long long ago,

the world was about to end. my family set up a bunker on the moon. there was enough food in there for the three of us for ten years. we moved into this tiny bunker. we realized that the ten years had passed and we were almost out of food. there was no way of getting more, becuase the earth was gone. i saw frost on the window, and a second moon, and the frost looked like an angel.

September 12 2003

we were at the ymca and in that room with all the machines there was some sort of competition going on. i knew one of the girls who was competing (i dunno, it was like basketball or something). so i was talking to her, and i noticed she had the curliest hair i've ever seen. melissa had to be home at ten, so we left. as soon as we got outside, melissa burst into tears and she was all mad at me for talking to that girl because the girl was stronger than melissa. so i had to make melissa feel better. after she was done crying, i called my mom to come get us. my mom showed up and drove us halfway home before we realized that melissa had taken her car to the Y. so my mom drove us back. we sat in the parking lot with my mom and had a cigarette. a bunch of guys in really weird costumes came out of the Y to the back parking lot where we were sitting in the car. here is a picture.


so, one of these strangely costumed guys approaches our car. he was talking ( i don't know to who, either a friend or to a cell phone ). he's talking about masturbating and getting laid, and he's cursing alot. he starts, like, putting his head inside the car window too, but he's not talking to us. then i realize it's kris p. melissa doesn't think it's him, but i yell "kris!" and he takes off his costume and starts talking to us.

so we get out of the car, because melissa starts freaking out because she had to be home by ten, and it was after ten. she kept blaming me for everything. so i was talking to kris and my mom was pulling away, and melissa was running to get in her car. a large black woman appears out of one of the cars and starts criticizing my mom's driving, yelling and cursing at her. i am wondering who this woman is, and i ask kris. turns out it is his mom. he warns me that she gets mad easily, so be careful.

meanwhile she is cursing at my mom. as my mom's green car finishes turning around and passes by where kris's mom is standing, she calls my mom a whore, and i hear my mom call HER a whore. so then the woman starts walking over towards us.

i introduce myself politely and suddenly she loves me. she thought i was so nice. she made me dance with her in the parking lot and she was hugging me and stuff. so then i went over to melissa who was sitting in the car, crying her eyes out. i looked at my watch because i was going to say "it's going to be ok, you're only 10 minutes late" or something, but then i realized that my watch was on backwards and i had been telling her the wrong time. it was only 9:15! so then she left me there, and i had to get my own drive home. but she wasn't mad.

sometime in 2001 (before i learned to date the posts in my journals):

we were on a high ridge overlooking a harbour. there was a large island in the center of the harbour. we were on a school or band related field trip or something. the island was bustling with activity, it was an industrial area and our destination. there are flashes of light on the island. i overhear someone say that their aunt works in the plant on the island, and they were doing experiments which involved light, explaining the strange flashes. we walk around a turn, which would bring the island into full view. the teacher suddenly becomes very grave, and he begins to tell everyone to remain calm. i notice nothing amiss. the radio comes on and the voice on the radio is in french, and there is orchestral music in the background. i don't understand the french. then i look at those around me.

someone is wandering around aimlessly, muttering to himself and strumming a guitar wildly, trying to drown out the sound of the radio. girls are huddled together crying. i look down at the island and i realize that the flashes are from cannon and machine guns, and for some reason a ship was rising on a huge wave that was about to rebound off of the island and come back in our direction. pandemonium strikes, and i search round wildly until i find melissa and danny. i drag them to the lone house on the ridge.

i know on the door and scream at the family about the tidal wave that was getting ever closer. they have a car but i wonder if they'll take us or even if they'll have room, because the family was very large. they come out of the house, i realize they don't speak english. i try to ask them if they'll take us along but they're frantic and they don't understand me anyway. they run back into the house for some reason, to get something. looking over my shoulder, i realize we don't have time to wait because the wave is almost upon us. so we jump in the car. there is no key, but i can turn the ignition with my hand.

we drive away wildly, uphill and inland as much as possible. i was driving, the car was hard to steer but melissa and danny helped me and reassured me. after driving for a while, we reached other towns, like glace bay, but they were all burning. there were signs posted on telephone poles. the invading army had posted them, they had the rules for the new world, including a new time system, new calendar system, and a new measurement system. i kept driving, but no area seemed unscathed.
i had to avoid shard of metal rolling towards the car, ready to slash tires. as i realized the whole world was experiencing this, and that no place was safe, i woke up shaking, my breath hard to come by, and my head pounding.



(copied from my diary which was written in 2001, mind.)