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Submitted by <Snalty> (View user info) at 2006-09-08 17:15:33 EDT
With all these 9/11 posts, it got me thinking about where I was five years ago.
I was 17, and on a cross country road trip with my boyfriend at the time. We had both recently graduated high school. I was taking a semester off, and he was due to start at UC Davis at the end of the month.
Justin and I had left Titusville, Florida the day before. We were on the returning leg of the trip, and leaving that stinky little swamp town was the best part, even though we had to say goodbye to his grandma and her home-cooked enough-food-to-feed-an-army breakfasts. Due to a late start, we didn't get very far before we decided to find a motel for the night. I have no idea what town it was, somewhere just west of Pensacola, I suppose.
The next morning, I woke up and hopped in the shower. As most motel showers go, it was a luke-warm trickle of hard water, but at least I felt clean. I stepped out of the tub and on to the thin cotton bathmat, grimacing at its rough non-absorbency, only to hear Justin saying something through the door. I opened it to hear him more clearly.
"A plane crashed into the twin towers," he said flatly.
".....WHAT?!?!" was my reply.
He repeated it.
I turned to the TV screen, still dripping wet and barely covered by the tiny white hotel towel.
"I have to call my brother!"
My older brother, still in bed back home in California, would be celebrating his 24th birthday that evening, and no doubt already had dinner reservations at some upscale Italian bistro. He answered the phone with a grunt, the fog of sleep apparent through the crackling phone connection. I relayed him the news, and I could almost see his maniacal smile forming.
"YESSS!!!" he exclaimed. "All I could wish for on my birthday is death and destruction!"
It was then that I realized why I get along so well with my brother.
....first post.... "-2die" away if you like...
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-09-11 19:38:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-09-09 03:39:03 EDT (#)
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Perfect 0 on this post. I don't wanna ruin it either way.
Submitted by 2004Dreaming (user info) at 2006-09-08 23:27:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2006-09-08 17:42:04 (#)
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Auto-"asking for -2," -2.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2006-09-08 20:45:30 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2006-09-08 19:34:25 EDT (#)
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I'll bet you're an ugly fatbitch too
Submitted by BadAssJulie (user info) at 2006-09-08 18:36:38 EDT (#)
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Your brother's a dick and so are you. You should do well here.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2006-09-08 18:20:39 EDT (#)
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Welcome to uber, freak.
Submitted by awesome_face (user info) at 2006-09-08 18:14:22 EDT (#)
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meh
Submitted by r0fl (user info) at 2006-09-08 18:01:02 EDT (#)
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First post -2. If you didn't say it, you were probably getting anywhere from a 0-1. Welcome to Uber.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-09-08 17:48:49 EDT (#)
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I don't know if I'm -2ing you because you asked or because you insinuated that you agree that death and destruction is awesome on your birthday.
Hmm... I'll leave that question up to future historians.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2006-09-08 17:42:04 EDT (#)
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Auto-"asking for -2," -2.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2006-09-08 17:25:56 EDT (#)
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Kind of refreshing that this wasn't sappy or political.
Submitted by LSD420 (user info) at 2006-09-08 17:25:02 EDT (#)
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I hope to have a child as awesome as you some day
Submitted by UnderOathMeal (user info) at 2006-09-08 17:22:13 EDT (#)
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"YESSS!!!"