Comments on: Life Goes On

By: lisa

lisa — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:51:22 +0000

“I know that humans are wired like this, wired for adaptation to nearly any circumstances. Instead of celebrating this feature of humanity, I’ve always found it incredibly sad.”

Me too 🙁

By: Dru

Dru — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:51:26 +0000

Incidentally, here is a real-time account from a gentleman who lives in Tokyo: http://shoottokyo.com/ (go back for his entries on the days of the quake).

This isn’t even a quarter as bad as it got on the North-Eastern coast, but it’s still an eye-opener.

By: Dru

Dru — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:34:37 +0000

Caroline, you gave what you could. Maybe it’s not as much as you’d like to do, but it’s something. I think most of us following the situation feel helpless- it’s only natural.

(I’ve just come off a couple of manga/anime forums I visit, people were really worried about our Japanese members but so far they’re all confirmed safe- they’re strangers to me in real life but I’m hugely grateful to know they’re ok)

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:17:30 +0000

I just feel helpless by all of this, I don’t have much money but I donated $10 to the Red Cross when I heard about the earthquake. I feel like I should donate more, $10 doesn’t like feel enough. 🙁 When there were floods in Queensland, a friend of mine donated all $600 of his birthday money towards victims of the floods. Don’t have that kind of money though…

I don’t know what else to do. I’m so far away, I feel helpless. All I can do is follow Reuters. The distance does make me forget about what happened, if only for a little. My grandma is very sick atm so I go between being sad about her and worrying for Japan. very not fun. 🙁

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:32:32 +0000

Wendy – You are more practical than most people. I have left the dry cleaning for weeks, even without a terrorist attack.

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:30:46 +0000

Carrie – Same page, sister.

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:28:32 +0000

Redhead Fashionista – Yep, yep, the prayers crap, very embarrassing and hollow in many cases.

By: kellie

kellie — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:54:35 +0000

This is how I choose to see it. 11 years, stuck, paralyzed from the waist down. I was so disgusted with him. For many years he was a huge druggie, and just a waste of space.
I thought that he should have somehow been doing something better, different.

now I wonder.
would it have changed his outcome??

who am I to judge??
would I be any different?
I would like to think the answer is yes, but I dont know.

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:11:04 +0000

Kelie – Oh I’m so sorry to hear this. What a terrible loss. I believe his soul is free now. For the parents though, suffering without end.

By: Kellie

Kellie — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:46:35 +0000

dexter vandango

Dsitance and time. They really are the only things that help sometimes.
Death, dissolution.

I dont know what else to say. It is so sad, and so awful.
And yet this week a friend of mine had a child who died.
He had been in a wheelchair for 11 years.
Better or worse for him now?
Relief and release???
Who is the judge???