gnoll's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hopscotch paris had a very "strachan and king" feel to it, and the apartment complex i was a guest of looked a lot like a school, complete with school yard and all the amenities. a baseball diamond, basketball court, hopscotch.. I was playing hopscotch alone when the eiffel tower, and the surrounding area, gave way to a huge mushroom cloud sparking world war three. we hid in the apartment complex/school which was quickly becoming a makeshift department store and shut all the windows and blinds. according to the educational movies on nuclear testing, published in the fifties and sixties, the fallout's radioactivity levels would deplete to negligible levels within forty-eight hours. I was too impatient though, i had finished tidying up the whole store, had meticulously organized the toy aisles and it was only six p.m.. through the blinds i could see that the hookers on the corner were already out and about making a living only hours after the bombs had landed. should be safe by now, no? 11:07 a.m. - Monday, Feb. 25, 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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