In Local News: July 2005 Archives

This entry comes as an audio post (140 kb - low quality and it shows; sorry; bandwidth). The events in London have really put my work on hold -- they were a hard thing to ignore -- but I have to make headway, so a time saving audio it must be.

I'm so ready to sleep off this day; it has been more draining than I realised. Two friends were, in fact, affected, but walked away unscathed.

Reassured to know that all of the people I've been able to contact in London are alright, if stuck in funny places as a result of the slew of explosions across the northern part of Zone 1. Explained away initially as the result of a power surge on the Underground, the detonation of an explosive on the upper floor of a double decker bus at Tavistock Square has put paid to that.

Information is sketchy and infuriating; I have no reason to be in a panic myself, but I find this assault on my city disquieting and saddening. Part of me wishes I could be there to document some of it, but I know I'm better off being as removed as I am from home.

People can be so selfish and disappointing.