I Feel the Earth Move

Fancy that I'd spend two summers living in California, but have to wait 'til I move to Oxford, yes, the one in England, to experience an earthquake. I did find myself in one earthquake in Cali, although I can't really say I experienced it, for I was driving back from work at the time and didn't feel a thing. Disappointment yeah? Yeah. But then, sitting in my room in Oxford the other night and the walls start shaking, causing me to leap up with a curse towards whatever foolish activity my flatmate's engaged in. Only, I'm pretty sure he's not jumping down and up on the ceiling... below me. Then, just as suddenly as it began, it was gone, leaving only vague curiosity in the form of, 'Did I... was that... an earthquake?' And the answer is quite simply a resounding, 'Heck yes it was!'

The sky came tumbling down.