MY DREAM WAS IN BLACK & WHITE.
I'M TOLD WE ALL DREAM IN BLACK & WHITE. WELL THIS DREAM PLAYED OUT LIKE A MOVIE... NOIRISH AND EERIE.
I WAS IN A SCIENTIFIC FACILITY WORKING AS SOME KIND OF... SCIENTIST. THERE WAS A HUGE VAT OF WATER THAT RAN LIKE A RIVER THRU THIS FACILITY. ROUND THE CLOCK OBSERVATION HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE HUMAN~LIKE OBJECT. I WAS TOLD IT LAY DEAD OR DORMANT AT THE END OF THIS POOL. I WAS HAUNTED BY IT. I COULD SEE IT'S VAGUE OUTLINE FROM MY DESK, BUT DID NOT WANT TO APPROACH. MANY OTHERS HAD GONE UP TO IT AND DECLARED IT DEAD. I ON THE OTHER HAND DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT.. MY SCIENTIFIC PROFESSIONALISM WENT OUT THE WINDOW ON THIS ONE. I HAD NO CURIOSITY TO EXAMINE IT. IN FACT IT SCARED ME. IT BROUGHT A CHILL TO MY SOUL I COULDN'T DESCRIBE, BUT I WILL TRY... I COULD SEE A BEHEMOTH LYING UNDERNEATH THE IN-DOOR RIVER. I COULD SEE SOMETHING DARK AND FOREBODING. SOMETHING NOT TO BE TAMPERED WITH. LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE. SOMETIMES ONE DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING. THIS IS HOW I FELT. I DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.
MANY PEOPLE HAD BEEN WALKING UP TO IT, COMING BACK AND GIVING THIER OPINIONS. "IT IS DECOMPOSING, IT IS PREHISTORIC, IT IS DECAYING, IT IS ANCIENT," WERE SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL DESCRIPTIONS.
AFTER WHAT SEEMED LIKE A VERY LONG TIME, ENCOURAGED BY MY COLLAGES TO CHECK IT OUT, I GOT UP THE COURAGE TO DO SO. I WALKED OVER TO THE LARGE BODY OF WATER AND STEPPED ONTO THE OBSERVATION BRIDGE. SHEEPISHLY I LEANED OVER AND CAUGHT A GLIMPSE. IT WAS SO VERY BIG. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS IN PAIN. THE EXPRESSION ON THE FACE WAS STRAINED. SAD... DEEP... FRIGHTENING. I LOOKED AT HALLOW SOCKETS THAT WERE IT'S EYES. THEY OPENED. "IT'S ALIVE!."
I SCREAMED AND RAN BACK TO MY CUBICLE. IT SAT UP OUT OF THE RIVER. IT WAS LURCHING OVER TRYING TO GET UP. PANIC STRUCK. ABOUT 30 OF US RAN FOR THE DOORWAY. IT STEPPED OUT OF THE RIVER AND FOLLOWED US LOOKING HALF DEAD, BUT MOVING VERY MUCH ALIVE. IT LOOKED AT ME. IT LOOKED DIRECTLY AT ME, IT WAS ATTACHED TO ME. IT WANTED ME. WAS THIS SOME KIND OF NARCISSISTIC PERVERSION FOR ME TO THINK THAT THIS GIANT DOOM WANTED ME?
WE RAN TO THE SECURITY DOORS AND SHUT THEM TIGHT. WOW THAT WAS CLOSE THE ADRENALINE WAS PUMPING. WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE SCARED IN MY LIFE.
I THINK I RAN HOME.
THERE WERE RUMORS THAT IT HAD ESCAPED.
THE STATE OF FEAR WAS ON EVERYONES MIND. THER WAS TALK OF EVACUATING THE CITY. SOMEHOW I FELT COMFORT IN BEING AT HOME. SOMEHOW I THOUGHT I COULD EVADE IT. THERE WERE NOISES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU COULD HEAR PEOPLE RUMBLING AND FEEL THE SENSE OF UNEASE.
I THINK I RAN HOME.
THERE WERE RUMORS THAT IT HAD ESCAPED.
I SAT ON MY PORCH. HOW COULD I FEEL COMFORT HERE? WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? THERE WERE GASPS, SCREAMS. I WALKED OUT ONTO MY TREE~LINED STREET AND THERE IN THE NOT SO DISTANT, DISTANCE WAS IT. BIGGER THAN HOUSES LONG, SKINNY SHOCKING. IT WAS SEARCHING. SEARCHING FOR ME. I DECIDED TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT. I RAN OUT ONTO THE STREET AND IMMEDIATELY IT WAS UPON ME. I TRED TO GO FASTER, BUT MY OWN FEAR GOT IN MY WAY. I RAN FOR COVER ACROSS THE STREET AND HID BEHIND THESE LITTLE BUSHES. ROSE BUSHES. MAYBE I'M SO SMALL AND IT'S SO BIG IT WON'T NOTICE ME. THIS WAS MY PATHETIC RATIONAL. IT FOUND ME ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. IT SMILED. IT LIKED ME? TOWERING ABOVE ME IT LEANED DOWN WITH IT'S HUGE DEAD HAND TO SCOOP ME UP LIKE KING KONG DOES TO FAY WRAY FOR ETERNITY.
SUDDENLY I WOKE UP. IT WAS 6:23AM.
AT 6:25AM THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK.
Earthquake: 4.4 quake strikes Los Angeles; no damage, injuries reported
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This map shows the approximate epicenter of Monday morning's quake near Westwood. (Bing Maps)
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A shallow, magnitude-4.4 earthquake was reported Monday morning five miles from Westwood, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:25 a.m. PDT at a depth of 5.0 miles.
There were no reports of injuries or damage. The quake was felt over a large swath of Southern California but especially in the Westside and Valley.
Updated 6:38 a.m.
The quake was felt over a large area of Southern California. Metro said there might be some delays due to the temblor.
Updated at 6:41 a.m.
The USGS downgraded the quake to a 4.4 magntude. A spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department said there were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries. A spokeswoman from the Los Angeles Police Department also had no reports of damage.
Updated at 6:46 a.m.
The quake was felt most strongly in the Valley and Westside. According to the USGS "Did You Feel It" service, people reported feeling shaking as far east as Perris and as far south as San Clemente.
Updated at 6:52 a.m.
The LAFD said it is in "earthquake emergency mode as crews survey our City by ground and air; There are NO reports yet of any quake related injuries or damage."
Updated at 6:58 a.m.
California Highway Patrol Officer Monica Posada said there were no reports of any immediate problems on the freeways because of the earthquake. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and County Fire Department also said there were no reports of immediate damage.
“We did our initial survey and it was felt only. No reports of any damage,” said County Fire Supervisor Michael Pittman.
Stacey Dirks, the 25-year-old assistant manager at Noah’s New York Bagels in Westwood, was at work at the time and said “it just felt like a sudden shake, it was just like rapid and quick.”
No bagels fell off the shelves and “everything stayed in place,” Dirks said.
Joe Ramallo of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said that as of 6:45 a.m. there were no reports of water main breaks or power outages immediately following the earthquake. But he said crews are conducting routine safety checks after the quake to ensure their durability.
Updated at 7:06 a.m.
The quake was centered two miles north of Sherman Oaks, not far the from intersection of Mullholland Drive and the 405 Freeway.
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