So I'm giving a guitar lesson, and my student and I are repeating the phrase "I want you to rock me" over and over again to groove it in to the shuffle rhythm we are both playing.
Then the earth responded to my blues request and my apartment started shaking so violently stuff fell off the wall and my dishes clattered. Man, the violence that flowed through my legs! 5.8 rocking my world. "This must be an earthquake" I said in an incredulous voice. It lasted for about 30 seconds which is a lot longer in dog years or if you are watching your walls move and the floor shaking under your legs. It got more intense before it faded which heightened the fear. My heart was pounding as we walked out of the apartment to see if the building was unstable. It was unnerving. In a moment life was on the edge and my monkey brain knew it. I guess people from Cali are more used to this, but this was the biggest in about 100 years for us here near DC. The one in Japan was 1000 times more powerful! I can't imagine.
