{"id":654,"date":"2005-09-11T08:54:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-11T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=654"},"modified":"2005-12-05T21:56:18","modified_gmt":"2005-12-06T02:56:18","slug":"memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/memorial-day","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, one of my best friends asked me what I plan on doing on Sept. 11. I told her that I was trying to write a longish piece on the Twin Towers and NYC, but the last two weeks have made it pretty tough for me to concentrate on that. I might be able to get to it this month, or maybe I’ll have it finished by next year’s anniversary.<\/p>\n

At present, I’m just kinda dazed over the implications of having an entire city just emptied of its inhabitants. Amy & I have wondered about the long-term (as in, generational) implications of a NO,LA diaspora, spurred on by this article<\/a> about black evacuees being housed on a military base in Utah.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Winds of Change<\/a> offers a roundup of 9.11 posts and links.<\/p>\n

We’re going to kick back and watch football today. And we’ll cheer for the Saints. (It’s always been futile for Amy, but I bet they’ll have a lot more people cheering them on this season.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month, one of my best friends asked me what I plan on doing on Sept. 11. I told her that I was trying to write a longish piece on the Twin Towers and NYC, but the last two weeks have made it pretty tough for me to concentrate on that. I might be able … <\/p>\n

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