i will not be blogging about the mass murders that occurred five years ago today. for those who need to discuss it, turn your attention to any number of other blogs about the date today.
i won't blog about it mainly b/c that date, for several reasons, is meaningful to me for reasons having nothing to do w/ terrorism. and this navel-gazing fascination here in the US about the date is, to me, somewhat masochistic and twisted.
so what would you rather discuss today? football? the changing seasons? art?
ed
silverwhisper posted on Sep 11, 2006
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scalywag said on Sep 11, 2006....
I'm with you silver....I don't want to forget but it's also time to move on.
Changing seasons sounds good to me.
I went out to a meeting this morning and for the first time noticed the leaves changing. The tall grasses along the highway were turning color also (hopefully all the f**king goldenrod will die soon).
In a few weeks all the ferns in the woods behind the house will turn a bright orange while the maples, oaks and birches turn various shades of yellow, orange, and red, creating a kaleidescope of color.
Condensation on the car windshield in the morning will soon be frost instead.
Got to clean the pool and put the cover on it this coming weekend.
This morning my wife and I talked about how in a few weeks we'll pull all the screens and put them away for the winter....wash the windows inside and out and the views will be clearer.
Got to feed the lawn one last time. Finish the shed I started building so I can get some crap out of the garage.
Finish the agonizingly drawn out masonry project I started too long ago.
Visit our kids at their schools once before Thanksgiving.
High school football games on friday nights.
Fix a dozen cobblestones in my front walkway.
Damn it, looks like it will be winter before I realize it.
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Danj3ris said on Sep 11, 2006....
Saw this news story today about a fire fighter who didn't attend any memorials today, because he feels like everyday he is reminded enough, and it shouldn't take an anniversary to get people to remember it.
I'm with him on that, and so am I with you SilverWhisper.
Ahem, I could really go for a hot chocolate. That would totally make my night. I may just go out and get some quite soon. Hopefully I'll get someone to come with me.
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carmachu said on Sep 11, 2006....
We could discuss sarah's first day of preschool....
http://www.pbase.com/carmachu/sarah&page=26
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lioneljay said on Sep 11, 2006....
I'm with you. My anger at how our administration perverted the nation's horror at the attacks to justify a war that they had been hoping to wage has left me numb to the memory of the attacks in New York and Washington.
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secretlife said on Sep 11, 2006....
God scaly, i'm exhausted just reading your 'to-do' list!
Let's talk about sex....you know how i like to talk about that!
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silverwhisper said on Sep 11, 2006....
scaly: damn, dude. that's a lot of work!
dan: it's kinda too warm for that over here, at least for me.
carmachu: :> thanks, man.
LJ: yep.
SL: folks, i think we may have a winner here...anything in particular you wanted to talk about along those lines? :D
ed
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secretlife said on Sep 11, 2006....
oh i'm hearing *ding ding ding*...i won!!!
I live vicariously, so you all are gonna have to start this up; unless we go the self pleasure route....lol!
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momsrock said on Sep 11, 2006....
Well, I was going to suggest a little football debate... but secretlife has a much better idea.
So I'll start it. It has been weeks since my infamous sex injury to my hip! Instead of watching football and making popcorn, don't you think my husband would at least throw me the heating pad so we could be a little frisky tonight?!
What does a girl have to do?!?!
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secretlife said on Sep 11, 2006....
get on her knees?
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carmachu said on Sep 11, 2006....
Your welcome! She was great. Of course, when she came home, when we asked her what she did, all we got out of her was "well, you'll have to guess what I did."
I disagree with LJ......
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Jenna said on Sep 11, 2006....
Sorry....I can't discuss football today. I can't see the leaves change color today. I can't ponder over someone's to do list today.... I spoke with a woman who lost someone she loved. I spoke with her five years ago .... On the day that it was happening....the moment it was happening...On September 11th. I guess I am on the wrong post.
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CreativeWoman said on Sep 11, 2006....
I've remembered the day in my own way, but I've declared it a no news day at my home. I didn't blog about it. It's just too sad to relive. I don't have it in me.
momsrock,
maybe wear his favorite team's shirt and nothing else?
CW
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Zayda said on Sep 11, 2006....
i let the day pass withoug blogging about what the day has become for most people and the tragedy it reminds most people of.
my best friend's birthday is September 11th; i spent the day thinking about her and how much she means to me. i celebrated her today, the memories we share--of celebrating our birtdays together--the memories we will make in years to come.
my closest relative's birthday is also September 11th. i spent a good portion of the day celebrating him as well, remembering the times of our youth when he used to torment me when he came to visit from PR in the summers and carry me around by my ankles or ride me around on his shoulders, remembering how i would practice my rusty Spanish on him--and how i still do when i call him.
i spent the day in celebration of two of the people i love the most because, to me, celebrating their lives, and our memories together is a much, much better way to pass the day.
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kinkyfellow said on Sep 12, 2006....
hey all!! y r u running from past?
y not to discuss anything about it?
how can we forget our past?
how can we manage to forget what many of us suffered?
sorry!! i can't forget and i can't forgive them!!
not coz i lost some one but coz just coz of some ones' belief, a never ending rift is created between human beings. coz, it was 911 not just in america, but the some thing similar in other parts of world. those who consider themselves better humans of better race shoud be shamefull of themseLVES. ONE LIFE and THE ONLY LIFE of people has been spoiled like never done before. the history has written itself with blood only. i do not understand, y some of us have to pay for the mistakes of x, yand z.
HOW CAN U FORGET ALL THIS? WON'T U LET UR CHILDREN KNEW THEIR PAST EVER? WHAT IF THEY ASK U OF 911? OR TELL ME THEY WON'T BE AWARE OF IT EVER.
silver whisper, this time u r wrong. u must spend some moments who have left their family in never ending pain,
for those who have left orphans,...sorry,i can't write more...
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WhyChromosome said on Sep 12, 2006....
SW -- Yes, I don't need endless media specials. Not for this day. I see your point there, but don't agree that we need be silent. It's in my head and I can't, so I wrote about it. That's cathartic for me and we blog partly for selfish reasons as well as to share...But okay, I'd rather my mind was free to talk about travel -- the best places we've ever been. It always fascinates me to learn about the world through other people's experiences. And SW, please forgive me but I'm going to comment to a couple of your anwerers...
Jenna -- you're not on the wrong post. SW respects opinions (in my opinion) and certainly feelings, like most of us do. Notice he said 'what would you rather discuss'? I'm sure you'd rather be free in your mind to think of other things, but for some of us it's impossible.
Kinkylife -- I don't think it's about running away or forgetting. SW makes that clear. Just by writing this post he's telling us that he has not forgotten. Neither have I or any of us. We move on because we have to. But everyone is different and deals with things in his or her own way.
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TheNakedProfessor said on Sep 12, 2006....
It's the anniversary of my 5 year marriage. Another
collapsing inferno!
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silverwhisper said on Sep 12, 2006....
kinky fellow, please don't shout. and please read the rest of the blog. there's enough places on soulcast that do talk about this. my feelings about this date are intensely personal and as such, not something i'm inclined to discuss.
jenna: we all respond differently to that day. FWIW, i'm sorry.
[hug]
whyc: i'm not silent about it. i'm just silent about it on that day. there's more than enough other places to discuss it. i just don't want my blog to be one. not on that day. and thank you for your pre-emptive answers: i'm indebted.
TNP: dude?!
ed
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gingersoul said on Sep 12, 2006....
Silver, i actually wrote a post on 9/11 but my point of view was to focus on the calls made by the people who was dying....
just because those calls are a great way to understand how people reacts when facing death. i wasn't particularly thinking about focusing on commemorating THE event....
i am with you...everybody has to remember on his/her own way...anniversaries usually disturbs me...i prefer to catch the coincidence of different dates....you are entitled to express your feelings and Kinky should avoid screaming at you in that way...
Confronting and discussing is one thing, imposing points of view is another one.
Kinky, do you think you are more pure, brave, generous, compassionate, patriotic or wherever of any body else who prefer talking about autumn leaves?
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Zayda said on Sep 12, 2006....
for me, remembering yesterday is much like remembering something else from 18 years ago--something much more personal. for both yesterday and that day, i mark them quietly and briefly. but then i move on to celebrate the life around me and the lives of those around me.
this doesn't mean that i have forgotten the significance or importance of either day. this doesn't mean, when the time is right, and when he is old enough to understand, that i will not discuss the significance of september 11th with my son. what it means is that remembering is something personal and poignant for me that doesn't get shared publically.
i can guarantee you, from knowing silver as i do, that silver hasn't forgotten; he's simply chosing his own way of remembering.
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InterplanetJanet said on Sep 12, 2006....
Remembering is the important part; not the day on which you do the remembering.
I keep my emotional core very open to outside influences, so I am always affected on these "days of remembrance" because I can feel all of the emotion. I cried on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and I cried on 9/11.
I now have a significant event in my life that I will always remember where I was, what I was doing, what I did the following days. I understand now when my parents tell me their memories of what they were doing when JFK was assasinated.
I chose to write down my memories because I was moved to do so. That is what SC is all about for me. I respect all of you that don't want to talk/write about it. It is an emotional subject and has gotten largely out of hand in the media. Find a way to keep the good vibes flowing and that is how we, as a community, can work through such times.
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silverwhisper said on Sep 12, 2006....
thank you for your understanding, janet.
ed
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InterplanetJanet said on Sep 12, 2006....
you're welcome, ed. Sometimes, you just don't want to talk about something because... well, you just don't. I think that should be a good enough reason.
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Jenna said on Sep 12, 2006....
Sw....thanks!
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wombat said on Sep 10, 2007....
Saw headline today--is 9/11 just another date on the calendar? Too much to comprehend. I do not understand. -
wombat said on Sep 11, 2007....
I didn't mean that comment the way it came out. I wasn't thinking clearly about the reason for the post. I am sorry if it offended. -
silverwhisper said on Sep 11, 2007....
wombat: it didn't offend. not in the least. :>
ed