Procrastina-ay-tion
Jan. 13th, 2003 10:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sageandseaIt's my first day back at work after being gone a week. Am I doing the little bit of paperwork that piled up on my desk? Nope, this is far more interesting.
1.When John F. Kennedy was shot (11/22/1963).
Not born, by about 2 years.
2. When Mt. St. Helens blew (5/18/1980).
Almost 15, living in Medford, OR so close enough that it was big news but not close enough to get any sort of ash fallout. I was kind of disappointed.
3. When the Challenger exploded (1/28/1986).
I had dreamed of a rocket expoding and woke up to the Challenger news on the radio - I don't know if it worked into my dreams or if it was a little precog, I had a few dreams like that during that time. Oddly, because I didn't have a TV, I didn't see the footage for about two or three years, even though I know it was played constantly.
3.5 Tianamen Square (6/4/1989).
I had a flu and a sinus infection, a fever of about 103, and just sat on the couch and stared. It made it even more surreal, I think.
4. When the 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco (10/7/1989).
I was working in a nursing home and turned all the televisions in patient's rooms to the same news channel so that I could keep up with the reports.
5. When the Berlin Wall fell (11/7/1989)
I remember this but only just...I think I had a lot of personal stuff going on so it didn't stand out as much as it should have. Mostly I remember people selling pieces of the wall.
6. When the Gulf War Began (1/16/91)
Listening obsessively to the radio waiting to hear that the war had started. Actually, I think the date is wrong here, I remember it being 1/21. My brother was in the Gulf on a Navy ship, and another girl in the office had family there too, so when news broke, we both got up from our desks and went into a conference room and listened and cried. After work, CJ & I walked to our favorite bar in downtown Portland, and the streets were just...empty. Quiet. Creepy.
7. When OJ Simpson was chased in his white Bronco (6/17/94).
Not caring in the slightest, and amazed that people were watching it.
8. When the building in Oklahoma City was bombed (4/19/95).
First heard about it through rumors in the smoking section at work. I felt bad for the people there.
9. When Princess Di was killed (8/31/97).
We were camping for my birthday, and the camp ranger, a very nice and lonely dyke who had adopted us for the weekend, brought coffee to our tent and woke us with the news. For some reason, Carolyn, Erin and I decided we had to watch the funeral.
10. When Bush was first announced president (11/7/2000)
I was working at Safetylogic and we were all news-junkies, and were so thrilled when Florida came through for Gore and we could all go home and relax. Phht. God, we were depressed the next day.
11. When the 6.8 earthquake hit Nisqually, WA (2/28/2001).
Sitting in the tv room asking CJ if she felt that....then running to the living room to stand in front of the bookcases, hoping to catch anything breakable that might fall. CJ was counting it out, saying if it went too long we'd have to go, but it didn't.
12. When terrorists knocked over the World Trade Center (9/11/2001)
I hadn't turned the tv on that morning, running late for work, and by the time I leave for work in the morning it's 11 am New York time. I got into the car and my regular radio station was discussing war, and so was every station I turned to, so I ran back in the house and turned on the tv. I did go in to work, which was very surreal - everyone around me doing business as usual, and all I wanted was to be in front of the television.
1.When John F. Kennedy was shot (11/22/1963).
Not born, by about 2 years.
2. When Mt. St. Helens blew (5/18/1980).
Almost 15, living in Medford, OR so close enough that it was big news but not close enough to get any sort of ash fallout. I was kind of disappointed.
3. When the Challenger exploded (1/28/1986).
I had dreamed of a rocket expoding and woke up to the Challenger news on the radio - I don't know if it worked into my dreams or if it was a little precog, I had a few dreams like that during that time. Oddly, because I didn't have a TV, I didn't see the footage for about two or three years, even though I know it was played constantly.
3.5 Tianamen Square (6/4/1989).
I had a flu and a sinus infection, a fever of about 103, and just sat on the couch and stared. It made it even more surreal, I think.
4. When the 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco (10/7/1989).
I was working in a nursing home and turned all the televisions in patient's rooms to the same news channel so that I could keep up with the reports.
5. When the Berlin Wall fell (11/7/1989)
I remember this but only just...I think I had a lot of personal stuff going on so it didn't stand out as much as it should have. Mostly I remember people selling pieces of the wall.
6. When the Gulf War Began (1/16/91)
Listening obsessively to the radio waiting to hear that the war had started. Actually, I think the date is wrong here, I remember it being 1/21. My brother was in the Gulf on a Navy ship, and another girl in the office had family there too, so when news broke, we both got up from our desks and went into a conference room and listened and cried. After work, CJ & I walked to our favorite bar in downtown Portland, and the streets were just...empty. Quiet. Creepy.
7. When OJ Simpson was chased in his white Bronco (6/17/94).
Not caring in the slightest, and amazed that people were watching it.
8. When the building in Oklahoma City was bombed (4/19/95).
First heard about it through rumors in the smoking section at work. I felt bad for the people there.
9. When Princess Di was killed (8/31/97).
We were camping for my birthday, and the camp ranger, a very nice and lonely dyke who had adopted us for the weekend, brought coffee to our tent and woke us with the news. For some reason, Carolyn, Erin and I decided we had to watch the funeral.
10. When Bush was first announced president (11/7/2000)
I was working at Safetylogic and we were all news-junkies, and were so thrilled when Florida came through for Gore and we could all go home and relax. Phht. God, we were depressed the next day.
11. When the 6.8 earthquake hit Nisqually, WA (2/28/2001).
Sitting in the tv room asking CJ if she felt that....then running to the living room to stand in front of the bookcases, hoping to catch anything breakable that might fall. CJ was counting it out, saying if it went too long we'd have to go, but it didn't.
12. When terrorists knocked over the World Trade Center (9/11/2001)
I hadn't turned the tv on that morning, running late for work, and by the time I leave for work in the morning it's 11 am New York time. I got into the car and my regular radio station was discussing war, and so was every station I turned to, so I ran back in the house and turned on the tv. I did go in to work, which was very surreal - everyone around me doing business as usual, and all I wanted was to be in front of the television.
