my sept 11th comments


this blog will honor a day of silence and remembrance tomorrow in honor of the people who were lost on 09/11/01. this is for two reasons: i feel that there is nothing i could complain about that is more important than those individuals and i'm tired of hearing people say that Democrats are un-patriotic and un-american because we don't support things like the war in Iraq.

i was at work on sept. 11th. one of our specialists left to do an audit and his wife called in at like 8:15 looking for him. when i told her he was already gone she said ok and hung up. like two seconds later he called and told us to go turn the tv on immediately. i missed the planes hitting (thank goodness) but i did see the buildings collapse. and i remember when Peter Jennings said that something was going on in DC and talked about smoke coming from the Pentagon. I work in the State Police building, which was locked down shortly afterward. My boss told us we should leave and spend time with loved ones. so i went home. and i couldn't sit there because i wanted to talk to someone. so i went to school. and i spent most of the rest of the day in the TV studio watching the tele with Larmon and this other guy. that night i went to dinner with Nathan and Jarrett at Tony Romas. The president gave his speech then and because i was the only one who could see the TV, i read the closed captioning aloud for them.

it was just a weird day. surreal i guess. and then i remember for the next couple of weeks there was nothing on tv but reporters standing at ground zero telling the stories of the innocent people who were lost that day. i think that constant tv watching in the weeks afterward really messed up my concept of safety. it's like you are never safe whereever you go, even in your own home. (watch bowling for columbine which explains this further)

anyway. i think september 11th should be a holiday. people should spend time with family and friends that day. malls and retail stores should be closed (having a September 11th sale just seems so wrong) so those people can also share in the holiday. i know we just had labor day and everything, so cancel that. it's not like people actually do anything memorable on labor day anyway. september 11th just seems like a more honorable holiday.

i'll be spending 2003's 9/11 getting tests run for my mystery illness. i also plan to tell everyone i consider my friend thank you for just being my friend. you have to let people know you appreciate them because sometimes it just ends in an instant and you don't want to be the one who's looking back saying "wow i never told so-and-so how much they meant to me." that's what is important on this day.

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