I haven't written in my LJ in....well, forever. I come back and check it on occasion, but haven't actually said anything. I don't know why, but I felt the urge to answer this writers block prompt.

Tuesday, September 11, 2001. I was a Freshman at Clarion University. Tuesdays and Thursdays I had my computer class at...9:30, I believe? I got up that day and got dressed to go to class the same as any other day. I didn't have my radio or TV on. Some mornings I would, but not that morning. I sat through an entire classing having NO CLUE what was going on. Nobody said anything...I guess none of them knew, either.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I would eat lunch with two girls I had met because we were always in the Student Center during the same time on those days...and one of them, I had the same afternoon class with. History of Rock Music. Normally, we were the ONLY ones that were in the one little TV area in the Student Center. That morning I walked in and it was PACKED. I was confused, but didn't give it a second thought. My best friend's birthday is in November, so I went into the bookstore to see if I could find her a gift. The radio was on and I heard something about a plane going down down near Pittsburgh (at least, I at the time I thought I heard near Pittsburgh...at any rate, I knew it was in Pennsylvania). Again, I didn't give it a second thought. After all, there is a major airport in Pittsburgh. And though it was sad, occasionally planes would go down.

When I came out of the bookstore, I saw the sister of above mentioned best friend sitting in the area I normally ate lunch. She was one of the many students glued to the TV. I walked over and asked her what was up and why all those people were there. That's when I heard the words "We're under attack. They flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon."

I don't remember if I went to get my lunch that day. I remember sitting and watching the news footage. I went to my next class and on the way, people were just walking around in a daze. Myself and my friend stopped to talk to people. Hugged perfect strangers. In class...nobody paid attention to the video that day. We all sat in small groups and just...talked about what was going on. Our professor didn't care. After class I went back to the dorm and called my mom. Then I sat in the TV room on our floor...it was packed with people. We just all sat and watched in horror all of the footage. It was the most surreal feeling I've ever had in my life. My parents came down and we went to dinner together, and...I didn't want them to go home. Even though I was no where near it, I was still scared. I remember being afraid that it wasn't over. That while everyone was focused on New York and on the East Coast, something was going to happen on the West Coast.

I've never forgotten that day, and I never will.

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I'm back in icon making mode, again. So, I just signed up for bwlims. All the icons makers on my flist...go join!

MAH ICONS.

default	oldest	newest
saddest	happiest	angriest
cutest	sexiest	funniest
fave ship	fave fandom	fave animated
best quote	best textless	best stolen idea
use the most	favorite

HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: 109
OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 118
IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: OMG, YES!!! I'm about to run out of paid time/extra icons and it makes me want to cry.
DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: Not really. They are just a hodge podge of things I like
WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: NASCAR
AND THE SECOND MOST: Lost
WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Roxy and Trevor
ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: It's about an even mix
DO YOU MAKE ICONS: Yup
ARE THEY ANY GOOD: I hope so
ANIMATED ICONS ARE:I NEED MORE!!!

DO THE MEME.
Coding can be found here

ATTENTION ICON MAKERS!

I am signing up for anything_lims. It's starting in just a few days (January 9th), so it's not too late for YOU to sign up as well!

supernatur_lims

You know you want to.

Just did a small friends cut. Literally small. Like...six people. Just people that hardly ever update, or the ones who I just never CLICKED with. I might cut more, eventually. Most of you are safe. If you find that you were cut, I'm sorry, it's nothing personal.

Been playing around with icons, again. Following some tutorials. What do you think?

ATTN LOST FANS


I was playing around with icons today, and this is what I came up with so far....well, that I can show you right now, at least. I have two more currently entered in contests. I'll post those once I can. Let me know what you think! I'm particularly proud of the shipper icons, so any constructive criticism/feedback on those would be especially appreciated.

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ATTENTION SYD!!!!

I used the post that hellokimberly made to expirament with icons.

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Someone explain to me how I can make icons like that out of someone I don't like...but when I play around with Bug I'm never satisfied?


PS- the icon I'm posting with is new, too. Lemme know what you think.

Ah, the childness that comes to LJ with NASCAR season. It amuses me. The other day, Tiffany told me about a (public) post that flippinforcarl had made in their LJ, concerning Dale Jr. The post was entitled "An Open Letter to Junior Fans". Well...I'm a Junior fan, that means it's an open letter to me, therefore I'm entitled to comment on it, correct?

The contents of the post were as follows:

Have any of you ever stopped to think that if Dale had intended for complete control of DEI to go to Jr that he would have put that in his will? Maybe Dale wanted Teresa to have complete control. The world will not come to an end if Jr doesn't drive the 8 car. What makes him any more special than any other driver? Frankly all of this bullshit surrounding Jr is turning me off of NASCAR. The races are turning into the Dale Jr show and it sucks. He's a mediocre driver at best. I hope he never wins another race so his fans finally realize that it's the driver, not the team. A good team can't win with a driver that isn't that good. Hell, he's 32 years old and is just now learing to say more than that the car is a piece of shit. His fans need to wake up and realize that the entire world does not revolve around him. I can't wait to see him try to bully Jeff and Jimmie like he did to Micheal and Steve. Maybe Micheal and Steve were stupid enough to believe that only Jr was allowed to win, but I doubt that Jeff and Jimmie will buy into it. Someone needs to teach that little boy a lesson. That's right, Jr is a little boy. He didn't get his way, so he is taking his toys and playing somewhere else. Maybe if he grows up and stops letting Kelley be the puppetmaster, he can accomplish something. If you want to hate anyone, hate her. She pulls the strings and makes Jr do her bidding. He has little business experience of his own. Kelley does all the real work. DEI would be in her control not Jrs. I am sick of hearing people bashing Teresa constantly. She helped to build DEI. She has the right to it.


Nice, no? Well, since it is an OPEN letter to Junior fans, I decided to reply (even knowing that Tiffany had been banned from commenting in said journal, due to having the audacity to reply and not agree with her). My initial reaction was to just comment with a "Oh, shut the fuck up." Mostly because I was not in a pleasant mood that day to begin with. However, I knew this was not overly mature of me, so I decided to wait a couple of days until my mood had gotten better. I wanted to think out my response, and put a little effort into it. Last night, I left the following comment on the entry:

Okay, I'm going to comment here because...I see some flaws in some of your reasoning. I realize that it's all just your opinion, and you have the right to state it as you see it...but I also would like to throw my two cents into the mix.

I won't comment too much on the control of DEI thing, as nobody can be 100% sure of all the details in that situation. What I will say, however, is that I've heard even people in the sport...who knew Dale...that he always meant for that company to be for his kids. It's not just the fans who are saying it. Why he didn't change his will, I don't know. None of us do, and never will.

As for your claims that Junior's problems lie with the driver and not the equipment...it's quite interesting to look back over this past year and realize that all of his worst finishes? Due to equipment failure. 5 out of 6 DNFs were due to engine loss. In fact, I don't think it's too far fetched to say that he would be in the Chase right now if not for equipment failure.

I also gather, from what I'm reading, that you feel he only ever did well because his teammates were "bullied" into believing that only Junior could win. Well, you said it yourself...a "good" team can't win with a driver that isn't that good. I'm sorry, but Michael and Steve don't exactly have illustrious careers away from DEI. Could it be that the problem was that...they were the problem?

You don't have to like him, and you don't have to agree with his career moves. Hell, you don't even have to like his fans if you don't want to (and, apparently...you don't). But, there's also really no reason to be rude and condescending about it. You go on believing what you want, and allow us to believe what we want. To the best of my knowledge, and forgive me if I'm wrong, but nobody has made a personal attack against you so, why the big fuss just because some of us choose to stand behind a driver that you don't necessarily like?


Not too bad of a response, I don't think.

This morning, just for shits and giggles, I decided to see I had suffered the same "banned from commenting" fate as Tiffers. But, oh no, this gets better. The ENTIRE POST HAS BEEN DELETED (or, possibly changed to Friends Only). Hmm...talk about not getting your way, so you take your toys and play elsewhere. Apparently we can't handle it when people don't agree with every word we say, or if they are able to offer counter arguements to what we've said. God forbid we try to defend our views. Oh, no, we'll just hide and pretend like it never happened.

I've also been banned from commenting in her journal.

On another note...I don't know if this has anything to do with my comment or not, but the Chase icons I posted the other day? She had taken two of them and were using them. They've since been deleted from her icons. Possibly related, possibly not. I can't say for sure.


For the record, I'm making this post public and comments won't be screened. If anyone knows her and wants to tell her about this post...go for it. I, unlike her, am not a baby. I have the balls to not have to hide behind friends filters, screened posts, and banning people from commenting.

The saddest part of it all...is that she is (supposedly) older than I am. Wow. Grow up.

If it's the driver, not the equipment...then perhaps you'd like to explain to me why he was running up front almost all damn night, right up until the equipment failed. Yeah...makes sense to me.

I'm going to delete the other one, since I messed up.



I want everyone who comes across this journal, whether on my friends list or not, to leave me an anonymous comment. Say absolutely anything you want: a joke, an insult, a secret, a lyric, a promotion, whatever you feel like leaving. Be as nice as you like, or as nasty as you like. It's all up to you.

Title: Once Upon A Time, Amanda and Amber Did Not Have Enough Sleep
Fandom:Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring/LOST/Pirates of the Caribbean/Harry Potter
Authors: taraamber and juniorfan29
Pairings: You name it, we got it.
Rating: S for silly
Crossposted in: taraamber and leprechaunmuse
Spoilers: Pirate of the Caribbean At World's End
Disclaimer: Not ours. Though they should be. We do it better.

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