Lisa Devaney's Blog

Haiはい。The Caterpillars

2009-11-08T20:17:42Z

Pets were few inside the hidden cities, but many people kept caterpillars, and helped nuture them from worm, to chrysalis, to butterfly. The process of transformation gave the people of the hidden cities a sense of promise and hope. So many anima...

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Haiはい。Erik

2009-10-25T18:59:21Z

Erik Foss worked seven nights a week, splitting his time between shifts at a few bars in the city, as well as getting his own bar going. He found an underground space on the Lower East Side and with the help of friends was digging it out and getti...

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Blog Action Day: Climate Change? It’s Personal For Me

2009-10-15T14:07:57Z

Today I’m joining 8,000+ bloggers from 144 countries, reaching 11 million viewers to chime in one a single important global issue of climate change for Blog Action Day, and want to share with the world why this topic is personal for me. While gree...

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Haiはい。100,000

2009-10-06T12:11:22Z

100,000 people would be selected to live in each hidden city. The number was decided based on space in the cities, but also because those in charge liked the round number. 100,000 was a milestone number for many things at the time. Web site page...

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Haiはい。Fridays

2009-09-29T10:56:51Z

Rosie and Mya decided to sit at the beautiful underground bar inside Pravda and order their usual Friday afternoon cocktail treat of decadent chocolate martinis. The place had a feeling of being safe, with it’s strong vaulted, tiled ceilings. ...

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Haiはい。Skills Search

2009-09-14T11:53:49Z

The selection process required a search for specially skilled individuals, throughout the world, who could contribute to life in the new hidden cities. Those selectors charged with the task defined skills needed that were atypical of what life on ...

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Haiはい。Screams

2009-09-11T12:21:45Z

Walking along that day, on Broadway, heading south, all she could think about was how pretty the sun looked when it struck against the windows of the buildings. Rays would strike and make radiant bursts of blaze, blinding passersby if you looked d...

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Haiはい。Selection

2009-09-10T09:39:20Z

Nobody knew about the selection. People would disappear from your life, first just one and then a few more, over several years. There were never enough disappearances to ask questions, and instead these missing people were thought of only as vict...

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Haiはい。Harvesting Seaweed

2009-09-09T10:47:15Z

With the oceans covering so much of the earth following the burning, all of the hidden cities bordered seashores, where life still thrived. Daily harvesting groups walked along the beaches at low tide, scavenging for edible seaweed that grew plent...

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Haiはい。Snapshot 1

2009-09-08T14:51:09Z

Bankers wearing black shirts, sipping expensive cocktails at a beautiful beachside hotels, while millions lose their jobs, their homes, their minds, their lives. It starts here. September 3rd, 2009. Burned down, the blackness folds over the moun...

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