It is everything built to borrow
made of a moment or two of sorrow
with a roof pitched of tar and nicotine
and everything good that is in between
that has taken three hundred days
sometimes filtered through a painted haze
while holding breath without suffocation
there is love and hate, anguish and elation
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What are we talking about?
We're just waiting on all the details from Jules. ^_^
So it's REGGIE-TIME!
Cool! :)
Frank has a nice buttery milk biscuit ass.
Well, I hate to cut this short before K's done her concert & can give us a full review, but I've got to be up at 6am >_<
Have a lovely night, everyone :)
hello.
i have nothing clever to say at this moment.
Hallo Teej.
I'm just finishing up my Lavender Tea before heading to bed myself.
Gerard has a nice plump calzone ass.
Hey
hey there amyranth. :)
i'm working on an image in paint, and drinking coffee. lavender tea sounds nice, though.
hi bc. :)
Hi TJ, what are you up to? :)
well, now i'm reading online books. :)
how about you, bc? did you have a good day?
Whoa that was awesome! So funny, I videotaped a bit of it. James was talking about how much he loves lon island. Made me happy!
Reggie made me happy in my music places. :)
what type of books toujours?
♀
hi kapunua!
hello venus anon, have you ever heard of the gutenberg project? it's a massive online database of copyright free ebooks.
i'm just browsing. :)
i was reading sappho, and now i'm looking at a 1910 book called vanishing england.
you should take a look!
project gutenberg
:)
Why do random people talk to e and say strange things?
Honestly I am a little worried about these people driving tonight. Lotta drunk people here.
Hiya anon.
TJ, I'm sorry about my absence. I was reading some comments.
Nothing much going on, just watching some South Park at the moment :)
Just had a look toujours. Very interesting site. Thank you. I found their top 100 most requested very interesting. Especially no. 1. Must be a lot of potential surgeons around.
♀
that's okay, bc. i've been going back and forth too. :)
it's like a library on the internet, venus anon -- and they also have the books organized by category, which is very handy. imo, reading books online isn't as satisfying as holding one and turning pages, but it's really a boon when you don't have access to a regular library.
i mean, pride and prejudice, only a click away, how can you beat that? :)
Good evening and howdy do Mayo, SS, BC/Sweetcheeks, TJ, Amy and Sdock (I know I saw them back there - somewhere), J, L, Elena and Ergo (for when they arrive), BI and PJ (if they're lurking); anons, watchers and other lurkers...everyone!!!!
How are you all tonight? Good, I hope!
Guess what? I have my Hurricane videos uploaded. I know ya'll were all waiting on pins and needles for me to get that done. So....
wait no more! You may all visit my blog and watch my (soon to be) award winning Hurricane Gustav videos.
*big smile*
Click here for easy access to my hurricane videos
I uploaded 7 of them. They were too large for blogger so you will all have to make the extra effort of clicking the youtube links. Try not to over exert yourselves, please! I would never forgive myself if any of you broke a nail or something! ;)
Sweetcheeks: I hope you had a fabulous day! How was your appointment with the hairdresser?
*huge hug and sloppy kisses*
I must be off for awhile. I have work to do!
Have a great night, everyone! Sweet dreams to one and all!
Hugs and Love,
~Namaste~
6/Wendy
*I'm sure they'll win something*
HA HA!
Hey Amy, TJ, BC! How's life?
hello and good bye wendy! i'm sure your videos are stupendous -- alas i can't watch them. :(
i will listen will envy to everyone's praise of them. :)
hey there, j.! i'm not too bad, how are you? :)
And hi to WENDY! And Book Anon!
I'm not too bad, TJ. Just hanging around. I see you're reading books on line now? You must read really fast...or maybe have a lot of free time on your hands? ;D
pretty much a bit of both, j. :)
whoo! they have the pickwick papers!
i haven't read that since i was a kid. ohboyohboyohboy! :D
Hi J, how are you? *hugs*
Hi and bye sugarplum *blows kisses*
hello!
hello and howdy ergo! how are you?
Hi Ergo!
Hey BC, I left you a comment on your El Blogerino. You may want to take a snack with you while you read it, it's massively long. :D
I read The Pickwick Papers a while back, TJ. Not a big Dickens fan, myself.
I'm good thanks TJ
just home from work and about an hour off more tutoring
how are you?
(got your message too :])
hi J!
hello BC!
hows tricks?
j., i have to admit, dickens is one of those authors i have to be very careful about reading, because he sinks into my head and infects my own writing style. i find him irresistable. :)
ergo, only an hour? you need to put up your feet and relax, then!
Nothing much going on here Ergo, just glueing my eyes on South Park ^_^
Thanks J. I got your comment and I left one on your blog as well. Thanks for the advice. I'll keep you updated :)
Doing ok, Ergo, and yourself? Life filled up with titoring?
How long does your contract with the school last, or is it permanent? And what subjects do you teach?
haha
no relaxation doesn't happen on wed or thur
I have a guest for dinner too, but hubby is home early so i have some help
it's until nearly the end of the year
and I assist in liyeracy and numeracy,my students aren't terribly low but I am helping with basic concepts
similes, using adjectives, punctuation, paragraphs, reading for meaning
and
fractions probability, percent, decimals, interpreting graphs
that sort of stuff
you sound like my sister, ergo -- she teaches at high school during the day, and night school course every evening, plus has three sons to chauffeur...
i swear i don't know when she even has time to breathe.
i'm a lazybones through and through compared to you guys. :)
TJ I am as lazy as possible any other time! lol
When I was surrounded by the world
You were the only one who came
And you were the only one astounded
Which kept me grounded
As the other girls thrashed my very name
Then I looked over
Just in time to see her smiling back at me
And saying everything's OK
As long as you're inside my blue veins
Your blue veins
Yeah and the feeling that you gave me
No matter what I do or where I go
It always will remain
And those who would enslave me to get to me must get past you and will have no
luck
Cause you'll protect me from all pain
The most beautiful, yeah the most beautiful thing cause anything else can't
compare
Must be the blood that's running through your blue veins
Your blue veins
Your blue veins
And I know you won't deceive me
Like the rest and there's nothing you need to explain
You always were the first one to believe me
When I said to you girl
I think it's gonna rain
But I could be wrong
Yeah but all of these things
All these things
They're all truly nice but ain't nothing
Ain't nothing compared to the love that's running through your little blue veins
oh, i do like that, very much. :)
i'm glad poetry and lyrics are back on the blog. ♥
Beautiful lyrics, Anon. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for them.
Home safe! Show was THE BOMB. James is hilarious. People are strange. Frank is SPARKLYYYYY. What a perfectly lovely and sincere human being.
I hope he can continue to elude the FBI.
More tomorrow! ^___^ Now, shower and bed.
hey hi, kapunua! the updates were great! glad you had a blast. :)
Thanks, TJ! It's funny to read them back. "Pash" indeed. ^_^
Good night! :D
good night. bet you'll have interesting dreams!
TJ, before I forget again: you know that LK Hamilton book I'm reading? "Strange Candy"? There's a story in it called...
wait for it...
"Geese".
:D
yay!
I just met the bus and my student is sick- that's not good, but I can actually relax!
*gets coffee*
*heehee*
it's funny that you mentioned laurell k. hamilton, j., because i wanted to tell you that i checked out a few of her books this week when we made our library run.
they didn't have the first book in meredith gentry series, so i just picked up the next few available. i'll be starting with seduced by moonlight. they look like they can be pretty stand-alone though, correct?
i'm looking forward to trying her out!
Mayo
I’m sick and I feel like shit. Hell, I look like shit right now. Let’s just say my nose is reminiscent of a certain reindeer’s nose. I’m starting on my second box of Puffs. This sucks. I’m tired of being sick. Yep, I’m in total whine mode now and I don’t care. Bottom line here is no long silly ramble from me. Not that I couldn’t do it cause believe me I just took A LOT of cold medicine and in about ten more minutes my mind is gonna be traveling all over the map. I will not subject you to this. I’m just nice that way. Hope you enjoyed your “H” Starbucks drink today. Tomorrow’s idea is really pretty easy to do but it’s something that will make someone else happy. Pick three random people you’ve never met and give each a small complement. Could be “nice shirt” or “I like your hair.” But I guarantee you something. What will take you less than a minute to say will mean a lot to that person. Everyone wants to be noticed if just for a brief moment. No one wants to feel invisible. So Mayo, make three people happy tomorrow and I’m pretty sure you’ll feel a bit of a smile on your face. Okay, I’ve gotta go. A pen on my desk just moved all by it’s self. Seriously, I really saw it move. So either a ghost is messing with me or the cold medicine is kicking in. Now, do you see why I hate taking medicine? Shit, I really don’t like this feeling. I don’t like feeling out of control. Fuck, I’m tired of being sick. I really have set a world’s record for sneezing today. Oh no, I’m back to bitching. Sorry. Take care, okay?
Night Mayo
Elena (maybe I should have measured the cold medicine instead of chugging)
YES for relaxing, but NO for sickness. It's a mixed blessing. Ergo, I think you should have something chocolate-y to observe both the positive and the negative aspects of your afternoon.
*begins meditation noises*
OM...
oh! um, good for you, ergo? :)
*slides the hassock over*
hola K!
glad you had a good time
good night elena!
*moves cold medicine out of reach*
Oh Elena, you poor baby. Go to bed, try to rest. We'll call you tomorrow to check on you. Would've done so tonight but by the time we were able it was about 11 our time.
Wishing you clear sinuses and lots of Puffs. *hugs and kisses*
I hope you were hallucinating about the pen.
Well, TJ, not exactly. There's a main plotline running through each of Laurell's series, and if you don't read the first one first, you get kind of lost. Each book DOES have a separate secondary plot, but they don't stand alone. Maybe you could find the first one online? Or find it in a (shameless plug) USED BOOK STORE.
:D
oh shoot, really, j.? :(
i'll have to see if i can put the first one on hold at the library then. my funds are all earmarked at the moment.
*looks at laurell k. hamilton section of her bookstack*
*sigh*
oh elena you poor thing
*makes virtual chicken soup*
*ponders sending over some of tonights spaghetti*
*probably wouldn't look good after 2 weeks*
*decides to send heaps of get well wishes instead*
hmmm J chocolaty or CHEESY!
I have cheese and pate, yummmmmmmm
Yumm-ommmmmmm
Yumm-ommmmmmm
♥♥
:)
Ergo, use your discretion on the chocolate/cheese decision. Either will do nicely.
And yeah, spaghetti doesn't travel well. :0
Neither does it mix well with vodka, just a helpful hint.
Sorry, TJ! Hate to burst your anticipation bubble. But I love her writing so much, I hate for others who are just discovering her to miss out on the full experience. I had to start with her second Anita Blake book years ago, and it just wasn't the same.
SHE'S TOO GOOD TO SKIP!
Oh, Happy Hearts! Good to see some love here again. :)
howdy hearts
*bows to j.'s wisdom* :)
annnnd!
*happy smile to heart anon!*
I think I shall go with cheese :]
have no vodka though, but it mixes very nicely with red wine
Red wine sounds much more apropos, Ergo.
Trust me when I say, tomato sauce and vodka = calamity and strife. No need to go further into detail, I assure you.
Actually, I think I'm going to go to bed now. Hope you both have a great day tomorrow, Ergo and TJ! See you later!
Mayo, I just realized I never said "Happy Anniversary" , so there ya go, I said it. Seems the, uh, festivities were a bit...not so festive. What should we expect for Christmas this year?
Goodnight all. Pleasant dreams.
love, faith, hope, good authors, even better cheese
Hi happy hearts anon *pinches cheek* :)
I'm off to bed. Goodnight everyone, sweet dreams.
Sugarplum: I have to wait until Saturday to get my hair done. Tomorrow, I'll check out those videos. I hope you're well? *smothers with kisses and hugs* sweet dreams!
Night!
SS baby,
Hope you're doing well and taking good care of yourself. Haven't talked to you in a while, but that's ok. I know you're busy. What's the old saying, idle hands are the Devil's playground? Or something like that. Ask Mayo, he'll probably know what it means. ;)
Goodnight precious, I love you.
My heart to yours, always.
good night, j., good night bc. :)
actually, i should be going to bed, as well.
good night ergo, enjoy your extra leisure time!
good night all ye lurkers. :)
sweet dreams all.
Goodnight BC, sleep well. And have a wonderful day tomorrow. :)
goodnight J
BC and Tj sweet dreams
*sigh*
"All alone again,
seems I'm here and all alone again
time zones mean I am the one who does remain
I just end up all alone again"
to the tune of
"On the Road Again"
heehee
I've not caught up on anything, I want too -but I have no time tonight.
I just wanted to say, I am thinking of everyone. And I hope everyone is doing good. Elena, I did spot you -poor sicky(DON'T CHUG!), and I am gonna do exactly what you suggested to Mayo. I like the sound of that for tomorrow. I didn't exactly get an "H" drink today -but the brand of soda I frequent has an "H" in the name. Does that count?? ;p
Again, I hope to read back and properly catch up with everyone, but I just wanted to say -I am thinking of you all and I hope you really are well.
Nothing new to say Mayo?? You like to tease don'tchya?? Alrighty, we'll wait for it then...
love you guys -l/d
P.s. -Ergo! Sorry I missed you! Love you! Be well!
<3333
Today is another anniversary, one that should never be forgotten - 9/11
mayo,
it's like j. said -- i have a lot of free time these days. after i do my job searches and phone calls, there's little left to occupy my day. (maybe if i was any better at finding a job this wouldn't be the case, but alas, i am total shite at finding employment. *shrugs&grins*)
so i help out as i can, and draw a little, and write a little more, but mostly i read. i got my mom re-addicted to reading, too, and so the afternoons are quiet here, and long.
i read, i sprawl, i doze, i read...it's completely indulgent and completely indolent, and i properly should be ashamed of myself, spending the day drunk on sleep and book.
but occasionally, as i look up from the pages and gaze out the window at the field now shorn for autumn, and scan the treeline, hoping to see deer, i realize that what i'm really looking at is magic, and there is a sense of inexhaustible faith that when it is right, everything will fall into place.
it confuses my folks, i'm sure, my casual attitude. i should be more frantic about my lack of unemployment. but they haven't experienced what i have, they haven't been lead across the country by fate and magic alone.
it was magic that put me in new york city. it was my willingness to walk a path blindfolded that landed me in front of madison sq. garden, alone but for the friends i had newly made for myself.
i admit, though i cling to my pagan ideals, the shadow of puritan america tinges my spirit. there's a little sour voice within that watches me turn the page and says: "you ought, you should...". there are moments in every day where i hear its disdainful judgments of my character: "sluggard, wastrel..."
but i know what's real.
i know my path unfolds for me alone, and in a way that only i can understand. so i will do what is needful to walk it each day, even if it means reading another book and dreaming in between the pages.
but now i'd best go do some real sleeping, and real dreaming. *grin*
we all have our own maps, mayo. trust yours, if you don't already.
good night, my friend.
is it the 11th there now anon?
9/11 Never Forget ♥
Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
Were you in the yard with your wife and children?
Or working on some stage in LA?
Did you stand there in shock at the sight of
That black smoke rising against that blue sky?
Did you shout out in anger
In fear for your neighbor?
Or did you just sit down and cry?
Did you weep for the children
Who lost their dear loved ones
And pray for the ones who don't know?
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below?
Did you burst out with pride
For the Red White and Blue
And the heroes who died just doing what they do?
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself and what really matters
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith, Hope and Love are some good things He gave us
And the greatest is Love
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day?
Teaching a class full of innocent children?
Or driving down some cold interstate?
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor?
In a crowded room did you feel alone?
Did you call up your mother and tell her you loved her?
Did you dust off that Bible at home?
Did you open your eyes, hope it never happened?
Close your eyes and not go to sleep?
Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages?
Speak with some stranger on the street?
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow?
Go out and buy you a gun?
Did you turn off that violent home movie you're watching
And turn on "I Love Lucy" reruns?
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some strangers?
Stand in line and give your own blood?
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family?
Thank God you had somebody to love
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith, Hope and Love are some good things He gave us
And the greatest is Love
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith, Hope and Love are some good things He gave us
And the greatest is Love
And the greatest is Love
And the greatest is Love
Alan Jackson
*remembering those lost 9/11*
Good morning/afternoon/whatever it is wherever you are: Mayo, SS, Ergo, Lewis Love and Dave, TJ, Sweetcheeks; the maybe soon to arrive Possum, FASC and Miranth; various anons, watchers and lurkers; storm chasers and bookworms in the land o'blogbelieve!
How are you all this morning/night? Well, happy, safe and feeling loved, I hope!
3:31 ~ Thank you for reminding us what today is. I almost did forget it was the 11th. I've been so lost since Gustav; but, I know that is no excuse. I know the families and friends of those lost on that tragic day will never, ever forget....
I feel quite certain most people in the world will not forget. How can anyone forget a tragedy that tore apart the lives of so many innocent people. People from all walks of life and several countries. Not only on that dreadful day; but, in the years since.
You are correct. They, their families and friends, their lives should never be forgotten. They should always be remembered and honored.
Thank you, again.
Elena: I hope you feel better today. Get well soon!!!
Ergo and Mya: Thanks for the comments on my hurricane videos (and the tummy comment, Ergo)! LOL!!!
Sweetcheeks: Sorry I got that hairdresser appointment wrong.
*blushes*
I'm sure your hair will be beautiful on Saturday!!!
J: Great to see you anywhere, anytime too!!! L and Sparkle as well! ;)
Well, I think that is all for now. I need sleep!
Have a great day (or sweet dreams), everyone.
Hugs and Love,
~Namaste~
6/Wendy
PS: I may return later with the pondering thing. You have all been forewarned!
:P
*runs back in*
Good morning Sdock! Have a good day!!!
*blows kisses to all as she trots up the stairs*
*blows kisses back to Wendy*
BlogBelieve,
Have a great Thursday!
Jules!!!!!!!!!
So glad you had a great time. J Train all the way baby!
Catch you guys later!
*waves to Jack White*
Mayo,
Try and have a good one, okay?
Love to YOU Always,
S
p.s. 7 years later.
Okay, Mayo. We're all waiting with baited breath for your very profound "I was there" 9/11 post and a belated birthday wish for Mikey.
And maybe a hint as to where you were on August 18, since it was before Reading and obviously not FBC's sweet sixteen... or maybe you'll go back and delete that post?
OMG, I typoed "baited" instead of "bated".
Or I could have just been having sushi for breakfast. Yeah, that was it. :)
I remember where I was seven years ago. I was sitting in the office of our hospital's EMS director watching the news. We were in training that day for a new system. The lady that came to train us was too upset to talk. At the time we didn't know the who, what, when, where or why and she had some friends that were on flights that morning.
I will never forget that day.
Ever.
Have a good one Mayo, SS and everyone.
XOXO
JULES!!!
I'm so glad you had a great time!
Told ya! ^_^
Is James not the funniest thing ever? OMG. I ♥ him.
Later!
~sympathies to those who lost family and friends in 9/11~
I remember waking up as the clock radio came on and thinking I must have misheard, and turning on the TV..
Mayo
hoping today dawned brightly for you, proceeded delightfully and ended pleasantly. Hoping also that the day to come will be even better.
Wishing you kindness, comfort, happiness and wisdom
much love EP xx
SS
sending you joy, health and reflection
lotsa love EP xx
have a good thursday everyone
goodnight blogbelieve see you in my morning
♥xx♥
hi lewis!!!
lots of hugs for you!!!
♥
hello all.
remembering all those who lost loved ones 7 years ago.
not just the losing of loved ones but the losing of a kind of innocence. the realising that nothing was going to be the same again.
i remember exactly what i was doing. it was the afternoon in the UK and i was just getting ready to go and visit a patient. i was watching the TV and the news came on and i was just dumbfounded. like we all were.
mayo hope you are doing OK today. take care.
SS you too mister!
wendy when i have a bit more time i will be watching your videos on youtube!
hi to solly, smoke, ergo, wendy, nice anons and anyone else arriving.
glad the gig was a blast K!
no time for me. gotta go!
love to you all!
realising = realisation
night ergo!
lewis i hope you are OK?
hi fasc, have a good day
I actually can't believe it's 7 years ago
seems so much more recent
I was watching the news when the planes hit the twin towers.I was so sad for the people on board of those plane and their families. It took awhile and i realized that we might go to war. This is when panic took over. My son was in the military, and i realized that he might have to go. i was a wreak that week. Not only did the terrorist kill those on board, but we have lost alot of young men and women that serves in the military. I pray for everyone that lost their lives that day and for the men and women that continue to lose their lives, trying to protect ours.
We missed seeing the first plane hit.
Then we got a call telling us to turn on the television, that "some planes had been hijacked." So, we turned it on, and I looked around the room and you know how the face of someone who just lost a loved one looks? It's unlike any other face, and you can tell they're trying to put together all the pieces and figure it out in under two seconds?
That's the face seen on everyone in the room including mine.
The news anchors weren't explaining anything, and I didn't realize, in the heat of the moment, they didn't know anything either.
Then, just as soon as you thought it was over, the second plane hit, and I sat there watching in awe.
I remember thinking, "How can someone do this? Are they sure they were hijacked? Maybe the pilots fell asleep or something?" I just couldn't put it together.
And seven years later? I still don't understand.
They'll never be forgotten. The firemen, the officers, the workers, the aids, the passengers, the families, the newlyweds, the to-be-weds, the expectings, none of them.
I'm glad we're here, and you all are safe.
Jules, I'm so glad you had a good time last night. :) Thanks for being with us and chatting.
Later, guys.
Remembering.
HIYA GUUUUUYS! I will have more of a full report later and tons of pics! But for today I have to hurry on along, finish the birds quickly and then mind the Boychild. ^_^
Re: 9/11. I know I'm going to get my throat cut for this, too. While you do have to acknowledge the godawful loss of life and the horrifying way that those lives were lost, and while it is one of those things where you'll never forget where you were when you saw it (packing my stuff to get on a plane, actually,) I also think that the whole "NEVER FORGET!" attitude thing is a little destructive, at least when it comes from the Government. They say "never forget" but what they mean is "never forget that there is an enemy, so that we can keep you under control with fear. Never stop being afraid so that we can continue to remove your rights."
You know what I'll never forget? That it was our government who sent over all those weapons. That the binLadens and the Bushes have been in bed together for decades. That GW Bush shed crocodile tears and said, "I will not rest until I know where bin Laden is and have brought him down!" and then six months later was quoted as saying, "I don't know where bin Laden is and honestly I don't care."
I won't say what I really think about the attack itself but I know at least one person on here believes it, too.
In the end it doesn't matter because it should be about the lost lives and devastated families.
In the end it does matter because this is the country most of us have to live in.
*waits for the slaughter*
Wow, timing, and I totally get you.
That's just what I don't understand.
♥ Pash. ^_^
For us TBS fans:
TBS in the STU STU STUDIO!
Current mood: electric
To the beautiful people out in TBS land:
Today is day one in the studio (boo-yah, it's finally here!) and we wanted to post some pics for y'all to check out. Scope em' here:
Studio Day One A few are from our last rehearsal yesterday and a few are from the set-up today in the studio. We've been so anxious to get in and bring these songs to life so it's a relief that the wait is over :) Soon enough, new tunes will shower your ears. Gotta get back to it...
<3
Faz, Lazz, Roobs, Eddie, and Flark
PS Ten brownie points to whoever calls the song reference in the blog title.
7 years ago I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing. At first I thought it was some sick joke. I couldn’t imagine that kind of violence on such a beautiful fall day. I couldn’t wrap my head around it. Time had stopped for me. It’s one of those moments in your life that makes such an impact that it is just forever etched into your mind. I watched in horror as the towers came down. I cried when I saw the images on television. They were awful pictures and I felt for everybody in NY, Shenksville, and DC. But it all seemed so far away from me. It was on TV and not in my immediate neighborhood. It did not directly touch my world. My family was safe.
What still haunts me was the week following 9/11. Train stations around my home had cars that were never picked up. People commuted to NY on a daily basis and they never made it back. They never came home. There were so many “abandoned” cars all over the place. I started to hear from friends and neighbors of people they knew who were killed. The victims who had once been faceless and nameless to me became fathers, mothers, children, and co-workers with names and stories. That’s when the enormity of what actually happened hit me and forever changed me.
Jennicula, I know what you mean.
I know I owe a huge concert report and tons of pics, and I'm getting there, for realz. But first, more.
I was packing my clothes to get on a plane to a family trip to Florida (just like today.) My co-worker at the time called me up and said, "I don't think you're getting on a plane anytime soon. One of them just crashed into the World Trade Center.) I turned on the TV in time for the second plane to hit. It took a while before both towers fell but I saw that, too.
I had a few hours of panic when no one could get in touch with my brother. So much of my family lives in the city.
Everyone still went to Florida. We loaded up the car--grandma, aunts, uncles, cousins, everyone--and drove. The next night we drove through NCY. Trucks were going by with the World Trade Center in them and the smell was awful, so was the skyline.
The next month I was in Indiana for a Hula seminar and I ended up having lunch with this woman from Peru. She told me that she thought that what had happened was terrible, but at first she couldn't understand exactly why the Americans were so afraid and in such a panic. She said she later realized it was because this kind of thing didn't happen to us so much. She said that the people she knew were so used to violence that it could have been any other day. I wasn't offended, and she wasn't trying to be all, "Oh, deal with it." It was her perspective, which was a horrible perspective. Imagine living so that things like this were to be expected?
However, justice has not been done, and it will never be done. The people who physically did it are already dead. The ones behind it will never be held accountable. Bush wagged the dog and at the same time still managed to use everyone's horror to further his own agenda.
Building a memorial, remembering, acknowledging the loss of human life, those things all need to be done because it's how we cope.
But none of the responsible parties will ever truly answer for this, and that's what gets me worst of all.
Apropos of nothing: S(S)S, I severely miss tipping my hat to you. Hope you are doing well.
7 Years ago today, i was in my house, took the day of school and was watching tele. I was channel flicking and it would of been around 2 in the afternoon UK time. I looked at it and thought it was some sort of movie so i turned it over.
The next day, i was in school and found out what had happened.
Jules, hope you had a grand time at the show, i wanna talk to you prolly on aim, so i will catch you there of next FRIDAY, whoop whoop.
have a nice day everyone.
OMG, Eliza is out for justice with her latest blog.
Seven years ago on that fateful morning I was getting my girls ready for school. Always a crazy time for us back then. I had a small TV on in the kitchen where they were eating breakfast. Suddenly the program I was watching started talking about how they had just gotten a report about a plane hitting the World Trade Center. It caught my attention and I tried to listen while still hurrying along the girls. I remember my first thought was that it was just a terrible accident. When I was able I moved into the family room and turned on the large TV. That is when I saw that a second plane had hit the towers. The horrible realization that this could be no accident took my breath away. My husband who works nights was asleep and I went to the bottom of the steps and called out for him. He told me later that he knew immediately something was very wrong by the sound of my voice. We stood in front of the TV and watched in horror knowing then that life for all of us had changed that morning. Still our lives that morning had to continue. I got the girls to school then stopped at my mother’s house. My dad was still alive then and I remember the looks on their faces as they watched the tragedy unfold. By the time I got back home the school had called and one of my daughters was being sent home with pink eye so I had to return to the school to get her. I never saw the towers fall because of this. By the time I returned home with my daughter the news about Flight 93 had hit the radio stations. I hadn’t heard but my husband who was waiting for us had. No one was sure of the connection at that time and we waited for more news. By a fluke of fate out power went out just at that moment. This isn’t all that unusual living out in the country but just imagine how it was for us not having TV or radio and knowing something terrible was happening. We ended up driving back into town to my mothers to watch the TV. Most of the day was spent there watching in shock. The school took in TV’s to each room so the children could watch. I still wonder about that decision but I suppose they were watching history in the making. They were watching a loss of innocence.
some news is just to good....i had to take it there.
wow. finally. tears of joy stream down my face. i actually could not be any happier. everything that you said was a lie. you dug your own grave and i do not usually find joy in watching cities burn but tonight i get to sit down and play the violin and watch things play out the way i always thought that they should. i knew that one day the truth would set me free. thank you for all of the nights full of tears because it pushed me to fianlly do what we both know i should have been doing right along. i think about you everytime i make the next right move because i usually just do the opposite of what i know you would do. the best part is that you thought i was stupid, you thought that i wouldnt remember dates, you actually thought that the web people that work for me wouldnt check out things fully.... well guess what.... they did and i did. i know just what happened and so do you. i am going to spend the rest of my life proving you wrong and i am going to look darn good doing it. good luck to you my friend, i am not even sure if all of the prayers of all of the grandmothers in the world could have saved you. sometimes even the devil deserves a blog.
have a nice life,
me
who is she talking about?
what news is just too good?
i'm sure it's about Gerard. i'm just trying to figure out what it is.
Sounds like she got revenge without even meaning to, to be honest.
Good afternoon, Blog Peeps! I hope your afternoons are going swell!
OK. It might be unrelated to Gerard. Why do I get the feeling it isn't? I wonder what has happened?
Hi Everyone *waves*
Thanks for the play by play from last night. Wish I could have been there Jules, it sounds like you had the best time! :D
She prolly just wants everyone to ASSume it's about Gerard. If it is about him, then I actually think it's a bit sad that she hasn't been able to let go and move on. Isn't she supposed to be married to some other guy now? ^_^
Okay, I won't lie. I went to Warner/Reprise to see if they were still listed on the roster. They are, so I have no idea.
LUCY!!! I haven't talk to you in
this long!!!! How are ya?
Splash! I've missed you THIS much!
*opens arms as wide as they will go*
You looked at Warner/Reprise for what?
*hugs back super duper hard*
I looked to see if they were still listed on their artist roster.
When is Jules gonna be back with her review? I need to live vicariously through everyone elses concert experiences. Stupid Atlantic Ocean *mutters*
What's with all the prayers of all the grandmothers in the world?
Is that a saying I've never heard of or is she specifically refering to grandmothers for a reason? 0_0
Eliza didn't get married. She plays with her the relationship status on her BN and myspace the same way other people play with their gender and age.
I have no idea really. I mean, I've heard the phrase, not put into those exact words really, but round-about.
Basically, she's saying nothing would have saved him. Not the "little old ladies at church," not the elderly lady next door who bakes you cakes and pies and muffins and cookies every day, nada. No one. O_O
I have no idea what she's on about.
I thought she mentioned it in one of her blog entries, changed her last name on her Myspace and then made a big deal of showing a tattoo (which could have just been sharpie) on her wedding finger on one of her videos. Unfortunately if she 'jokes' around like this then nobody will ever take her seriously or believe a word she says as it appears she is just attention seeking.
Thanks Splash, I've never heard of that before.
i want someone to bake me cakes, muffins, pies, and cookies. just sayin!
BEAN! PASH!
I am going to post my review with TONS of pics in a few minutes. I'll link to it in my LJ. It is superfly long and ridiculously rambly.
Me, too, Anon! I'm so frakin' hungry right now. And I still want some damn chocolate chip cookie dough. No one even has to bake that.
You're welcome, Lucy! I'm pretty sure that's the general meaning she was going for. Maybe not.
ZOMG!!111! Jules, I can't wait! The longer the better (that's what she said) muahahaha!!!
*is sexcited*
LOL, I heart my Crackberry name. Slash is envious, I just know. I think I had a dream about him the other night. I can't remember now what it was about though. :/
I'm gonna call you Pash too! Solly called me Lucy Bean the other day and I love it! If it's good enough for *coughrockroyaltycough* it's good enough for me! :D
I am in a savoury mood Anon. I've just put some frozen chips in the oven and I'm gonna have chip butties! WHOOP WHOOP! With lashings of butter, salt and vinegar and tommy k. Well one will have tommy k, the other will prolly be mayo or maybe brown sauce, I haven't decided yet. Decisions, decisions. *strokes imaginary beard and ponders*
See SS? I'm considering the sauce.
Bwahahahahahaha!
Shweet...and...Shpicy...Shauce!
hahahaha I have no idea why you are speaking/writing like that but it just made me laugh like a loony!
'Cause you were contemplating the sauce!
When I read that in my mind Pash it sounded like Sean Connery! 0_o
Shweet and shpicy shauce Miss Moneypenny!
Dry Martini, shaken not shtirred.
Is that who it was?! I couldn't, for the life of me, figured out who said something like that! I guess it was Sean Connery.
He and Jack Nicholson creep me out. Just sayin'.
So, when yous guys were talking about what character would play Mayo, I had fingers and eyes and toes crossed that no one said Jack Nicholson, 'cause *shivers*.
Gosh, I'm just adding extra letters in every damn place! Sorry for the typos!
hiya mustard, lucy and K!
Shweet and shpicy shauce Miss Moneypenny!
lucy, (only cos it is very english) did you ever see the comic strip presents... when Peter Richardson was a James Bond type person and called Miss Moneypenny, Miss Messy Pussy! but in Connery speak...Mish Meshy Pushy!!
so fucking funny! i think i nearly died of laughter with that one!!
Hey, FASC! How are you doing?
and on a total side note!!
K i loved that link you put up yesterday with the news team reporting on the president calling his wife a c**t. fuckin funny as fuck!!
hi mustard!
i am good thank you.
Hello guys! Hello newly christened Pash! ^_^
Okay, I finally diddled LJ enough so it would get all my stupid pics and videos. DAMN! What a workout.
Full account, pics, videos, review, and lots of personal rambling here on my LJ.
Wasn't that great, FASC? THe truth must be told. :)
Wasn't that great, FASC? THe truth must be told. :)
yesh it was K!
off to click your link!
Have fun with that. I am long-winded and effusive, physically unable to write a brief review and known for making novels instead of notes. ^_^
I am off to have dinner. Catch you guys later! :D
It sounds like it is about Gerard, most of her things are. But what could te news be?
Something happened to him?
It kinda sounds like she is hinting at his relationship not working out?
fucking awesome K!!
i read it all. loved that you met frank! cool as cool can be!
gonna watch the vids tomorrow and i very very definitely will. but its 22.10 here and i need to go chill with him! so thanks so very much. very good review. really good!
ok bunnies i iz outa here again. i know i am not around here much. that's just life sadly......and time zones!
love to you all!
mayo and SS youse toose!
I went off to have my chip butties! Sorry I missed you FASC!Now I'm off to click your link Jules! WHOOP WHOOP!
Wow K, you really are thorough in your reviewing.
That's three hours of my life I'll never get back.
On the plus side, I actually feel as though I were there myself.
Thanks for sharing. Great review. The pics and videos were brilliant.
Fan bloody tastic hat by the way.
Hi Miss T! *waves*
Jules, the review was great but it wasn't long enough! ^_~
good morning!
how is everyone?
sounds like Eliza is back to the "post something that could be about anyone in a way that will immediately get attention"
LOL Bean.
*waves back*
Yeah K, it could done with some more words ^_^
Hiya Ergo, how is Friday looking?
looks nice thanks missT , sunny and clear
how is thursday night going?
Quite nice Ergo, no rain.
How typically British and Australian that we talk about the weather hee hee!
you thought that i wouldnt remember dates, you actually thought that the web people that work for me wouldnt check out things fully.... well guess what.... they did and i did. i know just what happened and so do you.
Sounds like she may have found out about him possiby cheating on her with linz?
What does she mean by web people?
Maybeh people who have webbed toes or sumthin'? I dunnah. LOL, the image.
HEY DOODS!
if Gerard cheated on Eliza with LynZ, it shouldn't come as a surprise to Eliza. Gerard cheated on "Kat" with her. she should know once a cheater always a cheater.
once a cheater always a cheater.
TRUTH
Hiya Moostard.
she has web ppl work for her?
she is paying other ppl a salary?
don't think so.
Hey, MissT! Whatcha doooooing?
If anyone is guilty of lying about and manipulating dates, it's Eliza.
Moostard, I iz whinging about Lewis Hamilton on a sports webpage. And talking to you.
hi mustard
anons she appears to do it for attention, which you are supplying
Gerard and Lyndsey met on on Pro Rev.
It wasn't with Lyndsey he cheated with.
well I'm off to work
you all have a good night, I'll be back later
byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
♥
So, he cheated with someone else too?
Man, that dog gets around.
I'm sure she meant to say "my fans who graciously volunteer their time to do web work for me". Why she has fans is beyond me?
Have a nice day at work Ergo.
See ya later.
Ergo,
and Gerard's not an attention seeking asshole with his pink hair.
She really meant, "I had so much time going crazy I spent all that time on the internet reading about you."
Gerard and Lyndsey met on on Pro Rev.
It wasn't with Lyndsey he cheated with
maybe they did't meet at pro rev
anon,
she has her friends look at her myspace and buzznet comments. people say the most fucked up shit about her that i don't blame her for not looking herself.
He must be the energizer bunny of the rock word, MissTottenham. He keeps going and going and going. What stamina!
Have a nice work day Ergoproxy.
I said she was reading about him, not herself.
i'm not talking about your comment. i was talking about 6:26.
Anonymous said...
He must be the energizer bunny of the rock word, MissTottenham. He keeps going and going and going. What stamina!
LMFAO. Now I have an ugly picture in my head of his pasty white ass going up and down at speeds that could cause smoke to appear.
LMFAO. Now I have an ugly picture in my head of his pasty white ass going up and down at speeds that could cause smoke to appear.
that's not right.
LOL Miss T, now i have that picture in MY mind !!!
not everyone is gonna like you, that's life. putting herself in a bubble and getting her friends to weed out the unfavorable comments and just leaving the gushing ones is gonna skew her grip on reality. no wonder she is crazy. she's starting to believe her own hype.
0_0
Thank you for the visual, MissTottenham. Really. Thank you!
I wonder if he vibrates.
:-D
See what you did Miss T, now we will have bad dreams tonight!
somehow i get the feeling he doesn't have much stamina at all.
the spirit is willing but the flesh is...weak.
Eliza knows she's not the most liked person out there. she's not that stupid.
not everyone is gonna like you, that's life. putting herself in a bubble
She will get a big bubble head.
If he vibrates I'll be having bad dreams in the best sense of the word bad.
:-D
Hi Miss T!
Looks like it's just you and me and several anons! *waves to various anons*
*takes a bow*
I thought that was an image that needed sharing. Don't see why I should suffer alone.
Eliza did say he was good in bed. he still might be a two pump chump though.
Hiya bean.
And hiya to all the anons.
Well if I see his ears wiggling at super speed, we'll know why!
*blames Miss T for making me think such thoughts!*
two pump chump though.
LOL that is a new saying on me.
Eliza did say he was good in bed
But what are HER standards?
MissT? Who is Lewis Hamilton? Does he play futbol?
Hahahahaha bean, you DO NOT need my help to be naughty.
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