i've been living here in san francisco for nearly 10 years now, come this summer. one of the things people like me worried about before venturing out to california was the earthquakes. i remember thinking i could never live out here because i would always be worried. i was living in washington, dc, before moving here and i kept thinking about earthquakes. but finally i told myself that life is always up in the air and we never know what may happen and we can't let these things stop us from living. so i moved here. that summer, right after i moved here, there was a 5ish earthquake and i noticed my walls rattling. by the time i got up and worried about it, it was over. the next day it was written up in the paper. and life went on. pretty much how it's been throughout the ten years. here an earthquake there an earthquake, but i just keep on moving. i haven't really given it much thought anymore. so today i'm sitting here working on my computer and the earth starts to move and for a second i'm thinking, oh ok, this is an earthquake, but i'm also sorta into what i'm doing so i don't really feel like changing what i'm doing, so i just keep working at the computer. i look at my kitty who's wondering what's up. after a minute, it's over, and i just continue on. i guess after 10 years of being here, i don't even seem to stop what i'm doing to worry anymore...