12.09.06
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You know what bothers me? Nine-eleven. 9/11. And our country's absolute obsession with it. How many movies, books, bumper stickers, t-shirts, hats, and television specials do we need? I know it is all in our desperate attempt to "Never forget." But honestly, are we ever really going to? What is the likelihood that anyone alive that day, old enough to recollect, is going to forget. Where they were, what they were doing, who they thought of, what they did, how they felt, the pictures and sounds on their televisions and radios.
I know we're just trying to force ourselves to remember. But, in my opinion, it all cheapens it. If we need made for tv movies and bumper stickers to remember the men and women who died that day, then we're a pretty pathetic lot it you ask me. I know, it's in their honour. Excuse me, when I die, don't plaster me all over t-shirts.
It just really irritates me. All of it. I feel like we're not letting it rest. And we're not ever going to forget, so lets stop ramming it down one another's throats.
I saw something today that really bothered me. In Afghanistan, they've just spent millions of dollars on starting a tv station and opening a luxurious mall. Yet, there are still millions of people living in boxes, suffering because they have no health care and eating dirt because they don't have money because they don't have jobs. It sounded and appeared a little too much like our country. It's sad. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. Maybe George Bush can run for office there next and send three thousand of their young people to death.
I'm not a political person so I know it all sounds foriegn coming from me. But sometimes it all gets to be just a little too much to handle.
Another thing that makes me sad about 9/11.
Why is it, we only take the time to "appreciate living" on the anniversary of that day? Shouldn't we appreciate living every single day that we do it? People should go home every day and tell their lover that they love them. And take the time to notice how beautiful the moon looks when it's full and feel greatful that they actually get to see it. We should always appreciate and be thankful for our families and loved ones and tell them how much they mean to us. Not just on September 11th, not just on Thanksgiving. But every single day.
I know that I am beyond appreciative of the life I have. Even if it's been in pieces since my Grandmother died. Even if my mom doesn't love me for the truth about me. Even if my friends abandon me.
I have love and I have never appreciated life more than I do now.
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