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I'm back home. The car is okay, it may have just been that I was extremely low on oil, so we put in about 3 and a half quarts. The annoying thing is that the indicator light didn't come on, I never would have driven it if it had without checking things first. But, it seems that that is what I'm going to have to do before I go to Logan's every other weekend, just to stay on top of things. I don't know why the sensor isn't working, but I'll have to figure that out another day.
Things in LA are doing alright. Though it's only like, 15% contained, it hasn't made any forward progress since Saturday. We've been watching the maps pretty religiously, and it's not moved from 23,713 acres burned since Saturday. So that's good. The winds were picking up again today, but I don't think they'll make a huge dent in the progress already made by firefighters. At least, that's what I'm really hoping for. The death count is up to 24 now, though I'm sure it's a far larger number, they just can't check until all of this is over. And when it's over... I really don't know how we rebuild. I'm sure this is going to be a wakeup call for a lot of people now displaced, I don't think many will find it worth staying here after all of this.
I get another night with Logan, albeit completely unintentionally. My car is making grinding noises when it shifts gears, and as I drive an automatic, that's a little worrisome. And as it's already 10:30, we decided to have me come back for the night and figure things out tomorrow. This is just so aggrivating. I don't need more car issues to pop up now. It only needs to last until right before we move, then I'll get rid of it and get something new when we're settled in Texas. I just don't know if it will even last that long.
Kenneth Fire - 100% contained
Sunset Fire - 100% contained
Lidia Fire - 100% contained
Hurst Fire - 89% contained
Eaton Fire - 27% contained
Palisades Fire - 11% contained
The Palisades fire is the biggest, but I've been watching the map and they seem to have it stopped from making any forward progress towards Encino. It's been that way for most of yesterday and today. You can't even see it anymore from Logan's house, and the hillside isn't glowing orange. I'm sure it'll be a different story when I'm driving home tonight, the 101 curves around so I'm sure the hills will look bad from there. The winds are supposed to pick up again on Tuesday, so, hopefully between now and then, our amazing firefighters can get a better grasp of things. It's still crazy to think about, that this one fire, in less than a week have burned an area nearly twice the size of Manhattan. Nearly 24 thousand acres. And that's just one of the fires. I honestly don't know how LA County is going to recover from this. I know in the Palisades and Malibu, they'll never be able to build those houses on the beachfront again, they don't meet code anymore. So all those iconic homes, gone and not likely to return. Same with the ones on the hillsides of the Palisades. It's never going to look the same. But, all that is stuff to think about later. We just need to squash these last 3 fires first.
The Kenneth fire is all but contained at this point. It's at 80% containment right now, and I don't see that going backwards. I'm thankful for that. The Palisades fire, on the other hand... The winds have picked back up again, and it's really fueling things again. We went out for breakfast around 8 then ran a few errands, and in just those two hours between leaving the house and getting back home, the smoke really got bad. So... Who knows. From the looks of it, Topanga is burning. So.. Yeah. The situation is less than ideal with the wind, but Logan is still safe. It would have to burn through Topanga and Calabasas first before it got to us, and then hop the 101.
I got to Logan's around 7 and this is the view of the Palisades fire from his driveway.
We were hanging out at the hookah lounge in Encino for about hour, and the amount people panicking, the roads are a mess, reckless drivers all over the place. You can see the fire cresting the hillside over Encino.
Logan's put a lot of my fears to ease, but just being here in all this, you can't help but be scared of what can happen.
I know ya'll are watching, but just know that we all want you to be safe. Make good decisions!
18:26 Jan 10 2025 Times Read: 274
I'm going to Logan's for the weekend. Normally that's just a whatever statement, but with all that's going on, it sounds stupid to say. I'm going to hurry up and rush to a place that could be threatened by fire at any minute. I've been constantly changing my mind about going, when the fires started I was not really sure, and yesterday, when Hidden Hills was actually threatened by the Kenneth fire, I was against it. I thought it would be highly irresponsible to do so. They also didn't have power, and that was another reason not to go. But then they got power restored, and Logan did easy my worry a bit. It's probably still a stupid decision, but if I don't see him this weekend, I won't see him until the second week of February. Plus, I'm a nervous wreck right now, so, it's either be a nervous wreck here at home, constantly watching the news, or go spend time with people who have lived though this before with the 2020 fires. Plus, if things do go south, I can at least be there to help get important stuff out of the house.
Oh, absolutely. But, if I was to be in LA County right now, Hidden Hills would probably be the safest. But, saftey is definitely the top thing on my list.
Yes yes be safe. I cannot believe people are resorting to looting in some areas, I'm like for real? I'm worried about the air quality too for you both.
05:09 Jan 10 2025 Times Read: 321
Be grateful that the worst thing you're dealing with is how you think you're treated on a website. If that is your biggest problem, I seriously fucking envy you.
These last few days have been a living hell. Not just for me, but for all of Los Angeles County. We've seen unprecedented destruction in just days. Entire cities burned to the ground. Communities, businesses, schools, places of worship... People have died. It's going to take so much to recover from all of this, and it's not even close to being over. So many people are still in harm's way.
But no, do tell me how fucking horrible it is that you, of all fucking people, are being treated so badly because of your own actions. For once, I'd love to see you actually take accountability, but I know you won't. You refuse. You're forever and always the victim. On the fucking internet. How utterly pathetic.
I talked with Logan and he said things are doing better there. The mandatory evacuation orders were lifted, so that's always good news. They aren't out of danger yet, with the winds and everything, the fire could swing back towards them, but now that they are doing airdrops, it's really squashed a lot of the areas burning near Hidden Hills. Thousand Oaks is completely fucked, but Hidden Hills will be okay.
When all of this is over, it's going to be so weird to see just how much has actually been lost. PCH is going to look completely different. And God help us when it finally rains, because all of this charred earth is just going to be ripe for mud slides.
The Kenneth fire West Hills/Hidden Hills. Logan lives in that circled area... The red highlighted section are mandatory evacuations, the yellow highlighted section are those under warning. This is getting really bad.
Logan also doesn't have any cell coverage, so that's only adding to my worry. We've been contacting via Facebook Messanger, but I won't know if something does happen should he have to leave, because he won't have internet.
Fuck! A fire started right outside of Hidden Hills in West Hills... So far about 50 acres have burned. Now I'm really starting to panic. Because that is so fucking close to Hidden Hills, it's literally right there. And if it hits Hidden Hills...
Nightmare. This is all just one neverending nightmare.
I am exhausted. Emotionally drained. The last few days have been a waking nightmare, and no matter where I've gone, I just haven't been able to escape coverage of the fires. Which is understandable because I do live here and this is all impacting me on some level. I feel as though I could sleep for a week, and it still wouldn't be enough. I haven't heard from my brother, but he works stupid crazy scheduals, often working double shifts, so who knows. I'm sure if anything happened or if he was in any danger, he'd tell Liz and Liz would let us know. Logan finally regained power, so that's a positive.
I took this photo last night. I'm 50 miles outside of Downtown LA, 45 from Pasadena, 73 from Pacific Palisades, which is funny because it's farther away by the coast, but it's the same distance as Hidden Hills is from me. Anyway... All I'm saying is that I'm not super close to anything that's been burning, but if you look at that horizon, those aren't clouds. All of that is smoke. Just a wall of smoke. And if that's what it looks like 50 miles away, you can imagine the hell it is for all those who do live in LA County.
You know, I'm a horrible sister. In all this worry about Logan and Mina and Willow, I didn't even think about him. He's an LA County Sheriff's Deputy, and with everything going on, it's very likely he's been called in to help aid during these fires. I don't know why that didn't even register with me until just now as I was watching a press conference.
The winds have finally died down enough, so hopefully some progress can be made for containment. The Woodley fire is fully contained. The Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires are still at no containment, th Lidia fire is 40 percent, and I couldn't see anything on the Sunset fire, but I do know evacuation orders have been lifted, so that's good. But... It's the Pacific Palisades and the Eaton fires that are the biggest and the ones that have no containment at all.
Logan is still without power and water.
This has just been a fucking nightmare. To watch your county, your home, burning to the ground like this... It's so fucking hard. People I know have lost or are having their homes threatened.
I'm not doing okay. I can't escape the news of what's happening around LA County, I can't escape my thoughts. Not having Logan to talk to, to calm me, is really rough tonight. I'm just a mess.
The Hollywood Hills are on fire now, too. I am concerned about this one, because Willow and Mina live there. The fire isn't that far away from them. Logan talked to Wilow and she said they're packing up now... All of this devistation. All of this loss.
Logan's been without power or water all day, with no idea when either will come back on. It's just... A lot. All of this is a lot.
At this rate, a Pacific Palisades is going to be burned off the map all together. I've been on Facebook, which is my first mistake, and I've been seeing comments from people laughing and making light of all of this. "Oh, they lived in an affluent area where median home prices are in the millions, they'll be fine!" It's disgusting. Losing everything you own, whether you're rich or not, is not something people can easily recover from. A lot of these people won't just be able to pick their lives up after all of this.
These fucking winds, man... While I woke up to good news regarding the Getty Villa, I also woke to devistating news about places that did burn to the ground... Our wildfires are devistating year after year, but this... This destruction... This feels so much worse right now.
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Tonight is going to be hell for all fire departments here in SoCal. There's the huge fire in Pacific Palisades, a fire that started in Altadena, and now there's one in Sylmar. All forcing evacuations. No matter how prepared we were, how much in advance we knew these winds were coming, you just can't anticipate the reality of how bad it is out there.
I'm watching the news footage of the Pacific Palisades and it's bad. They are right outside the Getty Villa on PCH, and you can just see the hillside burning. The Villa is recessed in, behind all those hills, but it does look like the house that sits right on the hillside outside of it is on fire. I don't think anyone would allow the Villa to go up, but really, how can you protect it? I'm, sure they have measures in place to protect some of the antiquities, but those grand marble statues? The fresco, the tombs... I know that a lot of it is marble and stone, but it can still be damaged. The Getty says everything's been sealed, so that offers a lot of protection, but what if the building does catch fire? The Villa is my absolute favorite museum in all of SoCal, I'd hate to see all, those amazing artifacts damaged or losses all together.
Pacific Palisades is on fire with thousands being forced to evacuate, which bothers me. One, because the Getty Villa is located right off PCH there and there are a number of spots burning very close to it, and two, because while I know there's an entire canyon between the coast and Hidden Hills, with these winds, embers can go miles. I know Hidden Hills has all the money to throw at fire departments, I just worry. There is a lot of dried and dead brush out there. Bah. I know if Logan was ever worried, he would tell me. So, hopefully my worries are just me being silly, but I'll be more at ease when these winds die down.
We may not have snow here in SoCal, but we are dealing with windstorm, which is always fun. The power is out in a number of areas, I've been talking with a few friends who are in the dark right now, including my mom at her work. Thankfully the power hasn't gone out here. Hopefully no fores start, because with the winds as bad as they are, God, it would be devistating. It's been predicted that winds could reach up to 100 mph in some areas.
So, I'm watching Riverdale with Logan, because he insists on makining me watch shitty shows. Anyway, these characters are supposed to be what, sophomores in high school, so like, 15/16, right? Why is it so hypersexual? I was in high school once, 20 years ago, yes, but still, my high school experience was nothing like this. And it's not that I didn't go to parties or anything, I did. I was popular by association due to my brother. It just makes me wonder why we, as a society, think it's totally cool to sexualize children. Yes, they are adult actors, but they're portraying kids, literal kids. And you have one fucking the music teacher. Like, why is this okay? Why do we do this? It's all teen shows like this, they all hypersexualize the underage characters so much. I'm not a fan. It makes me feel icky to watch it.
He insists on making me watch this stuff. I couldn't get more than two seasons into Supernatural, and not much farther into Vampire Diaries. But this one, we're only an episode in and it just rubs me the wrong way. I don't like it. The story seems fine, but the sexualization gets to me.
Oy... lol. I still need to start Supernatural and it looks good to me. I'm halfway through Vampire Diaries, it's been a journey... lol. I prefer Originals. Don't you have any shows you want to watch?
I don't know why I hate Supernatural as much as I do, but it was hell getting to the point we got to. And Logan tells me it doesn't even start getting good until the fifth season, and I just can't do that to myself. I have standards. Haha. As for Vampire Diaries, I just hate the two male characters so much. My god, are they awful and whiny. If I want to watch a whiny, bitchy vampire, I'll go watch the movie adaptation of Interview. And, I can sit through shit shows, I watched ALL of True Blood, but I have to like the characters, and with VD, I just don't. I hate all of them.
lmfao. Well... I adore Caroline. The brothers...HA. Whinny indeed. I swear they were mean to have the other brother's name. I don't understand why I feel that way. Yup I gotta watch True Blood as well. I think I got 2 seasons in? I don't remember.
Supernatural was good before they took it into the whole God theme. I like the Supernatural in the Supernatural show.
Loved Vampire Diaries/ Originals. But then I watch anything Vampire usually
I watched Riverdale- but not in the last few years. It just changed from the start.
And agree with the Adult theme. And we wonder why today's kids, going by that as a guild, have so many issues. Body image, social skills, etc.
07:33 Jan 05 2025 Times Read: 822
I got home a little bit ago from watching the kids for the night so Liz could go outside and interact with adults. She always acts like it's such a huge thing for me to watch them, but honestly, it isn't. I love getting to spend time with them. And while it may exhaust me sometimes, I always enjoy it. With the move coming this year, I'm more than happy to get in as much time with them as I can before I move 1,300 miles away. I played Barbies with Gwen and watched Lucas as he played Fortnite. Silly, simple things that I'm really going to miss when I don't get to do them anymore.
And with that, Christmas is officially over. The kids were so happy with their gifts, Gwen with all her Barbie stuff and Lucas with his transformers and nerf gun that's ike a little minigun, so many darts everywhere! But, I'm glad they were happy. Liz and Kevin were both happy with their stuff, too. It's hard, once you really hit adulthood, to be excited for socks and pj sets and trash cans for your car, but it's what was wanted. I got a Target giftcard from my brother, and Liz and the kids got me a new headset for my Xbox, so that's awesome. But now, the holidays are officially over with and done, and I'm relieved for that. Like I said before, I don't know what this year will have in store in regards to Christmas, so I'm glad I was able to get this last bit of time in with everyone.
Tomorrow I'll start work on some updates for Nocturnal Retribution, and work on leveling up Nike a bit. I think I need to put another PM on one of my Sires, so I'll take care of that as well. I want to be a little more active here than I have been in the last handful of months.
I think this year I will actually take time to focus on Nike and get that account up to Sire. I think it's in the low 30's right now, so, it will take me some time. But, I have a year to get it done. I don't think I've actually sired an account other than this one, nearly 18 years ago. Every other Sire I have, has been graciously given to me. So, it's about time I just buckle down and get it done. Though there are more levels, I originally hit Sire when we were still on the old leveling system that only went up to 28 levels, the bonuses do make it a bit easier, I just have to stay out of the red. So yeah, between the House and that account, I have some things to work on. And maybe, if I get to a point where I'm comfortable, I can work a little on Logan's account. I know he's not too invested here to take the time to level up himself, which is totally fine, so me hopping on every so often won't be an issue.
I just finished up all the wrapping of the kids' and Liz's Christmas presents. My back is in protest over the way I was sitting for the whole thing. After tomorrow we will officially be done with the holidays. It would have been sooner, but with the kids being in Oregon and then with New Year's spent over at Logan's, tomorrow is when all our schedules matched up. It'll be nice to spend the evening with the kids, Kevin, and Liz. Despite how things are, it's nice to be with them as a family. It may very well be the last time like this, because I don't know what Christmas this year will look like. So, I shall enjoy it while it lasts and then be thankful that that's the last of the Christmas stuff we needed to do.
Right now, though, I think I'm gonna go use that massager I got and see if I can get my back feeling better.
Welcome, 2025. While there are a lot of things I'm dreading with this year, there are also many things that I have to look forward to. It's nice to have some serious life changes to look forward to.
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