Got me thinking

Angela(voice over): Grownups like to tell you where they were when President Kennedy was shot which they all know to the exact second. Which makes me almost jealous. Like I should have something important enough to know where I was when it happened.
- "Guns and Gossip", My So-Called Life, 1994

When I saw this episode when it originally aired, I completely agreed with her. I heard my dad's story of finding out that J.F.K. had been shot as he was hanging up his coat. My Grade 10 English teacher was sitting in the same desk I had for geometry. Not that I wanted something horrible to happen just something to define my generation. (The Internet age doesn't make for much of a story).

Since the hurricane hit the Southern U.S. it made me think of this quote. We are living in some crazy times.

I know exactly where I was when I found out the World Trade Center had been hit. I came into school early to do some maintenance on the computers. The principal was the only other person there and he always listens to CBC before school. He told me that the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane. At this point everyone thought it was just an accident. We soon found out very differently. The high school students and teachers spent the morning watching the news in silence. In my short career so far as a teacher I have never seen a group of teenagers be so silent for so long.

Looking back at what I thought about when I was watching My So-Called Life all of those years ago I can't help but think "Be careful what you wish for".