another view of the quake

I find this Park in Chiba City especially terrifying, as I've always had a fear of the ground opening in an earthquake, swallowing me, and the closing back up

Chiba City was built on landfill.

via jezebel

The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan

Here's The Lost Thing, the charming, moving Oscar-winning video by Shaun Tan-enjoy!

Books out papers in

Rob Killheffer moved 8 cartons (some small most large) of books from my apt and we put them into storage. We removed 4 cartons of correspondence and brought them TO my apartment so that they can be shipped (hopefully soon) to The University of Liverpool.