IKEA.