Writer's Block: Last Call

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What if games with horrific scenarios are admittedly popular (lord knows, I'm in fandom, which is just filled with emotional wankery over unsolvable problems of loss and despair and I often love it), but wow LJ, not necessary. Because my city is still fucked up emotionally, physically and fiscally from 9/11/2001 and I'd like it to be over now.

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I went to a large family gathering in summer '02 in Arizona, and everyone knew I'd been at school, at NYU, on 9/11. Made for fun party conversation, I'll tell you. "So, what was it like in the city that day?" "Oh, terrifying, thanks for asking. Pass the chips?" It was family, so I didn't feel I could just say "I'd rather not talk about it" though I know that was the vibe I gave off.

Then there was the day that my psychotic grandmother (who lived on Long Island with us) said something along the lines of "Rebuild the towers even higher - then let them come attack them again." I got up from the dinner table and walked out.