Hi. I don't write often. I actually just lurk around here, but I wanted to express how much it means to me that everyone is so concerned with the recent events, or "attack on the us" as my local news coverage is calling it. I'm from NY and have many friends who live in NYC, Pittsburgh and DC, and today has been the most frightening, eerie day of my life. I've spent the day trying to call around (many phone lines are tied up) and so far, everyone seems to be safely accounted for. I'm currently living in MA and I feel so distant from what has happened and yet, it has effected everything around me. My school was closed today, all the news and radio is about the attacks and while I should be using this free time to study and do work, it almost feels disrespectful to the victims and families, to consider anything other than this tragedy. Sure, classes will go on tomorrow and George W will continue to "hunt and punish" whoever is responsible for this, but that doesn't make me feel better or safer. This is just the beginning and I'm glad to know that at least some people out there are taking it as seriously as I am. I just wish that more people took these sorts of things seriously when they were happening in other countries, because then maybe, we wouldn't be in the position we are now...but maybe it's for the best that we are. ===== *~*how scandinavian of me*~* __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+