[BGmusic: Rib Cage by Elbow]

Together, we cry.

- The Script

Yesterday an 8.9 earthquake hit Japan.

Etc.

The whole day I was looking for comfort in a shared moment of silence, maybe someone to pray with me, anything that let me know that others around me were grieving too. I didn’t get it so I ended up canceling my evening plans so I could mourn over it by myself.

Tangent thought:
There’s a power in group emotion that I covet. I want other people to laugh at things that I find funny, I want them to cry when I cry, I want them to feel sorry for the animals and give up meat like I did–I want all of this because being part of a group is comforting. It’s a comfort that still eludes me because most people don’t laugh at things I find funny, or cry over things I cry over, etc. It’s not like I purposely interest myself in things that only few appreciate for the sake of not being mainstream, I’m not that lame, it’s just the way things are.

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