Under music, “The Fall” (free download) by Peter and the Wolf is a strangely comforting after-the-end-of-the-world song. I can listen to it over and over again. I finally purchased the album it’s off of, and that’s pretty haunting, too. (Said album lists itself as a “hand-drawn CD,” and it really is.)
The idea of post-apocalyptic non-fiction sounds strange; the world is still here, after all. But I’m in the middle of The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman, which is a thought experiment: if every last hidden abruptly disappeared from the planet without warning, what would happen to the world we left behind? More on that when I finish it, but interesting so far.
And behind the cut, just for fun, a post-apocalyptic meme. (Via _twilight_.) By which we know that I might not actually survive the end of the world, but I’d at least last longer than 99 percent of the rest of you. 🙂
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” “Even the end of the world is described as if it were only an exceptionally hot afternoon.” “The heart of a man to the heart of a maid – Light of my tents, be fleet – Morning awaits at the end of the world, And the world is all at our feet.” “If I left you alone in the woods with a hatchet, how long before you could send me an e-mail?”The Apocalypse Survival Test
Your chance of survival: Preparedness: 45%, City Skills: 71%, Survival Skills: 47%, Nature Skills: 7%
How I compared to other people my age and gender:
– I scored higher than 99% on Preparedness
– I scored higher than 99% on City Skills
– I scored higher than 99% on Survival Skills
– I scored higher than 99% on Nature Skills
Link: The Apocalypse Survival Test on OkCupid Free Online Dating.