Grr. Argh.
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002 08:07 amI wanted to get plenty of sleep last night. Apparently that wasn't meant to be. Apologies if I'm less coherent than usual.
I live very close to Washington, DC. After September 11 (and I know I'm not the only one who's sick of that phrase), while my online friends in other parts of the country were commenting on how quiet it was when all the airplanes weren't flying, the skies here were quite noisy. Military airplanes were constantly flying overhead. I'd go to school in DC and struggle to concentrate on my exams rather than on the sound of the droning helicopters. The sound of the helicopters just wouldn't stop. It was an incredible relief to come home where the sounds were more distant and I had some hope of pretending to myself that there wasn't a war going on.
After a few months, of course, flights resumed elsewhere and the military and police flights around here became much less intrusive. Welcome to the new normal.
Last night for a few hours it sounded like late September. The sound of the helicopters (and some airplanes) just wouldn't stop. I thought of turning on the news to find out if I should be worried, but figured I could worry just as efficiently tucked in my warm bed covered by ignorance.
Last night, the Maryland Terrapins won some sporting event or other. (Okay, okay, they're champions. Go Terps!) Many students in College Park rioted because that's the in thing to do these days. I probably would have heard the shouting here if there hadn't been a constant drone of helicopters overhead.
A commercial jet mistakenly flew over the White House last night. That "security violation" probably isn't related to the helicopters I heard either.
The Arabs and Israelis are still fighting the same war they've fought for the last few thousand years. That's always a good excuse for terrorism, isn't it? Yes, I'm disjointed now. I'm tired of all these reasons for anxiety.
A new study reveals that Americans are having difficulty sleeping in the wake of the terrorist attacks. I wonder how many of those insomniacs are just tired of hearing helicopters droning and military jets screaming overhead.
There is still beauty in the world. Being much too tired to focus on work and still having that pain in the back of my thigh are excellent reasons to skip work and wander around amongst the cherry blossoms, don't you think?
I live very close to Washington, DC. After September 11 (and I know I'm not the only one who's sick of that phrase), while my online friends in other parts of the country were commenting on how quiet it was when all the airplanes weren't flying, the skies here were quite noisy. Military airplanes were constantly flying overhead. I'd go to school in DC and struggle to concentrate on my exams rather than on the sound of the droning helicopters. The sound of the helicopters just wouldn't stop. It was an incredible relief to come home where the sounds were more distant and I had some hope of pretending to myself that there wasn't a war going on.
After a few months, of course, flights resumed elsewhere and the military and police flights around here became much less intrusive. Welcome to the new normal.
Last night for a few hours it sounded like late September. The sound of the helicopters (and some airplanes) just wouldn't stop. I thought of turning on the news to find out if I should be worried, but figured I could worry just as efficiently tucked in my warm bed covered by ignorance.
Last night, the Maryland Terrapins won some sporting event or other. (Okay, okay, they're champions. Go Terps!) Many students in College Park rioted because that's the in thing to do these days. I probably would have heard the shouting here if there hadn't been a constant drone of helicopters overhead.
A commercial jet mistakenly flew over the White House last night. That "security violation" probably isn't related to the helicopters I heard either.
The Arabs and Israelis are still fighting the same war they've fought for the last few thousand years. That's always a good excuse for terrorism, isn't it? Yes, I'm disjointed now. I'm tired of all these reasons for anxiety.
A new study reveals that Americans are having difficulty sleeping in the wake of the terrorist attacks. I wonder how many of those insomniacs are just tired of hearing helicopters droning and military jets screaming overhead.
There is still beauty in the world. Being much too tired to focus on work and still having that pain in the back of my thigh are excellent reasons to skip work and wander around amongst the cherry blossoms, don't you think?
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