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[kniteracy]

I Remember Townsend...

I wasn't planning on writing anything about the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, and I certainly wasn't planning on writing anything about the various memorials, films, documentaries, docudramas, or whatever you want to call the continual conversation about those events and the steps they influenced the United States to take.

If you only read one article about those events, read the LJ post I linked to above. bradhicks had a nice discussion of the day and the memorials and how that felt from his point of view as well, but I like this one. Even if you disagree with me politically, read it. Even if you think War Is Good, read it. It'll only take a few minutes. Then, go on out and do whatever you want to commemorate the day, even if what you want to do is pay no attention whatsoever. That's what I was doing, before I saw filkertom's and rmjwell's posts linking to it.

Me, I've got dinner to serve for five people tonight, the laughter of my family to listen to, kids to teach to sing, songs to write, and a novel to finish. It's a full enough day. I think we all do more good by living well.

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[roaming.livejournal.com]

Yes! We all do more good by living well. Which is why I often am not reading and writing about what I'm living. I feel______________ (guilty is not quite the word: maybe "lazy" or "inattentive") when I don't read and comment. But I find it takes SOOO much time. Here it is, nearly 4 pm, and I've spend the past four hours reading and commenting on LJ's of friends from JUST TODAY. It's a second job. (Or would be, if I had a job.) Meanwhile, yeh, I'm avoiding doing stuff in my own life, but it needs doing. Four hours would've made a dent in my to do list.

Gah, sorry to be venting in your LJ sweetie! I just think you of all people will understand, as your life is so much more stuffed than mine is with day-to-day responsibilities AND with dreams and talents and creativity you do and want to do. I may need to cut LJ friend list down to just those people I really know in person and really care about. Which would be about 10. Not that I don't like the rest, just that they don't touch my "real" life, it's just more information overload coming in. I know more about them, but am not really any closer to them.