tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post5585164807866427562..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Remembering September 11thUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-69541281598051821882011-09-13T14:12:33.048-04:002011-09-13T14:12:33.048-04:00I saw some footage over the weekend, and as they s...I saw some footage over the weekend, and as they showed one of the planes about to hit a loud "NO!" was yanked out of me, at the horror of those people about to die. <br /><br />On another note, the night before the one year anniversary, we went to an Alabama concert that was my Father's Day present (tickets were sold before Father's Day for that fall) because it was their last tour ever, though they weren't breaking up/retiring.<br /><br />2/3 through the concert, they start singing America the Beautiful, and the audience rapidly stands up and joins in, and they encouraged this. But between a couple of the verses, and after the song, the often lead singer for the group pontificated too much about what we needed to do and remember as a country, and individuals.<br /><br />It had been a beautiful, emotional, spontaneous for the audience, thing, but the ego of the band just came across so strong in what they said that it kinda soured it, a bit. I just thought, can't you just let a beautiful expression of unity, strength, patriotism, and remembrance, BE what it is, without politicizing it? UGH. My respect for them went down a bit, though I still enjoy their music.<br /><br />Even the drunk in front of us seemed annoyed.Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-45416384719302879722011-09-12T10:22:29.333-04:002011-09-12T10:22:29.333-04:00You know - it's interesting that you say it wa...You know - it's interesting that you say it was never an option to post on an unrelated topic. I honestly did not want to write about it again (until I did, this morning) - and many people I know who were directly affected posted on their facebook about other unrelated things. I didn't post pictures from my bridal shower on Saturday because it felt somehow wrong to do that yesterday. My thank you notes are all addressed 11th September 2011, and even that felt somewhat wrong - like I should have dated them the 12th. Funny how it just feels a certain way.Carrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-24121675852616134072011-09-11T14:53:13.717-04:002011-09-11T14:53:13.717-04:00It was a decade ago. There's nothing new to s...It was a decade ago. There's nothing new to say. Just remember the two wars we're in right now. That's the the thing, now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com