Wednesday, March 10, 2004

My Nine Layers of Narcissism post sparked a conversation between Jaynee and me about the boys we’ve kissed.

Then Jared linked to it at The Thinklings in a post asking about first kisses, which sparked the muse in Jaynee, who has now posted some college memories here and here. It’s LOL stuff for me since we went to the same college, at the same time for two years.

Good stuff.

Sunday, July 20, 2003

Alan K. Henderson reminded me that today is the anniversary of the moon landing/walk - July 20, 1969.

I have a pretty good long term memory - I can remember details from my childhood that you wouldn’t believe. My first true memory is of watching the men on the moon on TV. I was two years old.

We lived in Oak Harbor, WA. My sister was exactly one month old. My mother’s parents were visiting. I was sitting on my Granddad’s lap, watching the coverage on the console TV we had. I can’t remember if it was color or black & white, although I remember the picture being black & white, of course. I remember understanding that what we were watching was a very big deal, it was years later that I knew exactly why.

So on this day, it makes me sad to think that we somehow lost the vision and passion to continue exploring the moon, space as we did in the 60s. And in light of the Columbia tragedy this year, I’m even more saddened that we may never get that vision and passion back.

If you’re interested in learning more about NASAs quest to get to the moon, rent From the Earth to the Moon - it’s one of the best TV miniseries, entertaining and educational all at once.

Btw, my sister thinks the moon landing was made up - complete fiction ala Capricorn One. I’ve mentioned this before, but I thought I would again because she is a freak, of course.