Where were you today, 9 years ago? It is something that is asked every September 11th. It was one of those moments that you remember every detail and those details you will never forget. I was a sophomore in high school, it was a beautiful day. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and there was enough breeze to make the warm air bearable. I was wearing light blue jeans, a yellow polo, and white tennis shoes. I remember going to 1st period, then going to 2nd. In 2nd period, which was Spanish class, we were acting out stories. It is eerie now, but we were acting out a plane crash and people needing help. Then I went to 3rd period, geometry class. I kept hearing something about the World Trade Center. I had no idea what that was or where it was or why it was being mentioned by so many people. Our teacher had the tv on, she told us what was going on, and we said a prayer. The class was silent. We literally saw the world stopping and crumbling. People were jumping out of the buildings. Smoke was filling the air, debris was filling the streets.
I remember my mom picking me up and I told her what was going on and she said she had been watching it at work. I didn't realize just how huge this was until I got home and saw all of the coverage on all of the networks. It was scary. It still is seeing the planes crash in to the WTC and the pentagon and going down in PA. It's something I'll never forget, and I hope that it's something that I'll never have to witness again. Even though we were hundreds of miles away, we still felt the effects of it. I remember hearing about how some people thought that the nuclear plant in Squatchie was going to be a target, everyone was on edge.
People say they remember where they were and what they were doing when JFK was killed or what was going on when the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded. My mom was ironing and I was asleep, I was just a few months old. I remember a kid in school was born the day it exploded. It's amazing that on a day like that or even 9.11, when lives are lost, lives are also being brought in to this crazy beautiful world. I read recently that parents schedule to have their babies before 9.11 because of the date. I wonder when that will stop? Instead of living in fear of this date, we should be stronger and unite as a country.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
I live where the sky ends...
I am sore. It hurts to sit down. It is such a good thing, because I know that I worked hard to get sore. Actually, I'm sure I didn't have to do too much in order to be sore because I've become insanely lazy. I was way more active in college (I feel as if I'm dating myself) when I had something to do every second of the day. I would wake up early, before my 8 am classes, and go work out. I have no reason to not go work out, I need a good shove, kick, push, anything to get me going.
I've had this on going discussion with my boyfriend about bands. What bands will we listen to in 15, 20, even 30 years and say 'they were cool when we were your age?'. We haven't been able to come up with a lot, but man, there are tons of bands that we grew up listening to, that our parents listened to. I personally can remember listening to Aerosmith, I had to be about 11 or so, and my dad telling me he listened to them when he was younger. I nearly fell off my chair! I thought Aerosmith was this cool new band. Uh, no, they've been around since Sampson and Delilah. Then there's the Beatles. Come on, who hasn't heard of them? I'm sure there are people out there who haven't, but a good portion of the world has. They were legends. Those are just two out of how many bands that have been around.
Now for our generation. We've got the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day.....I refused to put Nickel Back in that category because they're popular because they're annoying (you can't go an hour in the car and not hear the same song play 8 different times on the same station). I can't remember who else, but there weren't that many to list. I'm really going for making myself feel old, but kids these days don't have that great of music choice like I did. I'm sure my parents would throw that statement into a grave; I was a hardcore, dedicated BSB fan from day one. I had every cd they ever made (including the ones that were imports), magazines, posters, action figures, you name it, I had it. I adored them. I looked forward to the day that I had my license and I could blast them in my nonexistent car. They were hot and awesome and all the rage. Loved them and still do, I'll admit it.
I'm really hitting the memories tonight and wondering what kids are doing these days. I can remember being in middle school and living to go to the mall every Saturday with my friends and begging my parents for $20. We always saw the latest movies because the movie theater was in the mall and we sometimes would see them at night. In middle school it was so cool to go to the high school football games, I pretended like I knew what was happening during the game. We would really just walk around the school and have fun. What do kids do now? They can't go to the mall on weekend nights because you have to be at least 18 to go without a parent. I know they go to the mall during the week and play dress up because I have to clean up their messes they leave in the fitting rooms.
Now that I've made myself feel completely old, I feel like I need a bath and to head to bed.
I've had this on going discussion with my boyfriend about bands. What bands will we listen to in 15, 20, even 30 years and say 'they were cool when we were your age?'. We haven't been able to come up with a lot, but man, there are tons of bands that we grew up listening to, that our parents listened to. I personally can remember listening to Aerosmith, I had to be about 11 or so, and my dad telling me he listened to them when he was younger. I nearly fell off my chair! I thought Aerosmith was this cool new band. Uh, no, they've been around since Sampson and Delilah. Then there's the Beatles. Come on, who hasn't heard of them? I'm sure there are people out there who haven't, but a good portion of the world has. They were legends. Those are just two out of how many bands that have been around.
Now for our generation. We've got the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day.....I refused to put Nickel Back in that category because they're popular because they're annoying (you can't go an hour in the car and not hear the same song play 8 different times on the same station). I can't remember who else, but there weren't that many to list. I'm really going for making myself feel old, but kids these days don't have that great of music choice like I did. I'm sure my parents would throw that statement into a grave; I was a hardcore, dedicated BSB fan from day one. I had every cd they ever made (including the ones that were imports), magazines, posters, action figures, you name it, I had it. I adored them. I looked forward to the day that I had my license and I could blast them in my nonexistent car. They were hot and awesome and all the rage. Loved them and still do, I'll admit it.
I'm really hitting the memories tonight and wondering what kids are doing these days. I can remember being in middle school and living to go to the mall every Saturday with my friends and begging my parents for $20. We always saw the latest movies because the movie theater was in the mall and we sometimes would see them at night. In middle school it was so cool to go to the high school football games, I pretended like I knew what was happening during the game. We would really just walk around the school and have fun. What do kids do now? They can't go to the mall on weekend nights because you have to be at least 18 to go without a parent. I know they go to the mall during the week and play dress up because I have to clean up their messes they leave in the fitting rooms.
Now that I've made myself feel completely old, I feel like I need a bath and to head to bed.
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