"Where were you..."

From Subversive Harmony


1. Where were you when you heard that Ronald Reagan died?
Sitting upstairs in my room at Mom's house, trying out some long
forgotten embroidery stitches, watching some thing on TV. I had caught
the skin between my thumb and forefinger in the scissors, and I was
trying to stop the bleeding when NBC News broke in and announced that
he had passed.

2. Where were you on September 11, 2001?
I was turning onto Shattuck Road in Andover, Mass., on the way to
work, when I heard about the first plane on the radio. At the time, I
thought it was a small plane hitting the first tower in some sort of
tragic miscalculation. It wasn't being called a terrorist act until I
got into work and went into the cafe (lunchroom). I had just sat down
with some of my friends when the second plane hit, with us watching it
all unfold on TV. It was then I realized what the date was-- 9/11.

3. Where were you when you heard that Princess Diana died?
At work in Chesapeake, Virginia, around 10pm, when someone had come
upstairs from the breakroom and said there had just been a report that
Diana was in a car accident. After I got home that night around 2am, I
flipped on the TV and watched the reports. By this time, it was being
reported that she had indeed died. I remember feeling really bad about
her sons not having a mother.

4. Do you remember where you were when you heard Kurt Cobain had died?
I don't really remember, but I do remember when I heard he had left
his driver's license in plain sight so that his body could be
identified. I had been home with a sick baby that day (my son, Marc,
who's 10 now)

5. Take one for The Gipper: What's your favorite flavor of jelly bean?
With all due respect to the late former President, I never liked jelly beans.

6. Where were you when Magic Johnson announced he was retiring from
the NBA due to AIDS?
I don't remember that, though I remember someone making a comment
about him being a "tail hound".


7. Where were you when Reagan was shot?
In high school. I was in my fourth period class when the principal
announced it on the P.A. system. Reagan was shot on March 30, 1981,
five years to the day before my son Jeff was born.


8.Where were you when the Challenger exploded?
Living in Seal Beach, Ca., sitting on the floor with my 2 year old
son, watching the launch on TV (I was 7 months pregnant with my son Jeff). Just before the launch, Daniel said he had to go to the potty, and since I was potty training him at the time, we went to the bathroom. When we came back, they had just shown a replay of the explosion, but had not yet said anything about the crew members fate. Later I learned the awful truth-- they had all perished


9. Where were you when the 0J verdict was announced?
At home in Norfolk, VA, waiting for the plumbers to come and fix the
toilet in the upstairs bathroom. The plumbers told me when they got
there that the verdict had come down as they were pulling into the
drive. I was not watching it on TV as I was not interested in the
case, since it was being played out in the press and I was rather sick
of it by that time.