Obsession

I have this slight obsession. It's called Castle. It's this wonderfully awesome t.v. show that comes on ABC Monday nights at 9.
 I started watching it halfway through the first season during my sophomore year of High School. I have been hooked ever since. I like a lot of t.v. shows. I'd prefer not to repeat them all, so as not to embarrass myself with proof of my non-existent social life. So any who, Castle is the one tv show that I must know everything. Every spoiler, every little tidbit of info I can get. Its really an unhealthy obsession but I just can't help it. It just makes my school year. Starting in September and ending in May, it just makes the school year not so bad. Plus its conveniently placed on Monday nights, which helps me get through Mondays, since we all know that Mondays suck. I just have to tell myself to get through the day and at the end Castle will be on! I even own the first 3 seasons, the 4th just came out, I'll get that for my birthday or Christmas. :) I've watched them over and over again. They just cheer me up.
So here I am on a counting down the last 20 minutes until the season premiere is on. Thank you all for listening to my obsession. And if any of you need a new tv show to watch. Castle's got my recommendation.

18 minutes now. :) Nope 17.

9/11 - Where were you?

Where were you when the towers fell? I remember where I was. I was 8 years old. My first memory is my dad calling and my mom turning on the tv. The first tower was on fire. Then I had to go to school. I really had no idea what was going on. My 3rd grade teacher had rolled the TV into the classroom and there I watched the rest of the events unfold. Though I didn't understand fully what was happening I don't regret watching the the towers fall. I have had teachers and others say that kids as young as me shouldn't have watched it. That if I had been their child or teacher they would never have turned it on in front of me. But I disagree. My world changed with 9/11. I had not previously experienced war. I had never worried about getting on a plane. How would I ever understand why so many things were changing around me if I hadn't witnessed the cause of the changes myself.  I also will be one of the youngest to remember the Twin Towers, I will be one of the youngest to have Journal entries about it. Kids now will read about 9/11 in history books, just as I read about the JFK assassination. I had the chance to visit the site of the twin towers a few years ago, it was before all the debrie had been taken away. It was a humbling experience. to see how large the foundation was, and realize the magnitute of the buildings. I was in shock. I look forward to revisiting the site sometime soon with the memorial. To see that America can rebuild itself. I don't regret seeing the towers fall, I wish it had never happened but I don't regret knowing that it did. Because with this knowledge I will never forget. Will you?