I'm such a schmuck!

[twicketface]

Oh God.

I feel like such an idiot.

I can't believe it.

I totally forgot what happened three years ago today.

Comments

NEVER FORGET

[so-gracefully.livejournal.com]

well, i thought you were talking about your anniversary or something. and then i was like, "OH YEAH, THE THING I SHOULD NEVER FORGET."

[lemur68.livejournal.com]

I'm sure glad we got the guy that didn't do it.

[hexkitten.livejournal.com]

You didn't lose anybody in the attacks, though, did you? I almost overlooked the day for that reason. It's scary and horrible, yes, but not as personal to me as it could be.

[bobwhite.livejournal.com]

Hey brother, don't feel bad. You remembered soon enough. As long as you take the time to reflect on what it meant to you, then that is enough.

[drainbead.livejournal.com]

Even with all the signs that say REMEMBER 9/11 outside of Taco Bell?

[twicketface.livejournal.com]

Even with all the bumper stickers informing me that THESE COLORS DO NOT RUN!!!

[drainbead.livejournal.com]

I'm still looking for one of those to go between my Kerry and my MoveOn stickers. Where do rednecks shop? I think I may have to brave a trip to Wally World.

*gasp*

[banshee99.livejournal.com]

I can't BELIEVE you could forget that my mom turned 53 three years ago! HOW COULD YOU FORGET?!

Just kidding. Though it is her birthday, and that's what I choose to focus on. :)

[blueangeldanie.livejournal.com]

as a new yorkers i am very disapointed in you

[htothem.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel better, even though I live in D.C. and was less than a mile from the Pentagon on 9/11, I chose not to memorialize it today. With all of the Iraq stuff going on, I feel like 9/11 has been trivialized in a lot of ways. It's such a soundbite now that it's lost most of its emotional impact for me. As someone who was in the midst of the chaos, I find that particularly sad.

[vivisectasch.livejournal.com]

Jon Stewart said, and this was, I think, on the first anniversary, that to set aside time to "remember the attacks" or whatever is just absurd because, for most people, a day doesn't go by where 9/11 or terrorism in the US in general doesn't come up. Nobody's forgotten ... most people aren't thinking about it any less ... how do you "extra-remember" something?

And I can agree with all of that. Still.

[twicketface.livejournal.com]

This was precisely the point of my entry - let's not cheapen the events by thinking that people don't remember them.

I may feel differently had I known someone who was killed then, but I wouldn't want their memory to be a slogan afixed to a bumper or grocery store window.