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cat - 2005-07-07 21:28:49
Shalom to you to Sage LA. *Hugs*
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cat - 2005-07-07 21:30:06
too* (Sorry...)
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Witchful - 2005-07-07 22:07:09
I would have made jam too...if I knew how. The terrorists WANT people to be so afraid that their lives are altered. Going about our business (while still caring for our fellow man, of course) is the best "fuck you" I can think of.
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skibigsky - 2005-07-07 22:23:45
I thinking making jam is the absolute best reaction. I'm with Witchful on this one. I don't know how to make jam. And I had to go to work. And I don't have any jam-making supplies. But if I did, I would have. Instead, I hugged the cantancerous (sp?) spouse, kissed the poodles a lot, and went to work. Because yeah, all we can do is live our lives like we aren't in fear of this happening again.
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dichroic - 2005-07-07 23:47:14
There's a bit in Madeleine L'Engle's Ring of Endless Light where a mother recounts to her son how, when someone they loved died, she and the son's father first wept. They they made love, not in disrespect but in affirmation of life. Not sure I'd want to hear it from my mother but I agree with the sentiment. Same thing with making jam: love, food, and creation are all affirmations.
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Kim - 2005-07-08 02:35:08
Y'know, my cousin Margaret, upon hearing that our grandmother died, set up a pot of beans to cook, saying that she thought that was the best way to honor her, with a simple, daily life activity.
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Holly - 2005-07-08 10:31:14
I agree about the television news, I can only watch the same talking heads repeat the same things every 5 minutes for a short time before I have an urge to hurl a brick at my tv. I would much rather get my news online or in the paper, though I do check in w/the local news on occasion. The best revenge is going on about our daily lives and not letting stop us from going about our business. My friend Ava-reborn.diaryland.com, who lives outside of London wrote a great entry on that subject.
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dailypieces - 2005-07-08 11:06:14
Oh Gods I do the same thing! I tune it out and do something inanely normal. And yes, I haved yet to turn on the tv or radio and NOT hear about it. MHO is we're giving THEM the publicity they want. Its definitely Overkill IMO. Report it yes, obsess over it no.
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Melissa - 2005-07-08 11:47:42
I, unfortunately, got stuck at lunch with a group of people who wanted to watch Faux News.
*sigh*
I'm thankful that there are others in the world who realize that living in constant fear (like BushCo wants us to do so we comply) is NOT healthy, nor productive.
I took my normal subway/commuter train combo home yesterday without a worry. If I'm going to die in a terrorist attack, there's not a heck of a lot I'll be able to do about it, both before or at the time. Why should I live in the insane amount of constant panic we're told to internalize?
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red-wine - 2005-07-08 12:08:59
Well, you can see it like *spreading* peace like you *spread* jam? Get it?
Eh?
No?
Sorry. But it seems that most Londoners are pretty zen about the whole thing. They're used to it thanks to the IRA, but at least they don't expect the world to stop turning on its axis. Rule Brittania, I sez.
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red-wine - 2005-07-08 12:10:20
Well, you can see it like *spreading* hope and goodwill like you *spread* jam? Get it?
Eh?
No?
Sorry. But it seems that most Londoners are pretty zen about the whole thing. They're used to it thanks to the IRA, but at least they don't expect the world to stop turning on its axis. Rule Brittania, I sez.
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red-wine - 2005-07-08 12:10:20
Well, you can see it like *spreading* hope and goodwill like you *spread* jam? Get it?
Eh?
No?
Sorry. But it seems that most Londoners are pretty zen about the whole thing. They're used to it thanks to the IRA, but at least they don't expect the world to stop turning on its axis. Rule Brittania, I sez.
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Melissa - 2005-07-08 13:35:02
(Oh dear, there's another Melissa!) I didn't hear about it until a student came into my office shaking and in tears. "I need to try to call my daughter. She works in London, and rides the tube about that time..." Unsure what in the world she was talking about, I dialed the number for her, but it of course wouldn't go through. Comforted her, and she walked out. Then I pulled up Washington Post and realized. Her daughter called the office an hour later and left a message that she was fine. I went and found the student, and she was so relieved she kissed me. Such a surreal start to the day. During the residency, we're so often wrapped up in this bubble, news doesn't seep in, especially not in a manner at all personal, so it was a very different feeling.
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