What a strange week it's been...
The week got off to a shaky (heh) start with a 5.6 earthquake last Sunday morning that shook me awake in bed. That was my first experience with actually feeling an earthquake but as I was still half asleep, I didn't fully process it. Later this week, on Friday I believe, I was here at the office and another quake hit. 5.3 and the entire building shook. At first it feels like a huge gust of wind slammed into the building, but then you realize what happened. The large part lasted for a second or two but then for a few minutes after the building was shaking some, probably due to it just settling than another quake. I sat looking at my computer monitor and it was shaking but I felt still. So I got a little touch of a headache and motion sickness.
I never used to get motion sickness at all. I love roller coasters and amusement rides (except for those set up at carnivals...I don't trust anything that lifts me a hundred feet in the air and was just set up THAT MORNING...by CARNEYS!...but I digress...) and never felt any touch of motion sickness until recently. The thing that brought it on, the PS2 game Grand Theft Auto. For some reason, playing that game for any extended length of time makes me feel a little queasy. Must be the way the camera swings.
A lot of people are freaking out about the rash of quakes hitting the state, thinking that "The Big One" is finally upon us and California is going to sink into the ocean. That is one of the most ridiculous things ever. I can say with 100% confidence that Caifornia is not going to sink into the ocean. It's not like we're floating on the water like a duckie raft in a backyard pool. We're on the continent. The base of which extends all the way to the Earth's core. Yes there would be massive damage and destruction and tragedy, but the west coast is not going to lop off and pull a Titanic. (that is second only to the theory of the earth opening up and swallowing you).
Other than natural occurances, I had a commercial audition on Thursday for a THQ video game "Big Mutha Truckers 2" and that was a lot of fun. It was my first commercial audition in a month or two, the last being one for Old Spice's "Smell is the strongest sense" campaign. Also a really fun commercial where I got to play my guitar and jump around like an idiot in a bad garage band. In addition, I had a great show at M Bar on Friday night that had an amazing turnout and was just a blast. Lots of laughs and the show was a lot of fun.
I'm heading back to Boston this coming Wednesday for my friend Tom's wedding, plus I'll be doing some standup and seeing friends. Should be some good tales from the road. I'll keep ya posted...
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