CountryMouse's Refuge

Sitting here with sandals on, but it's gotten colder overnight, what with the passage of a cold front. Yesterday was rainy and WINDY!

I've been working more on my webpages, but mostly on fiddly stuff: I am in the midst of trying to make sure my pages look good at *any* resolution (well, that's gonna be impossible with the three pages that have side borders--I plan on making the images 1600 pixels wide, but eventually *someone* will have a higher resolution than that and the pattern will repeat. Moral: don't use side borders any more; go with the latest craze of triple borders).

::sigh:: And this morning my old old old copy of CuteFTP punked out on me ("illegal operation"). So I downloaded the newest version, but I am not knowledgeable enough to get it set up...and Cat'r is asleep right now. So I have a couple things I want to upload, but need to wait.

I added a couple links to my "Places To Go, People To See" (links) page (although the new links are not there yet, so don't bother ::grin::); and put a tiny Links section down at the bottom of my Briarberry page (also not there yet, because I can't upload).

Okay, what I really need to do now is get some socks on, then get some more sleep! (I "napped"/slept from 7pm-2:30am last night--the sound of the roaring wind was soothing...)

P.S. I put a pic of Sizzle, my latest Beanie Baby, up in my Diary section. It's from the Ty site, not my own photo. Also, no anchor, because I can't upload aaaarrrrrghhh It's in the March 9 entry. See below.

REMINDER TO SELF: put anchor in Diary 26 for Sizzle, upload Diary 26, edit URL here in this entry. -- DONE

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1:28pm: Okay, have uploaded edited/updated versions of my links page, Places To Go, People To See; my Briarberry page; and my latest Diary page, having the anchor now to take you pretty immediately to the Sizzle picture.

Okay tonight we will tape "The X Files" to watch later. At the same time that is taping I will be watching "9/11"...I am not sure if anyone else in the house will be watching it with me, other than at least one bear to hold, since it's not gonna be easy to watch. I sorta wish I could tape it, yet in a way I feel guilty for even wanting to watch it. Does watching it make me some kind of morbid gawker? ::sigh:: Anyone else with thoughts on this?

I got to the point of not watching shuttle lift-offs because I worried I was secretly waiting for something bad to happen (I am really thankful I didn't see the Challenger accident happen live). And Bunnicula and I both have stopped watching auto races for approximately the same reason: we don't really want to see people getting hurt.

So...it was bad seeing the collapse of the WTC twin towers live...I don't think that's something anyone can ever forget seeing. :-( So why am I going to watch this tonight? Should I be telling myself "it's history; we shouldn't forget" and other things? ::sigh:: I know I avoid graphic things (programs on The Holocaust come to mind); and everything I've read says that "9/11" is not graphic but very tense and gripping. Is anyone else waffling about watching this?

Still cold and need more sleep.

Comments don't seem to be working on LiveJournal right now, so I will quote weathermanphil here:

This was actually my reply to one of my friends journal entries. In her entry, she was talking about tonights special broadcast on CBS about the WTC on 9/11. Her question was, "Does watching it make me some kind of morbid gawker?" My reply was....

No, watching it does not make you a morbid gawker. It is a part of history, just like the attack of Pearl Harbor and the explosion of the Hindenberg. I believe one of the reasons why some people are against watching it is because they "lived through" this event. We experienced it firsthand with our own eyes. Most of us werent even born yet during the Pearl Harbor or Hindenberg incidents.

Most of my friends and coworkers here in NY will be watching the program. Even my friend that worked at 7WTC will be watching it and I know she went through a lot emotionally.

I may be wrong about this but it appears to me that the further someone lives from NY, the less likely that person would want to watch it. I know a lot of people here in NY will be watching it.
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I am taping it right now (it's still on). And your reply has eased my mind about watching it. You were there; you know people who were involved personally. If they are watching it and many others in NYC are watching it, then I guess that lends validity to the reason why it's being shown and why people would be watching the documentary.

I'll watch it later on. Thanks for your comment. :-)