Thursday, May 24, 2007

Surreal Life


I grew up in a small West Texas town, one of those little places you drive through on your way to somewhere else.

Growing up there was surreal, a page from a David Lynch movie, with a few more churches and beauty shops.

Most of you probably remember the school fire drill - at my school we had atomic bomb drills.

The gist of it went something like this - upon hearing the warning bell go into the hallway and kneel down - don’t forget to put a book over your head (nuclear fallout).

George Bush also grew up in the same area, he obviously hasn’t realized how absurd it all was.

3 comments:

Dil said...

Holy crap! What are books made of in Texas??

Anonymous said...

We too practiced crouching in the hallways holding books over our heads, but we also were told to open our mouths wide. That was so the nuclear blast wouldn't blow out our eardrums!

Anonymous said...

I remember doing that for tornado drills! Now I call it the tuck and kiss it!!But people don"t understand..tornados really hit our place(in Texas we call our house "Our Place")By the wa I'm Mika's long lost sister!! Love you!!