I got to bed late this morning, like 4am.

[conuly]

So I wake up late this afternoon... well, early this afternoon.

And I check my journal. And I randomly check a comm somebody's in, statements, and see a lot of vague statements about worries and such. In my dazed state, I still eventually realize that they can't all be talking about the Olympics still, so I check CNN....

HOLY SHIT.

I know people in London. At least, I know people in England and the whole place is a bit of a blur to me, and I'm not sure where in England any of you actually are, so if my friends could kindly comment and tell me they're not, y'know, dead I'd be very happy.

Note the breezy tone of this post. This is how I cope with the situation. It is not meant to indicate in any way that I am not taking this seriously. However, I'll pretend I'm not until I find out a bit more.

Edit: Regarding the community for the purpose of keeping track of LJ'ers who are in London....

It occurs to me that terrorist attacks and natural disasters will happen again and again and again...

Somebody should make a comm that is inactive except in emergencies, so we wouldn't have to keep making new ones.

I'll wait until after this crisis passes, then start one. I'm cynical enough, right?

Or maybe I won't.

Comments

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Looks like there's already a bumper sticker/ribbon type fad going.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vedia/24271728/in/pool-bomb/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vedia/24269154/in/pool-bomb/

I hate how things like this get used to sell useless crap.

[thetwistedsista.livejournal.com]

And how long until wristbands with that on are made? I see them coming for some reason.
(England has a wristband craze at the moment)

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Those plastic wristbands? For all types of cancer and any other thing you can think of? We have them too.

I don't see how people think they're making a difference by spending a dollar on something where a portion of the profit will go to some charity.

And who knows where they are made and what kind of unjust labor practices you might be supporting in buying them!

[thetwistedsista.livejournal.com]

Yup-them. I avoid them mainly, but I only have a couple. I hada Bullying one-but it snapped, and I only wear a Make Poverty History one at the moment.
But then again-people are easily fooled.
Probably China. But at least they're not the fake ones-they are just all for profit for the person selling.