Always The Last to Know

[harp]

Just after calming down from the panic about the Australia floods, now nature's putting her teeth to New Zealand? What the Hell? And Google, for once, is being spectacularly unclear with my quest for information about the specifics on Auckland where my brother E lives.

I just sent him a gift box, too, for V-day/Easter. He was all excited about getting to interview his favorite punk star last I spoke to him, but there's no news on his journal, which hasn't been updated in a while. Is he alright? His parents and room mate? His cats?

Eli, please, please say something if you're alright.
If anyone knows any specifics... I don't know if I could even deal with the thought of it.

2011, please don't take Eli away.

Edit: Have it on good authority that Eli's area was spared the disaster (Thank you, Grue!*). I'll be watching his journal with anticipation.

*I mean for the information, not for not hitting Eli's town with disaster. Not that you could do that.

Comments

[aubergine-pilot.livejournal.com]

I lost my hug icons when this account lapsed, but... dammit, if I could just be there and give you a hug right now I would.

Here's hoping he's okay.

(And if I could - there'd be a glass hitting a fireplace just about now.)

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

I still appreciate it, Pilot. Icon or not, you know.

What'll probably happen is, since I'm so freaked out, it'll turn out that he's just fine. Maybe I have the geography all wrong, too. Maybe he's just schooling out hardcore...

[aubergine-pilot.livejournal.com]

I'm glad. Just... augh. We don't talk half as much as we should.

Heh, yeah, Murphy's Law can be a friend sometimes. It could also just be that power/internet is yet to be restored where he's at, I was kept away from the news for the past week and don't know how badly power and communications networks got hit by this....

[barsukthom.livejournal.com]

Oh, jeez... Hugs and good thoughts!

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

*Hugs back* There may be good news, though, according to Google Maps. Well, good news for Eli anyway. It looks like only Christchurch was hit. I mean, that's not good but when I looked to see where that was relative to Eli... doesn't look that close.

Still, 65 dead... someone's brother/bro/overseas bro, at least. :( Now I'm worrying about them.

Hey, Barsuk... would you ever consider putting up your own Dial*a*creepy AKA "ask me" post on your journal in case someone wanted to ask you advice? You're all oldar and learn-ed and stuff...

[barsukthom.livejournal.com]

Eh? Whazzat? Speak up, I can't hear you over HOW AWESOME I AM!
(cough) sry. I...might. I'm a little wary about giving advice, eh? But I'll consider it. And I always welcome messages.

[x-creepy-doll-x.livejournal.com]

Would you like me to pray for him?

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

:3
It might do some good. You and T-Lo have such a good, loving energy that just thinking about him is like a love bubble; did you know that?

But I thought you were an ex. A non-practitioner.

[x-creepy-doll-x.livejournal.com]

I went back to Christianity. paganism just wasn't doing it for me.

I shall pray for him now. :)

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

C.Dollie, you're always so thoughtful <3 I don't believe it for a second when you say you're "evil"!

[x-creepy-doll-x.livejournal.com]

Not evil like being a shithead. More in the cool/gothic sense lol.

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank feck! Grue, thank you so much for once again bringing the news of non-death (this time it being not your own). All I've been hearing is "New Zeland Earthquake" here and "tiny island" with no specifics, so this is a big relief (with regarding Eli).

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

Then I shall (your icon reminds me of Oprah Winfrey) give you the chance to make you twice as glad- it would be also very good news if you told me you were busy right now training to enter the Housecat Weight Division of the UFC and so don't really care to peek at tagged pictures of me on BookFace. See, I just remembered that there are a lot of pictures of our college drag shows and a lot of me in drag on there, and I mean for real drag. There's this Lady Marmalade thing we did back in 07 so myself and three other boys (with varying degrees of stressfulness tucking), we're all in the type of underwear Billie Joe imagines Ivan makes Sapphira wear, and...

Yeh.
Unda-wearz.

[shantari.livejournal.com]

*hugs you* Hopefully his journal being unupdated has more to do with him being busy and/or power outage. Hope he contacts you soon.

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

I've heard tell that his area was not hit; that it was a place fa-a-ar from Auckland, so I'm relieved now. Very.

He's not allowed to die... not until he becomes a pop star and artist.

[kattidya.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it's the politicians or the global warming, but these days a lot of riots, natural disasters, shootings and other bad shiet occurs. I hate it, I feel unsafe and restless even in my own home.

I hope Eli will be okay. Take care, sweetheart!

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

It almost makes a person wonder if there's something to the 2012 end of days theory, doesn't it?

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

*manly side-armed hug* I hope Eli is okay too.

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

Thank you, 'Archy. I think he will be <3
I should edit that post...

[elvistears.livejournal.com]

Hey bro, just saw this - I'm all good! Just started back at uni so was all over. Cheers for the package, it was awesome, those chocs were so good.

The earthquake was pretty devastating though, I spent a lot of time in Christchurch as a kid so it's a city I know really well. Luckily I don't have any family there anymore and all the friends I have there are ok. Scary as hell though, especially cos my city's specialty is volcanoes.

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

Eli! You're alive! :D And the people you know are alive, too! It's still a miserable thing, but t least if the people you love are ok, the other things can be rebuilt <3

Oh, goddamnit, volcanoes? >.