clubsatori (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} clubsatori) wrote,@ 2009-03-10 11:47:00 |
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So, for those of you that don't know...
Last Saturday (Feb 28th), there was a kitchen fire in my apartment that got out of control, and burned down my apartment. Everyone got out safely, but my girlfriend did suffer some burns on her right hand from trying to put out the fire. I was at work at the time, and you could imagine how scared I was when I got the call from a neighbor's cell phone. The Sunnyvale fire dept. got there quickly and put it out fast, but the damage was done. The kitchen, living room, and bathroom were totally destroyed, along with almost everything in those rooms. The fire didn't get into the bedroom, but the heat and smoke ruined most of the stuff in that room. We were able to save most of our clothes, although they were blackened by soot. Washing has helped, and the majority of them are wearable. I was lucky because the spare bedroom, where I keep my comic collection, action figure, and some of my cds, was pretty much untouched. The door was closed, so it stopped a lot of the smoke and heat from damaging things in that room, although some stuff was damaged. The sad news is that we didn't have renters insurance, so we have no way to regain the value of the items we lost.
We've been lucky since the fire, as we found a nice apartment nearby that allows dogs (our dog got out safely, too!), and my girlfriend's parents and a few of our friends had some extra furniture we could have to furnish the new place. Friends gave us a table, television, and lots of gift cards :) It's been a long and grueling task to clean what we could save from the house, but things are looking up. I also have the luck to be involved with a podcast through the comic store (http://www.geekbox.net), and the listeners donated a good chunk of money to us in order to buy what we need for the new house, including food, towels, toothbrushes, lots and lots of laundry detergent, new coffee maker, toaster, etc etc. There's still a lot we need before it feels like home again, but these things will come in time. We have a bed to sleep in and food to eat, and that's good enough for now.
The Blank Club, the club that hosts Satori every month, wanted to pitch in to help, so they're doing a benefit night for us this Friday. It's $10 to get in, and all the money goes to us. I won't be able to be there all night as I've started back at work, but I will be making an appearance for at least an hour or two. You can find out more at http://www.clubsatori.com.
Thanks again to everyone that donated already or wrote or called to offer support. It means more than you can imagine. I also want to thank my good friends Charles, Lizz, and Jarrod who filled in for me at Satori last week. Thanks for keeping the music going, guys!
Hope to see everyone on Friday, and I hope to have the date for the April Satori soon!
Last Saturday (Feb 28th), there was a kitchen fire in my apartment that got out of control, and burned down my apartment. Everyone got out safely, but my girlfriend did suffer some burns on her right hand from trying to put out the fire. I was at work at the time, and you could imagine how scared I was when I got the call from a neighbor's cell phone. The Sunnyvale fire dept. got there quickly and put it out fast, but the damage was done. The kitchen, living room, and bathroom were totally destroyed, along with almost everything in those rooms. The fire didn't get into the bedroom, but the heat and smoke ruined most of the stuff in that room. We were able to save most of our clothes, although they were blackened by soot. Washing has helped, and the majority of them are wearable. I was lucky because the spare bedroom, where I keep my comic collection, action figure, and some of my cds, was pretty much untouched. The door was closed, so it stopped a lot of the smoke and heat from damaging things in that room, although some stuff was damaged. The sad news is that we didn't have renters insurance, so we have no way to regain the value of the items we lost.
We've been lucky since the fire, as we found a nice apartment nearby that allows dogs (our dog got out safely, too!), and my girlfriend's parents and a few of our friends had some extra furniture we could have to furnish the new place. Friends gave us a table, television, and lots of gift cards :) It's been a long and grueling task to clean what we could save from the house, but things are looking up. I also have the luck to be involved with a podcast through the comic store (http://www.geekbox.net), and the listeners donated a good chunk of money to us in order to buy what we need for the new house, including food, towels, toothbrushes, lots and lots of laundry detergent, new coffee maker, toaster, etc etc. There's still a lot we need before it feels like home again, but these things will come in time. We have a bed to sleep in and food to eat, and that's good enough for now.
The Blank Club, the club that hosts Satori every month, wanted to pitch in to help, so they're doing a benefit night for us this Friday. It's $10 to get in, and all the money goes to us. I won't be able to be there all night as I've started back at work, but I will be making an appearance for at least an hour or two. You can find out more at http://www.clubsatori.com.
Thanks again to everyone that donated already or wrote or called to offer support. It means more than you can imagine. I also want to thank my good friends Charles, Lizz, and Jarrod who filled in for me at Satori last week. Thanks for keeping the music going, guys!
Hope to see everyone on Friday, and I hope to have the date for the April Satori soon!
