Obviously, we've been getting a lot of e-mails and expensive-ass phone calls from concerned friends and relatives inquiring about how we're doing in the wake of what's been called the worst natural disaster to ever strike Japan. The short answer: we're fine. The long answer: we're totally, absolutely fine, and our lives have not even been disrupted in the least.
It's a little odd, actually. All the headlines (the English ones, that is) keep mentioning the "Japanese quake" as though the entire country were 10 feet underwater now. I understand the need for generalization, and I understand that most people in the States might not have the best firsthand knowledge of Japanese geography, by let me put it to rest: Osaka is quite far from where the quake hit. Japan is roughly the size of California, and Osaka and Sendai City are about as far apart as San Diego and San Francisco. There were tsunami advisories here, but nothing came of it.
I wish I had anything interesting or substantive to tell you all about Japan, some unique insider's perspective into the state of a nation in crisis - that is the Blogger's Dream, I believe - but we've got nothing. I was at work, and I didn't even feel a thing. Jenn was riding the train and thought that it was nothing more than a moderately bumpy ride. Other than that, we had a lovely weekend, made pancakes, went bowling. I'm sure you all in the States are much better informed than we are; we get our news from the NY Times and Google (yes, we're still illiterate). The trains are all running on time.
Again, I wish I had more to say. Please do your part if you can. Something more fun and hopefully more substantive coming sometime soon.
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