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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by LikeableRodent » Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:27 am

chocobojoe wrote:I'm glad you're still alive.

The most violent, nude (and rude) awakening I've had lately was my cat sticking his tail in my mouth at 5:30 AM. Nothing like an earthquake, but still pretty unpleasant.
Great wakeup call, eh?

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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by DAVE101 » Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:53 am

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Riot wrote:Another 7.4 earthquake today! Ouch =(
Yeah. Stupid thing had to strike at 11:30 at night while I was sleeping.

Thing is, it's not just how much the big quakes shake that's scary--it's that they're really frickin' loud. Usually, you'll hear a loud deep rumbling both somewhere and everywhere. A few seconds later everything starts shaking. And I mean everything starts shaking. And sometimes stuff starts falling.

So imagine the sound of everything everywhere violently shaking, and on top of it the earth beneath and surrounding you is screaming out in this really loud, deep rumble. Then imagine that you were nice and naked and comfortable under your comfy warm sheets and got woken up by all this.

And that was my night.
Imagine having the fire alarm go off at your building three times in one night when you have a fitness test at 6 am.

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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by Riot » Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:43 am

Pretty sure anybody who lived in Read dealt with that on a weekly basis. We were always going outside in the snow at 3am in our undies. Apparently it's like a tradition. It was no earthquake but out there in the snow sure was a girthquake.
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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by Merk » Fri Apr 08, 2011 12:20 pm

Yeah seriously Read was the worst when it came to hipsters pulling fire alarms.

Adam do you have a bed or a tatami mat?
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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by Riot » Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:27 pm

Adam do you have clothes or a Tanooki Suit?
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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by LikeableRodent » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:37 pm

DAVE101 wrote:Imagine having the fire alarm go off at your building three times in one night when you have a fitness test at 6 am.

Complain more plz
Uh, I lived in dorms for three years at Purdue. One particular year someone had an affinity for setting trashcans on fire in the dorm, so I'm well-acquainted with dead-of-night fire alarm pulling, though I must say not the night before a fitness test.
Merk wrote:Adam do you have a bed or a tatami mat?
I assume you mean a bed or a futon. Tatami is flooring, so hopefully you're not sleeping directly on the floor.
I sleep on a futon (a Japanese futon, not the American style).
Riot wrote:Adam do you have clothes or a Tanooki Suit?
Clothes, no tanuki suit. I don't like fur...

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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by DAVE101 » Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:10 pm

LikeableRodent wrote:... at Purdue.
I'm sorry
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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by Merk » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:40 am

I am not familiar with the differences in American and Japanese futons...
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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by WhiteDragon » Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:33 pm

Take your American futon off the frame and lay the mattress on the ground. Now it's a Japanese futon.
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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by Merk » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:06 am

Ok, so Adam is sleeping on a tatami mat then?
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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by chocobojoe » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:51 am

AMERICAN FUTON:

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JAPANESE FUTON:

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TATAMI MATS:

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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by Riot » Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:35 pm

Merk should know all about American futons since Jen makes him sleep on the couch.
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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by Fluffyumpkins » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:09 pm

Riot wrote:Merk should know all about American futons since Jen makes him sleep on the couch.
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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by LikeableRodent » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:16 pm

chocobojoe wrote:JAPANESE FUTON:

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Uh, I'd call that an Ikea bed, not a futon.

ACTUAL JAPANESE FUTON LAID OUT ON TATAMI MATS

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You're supposed to lay out the futon before going to bed then fold everything up and put it in the closet in the morning. I'm lazy, so about 70% of the time I just leave mine out.

Traditionally, you use a futon in a washitsu (Japanese-style room) and a bed in a youshitsu (western-style room). Washitsu will have tatami mat flooring and sliding doors (either fusama, shouji, or both).

It's pretty rare to see anything but a futon used in a washitsu and anything but a bed used in a youshitsu.


And for completion, here's a tanuki suit:

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Re: Holy crap earthquake

Post by Fluffyumpkins » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:32 pm

LikeableRodent wrote: Traditionally, you use a futon in a washitsu (Japanese-style room) and a bed in a youshitsu (western-style room). Washitsu will have tatami mat flooring and sliding doors (either fusama, shouji, or both).
That shitsu cash.

I learned a little bit more about Japan today. Adam needs to make a weekly post on educating you-gaijin-Americans on Japanese culture. I know nothing outside of video games and California rolls.

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