I can't believe it's only Thursday. I've been spoiled by short workweeks the past two weeks and now I feel like I'm going insane here at my desk. I have 1000 things to do before Friday evening (I guess that's when the guys are showing up? Ben called last night to confirm...) and I'm not going to get them all done because I have to go home tonight.
So it's 9/11. It's also my grandpa's birthday. He likes to say that he's the most unlucky guy ever because of it - of course, it wasn't luck (or lack of it) that led terrorists to fly planes into buildings, but it's unexplainable to people with such unyielding opinions about the day. I was going to go crazy psycho batshit insane if we held a candlelight vigil here at the Heights but instead I just get to sit here for four hours and listen to the therapy people ask EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT if they remember what happened on 9/11.
I have such mixed feelings about this date. I mean, America had it coming. I can't fathom why anyone would disagree (though there are PLENTY that will)... just take a look into our history. When people hear me say this, they reply with, "OH MY GOD YOU HAVE NO SYMPATHY!" But I do! I have sympathy for the families that this effected because they were INNOCENT PEOPLE. I do NOT have sympathy for the US Government because they were NOT innocent. I also have sympathy for all the innocent Iraqi and Afghani families that lost their lives in the last 7 years that we've been "at war" (the general population seems to forget about what impact we're having on other countries...)
Also... "NEVER FORGET!"? No shit we'll never forget. It's not like the kid who just committed suicide at SU that we'll forget about within a month (the story is buried in syracuse.com because it's apparently "not important enough"). Stop reminding me to remember, though! I'll remember on my own time. I don't need vigils and talks and tears and reptition of Woody Guthrie's "God Bless America" because GOD DID NOT BLESS AMERICA ON 9/11. Don't give me "Oh, God did this to bring the American people together!" A BENEVOLENT GOD WOULD NOT KILL 4,000 PEOPLE TO BRING AMERICA TOGETHER.
Remember on your own time, people. And seriously, don't teach children about what happened that day... teach them about WHY it happened.
/steps off of soapbox.
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damn it Amanda, you did it to me again, i realized that my comment was getting too long. I wish we could make a separate blog together so we could comment on each others posts. A comboblog. I think you'll find my reply rather interesting when I get the chance to put it up there...
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