It Wasn't My Fault!

[ithildin]

Yes, only this morning I said I'd be at my IJ the next time LJ went down. But I didn't do it! [crosses fingers behind back]

In totally other news, I can't figure out why I'm watching Jericho. It's my big fear. since I was six, I've been certain that a post nuclear future was what awaited, and reading 'Alas, Babylon' in seventh grade just helped reinforce that. It was the reason I didn't watch it when it started in the Fall. But here I am, watching the repeats, freaking myself out [sigh] I'm nuts!

Yay! LJ is back!! But IJ was much fun while it was down :)

Comments

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I read 'Alas, Babylon' around 7th grade - all the more disturbing since it was set in Florida, where I lived! I really had it drummed into me in school that Any Minute Now, the Bomb would drop, and we'd all be fucked. I actually left my radio on all night for five years so I'd know if it was coming!

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

When I was in first grade, I lived in Alameda, which basically existed for the Naval Air Station there. This would have been around 1968-69. We used to have 'duck and cover' drills. My best friend was a year older and her family had escaped from Hungary after the Soviet occupation. So she misheard/misunderstood teachers talking about an upcoming drill. She thought the Soviets were going to attack that day. And she told me. It's one of my most vivid childhood memories. I remember wondering why, if we were all going to die, they didn't let us go home to out parents. I really wanted to be with my mum. Then the drill happened, and my baby brain realized what had happened. But I remember it still!