I seriously wish ff.net hadn't gone all patriotic on the public... Call me callous, but I don't see the point in moping the day away. There's a gaggle of girls in the parlor praying and whimpering and conducting hushed conversations, which is all well and good, but why?

Yes, horrible things happened a year ago, no, I don't believe the US of A should wipe them out of its collective memory, but neither do I believe in reliving it all. Once was enough, in my opinion, and, masochistic as I am, I have no intentions of turning back the clock. Remember and move on, honeys, there's no need to freeze time. You were fine yesterday, why have an angst attack today? 9/11 is only a date. If something deeply affected you last year, why bottle it away and explode with it now? Makes more sense to keep it in your mind at all times, not forgetting, not dwelling, but knowing it's there, accepting it, and moving along with things.

This is just my logic, mind, and therefore may or may not be entirely sensible.

I did consider wearing a little red, white, and blue ribbon today. I really did. But the thing practically impaled my thumb when I went to pin it on, and that was the end of that. Things didn't improve too much from there. Just because it is 9/11 does not mean I am not allowed to have a lousy day.

Adieu.