Memoirous

What WEIRD weather we are having. I'm surprised it isn't the end of the world--oh, wait!--that was last weekend. Right now, here in Chicago it's a blustery, wet 45 degrees! Though this weekend I hear it's going to get up to 92. It's enough to make a person's head explode. Speaking of which here is a link to the YouTube video taken by the same person who experienced the Joplin tornado from inside the convenient store beer cooler. This is called Aftermath. sorry will have to post it later, not working right now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-P4P68YyNM&feature=share

Remember how I last wrote that I wanted to make people uncomfortable. Well, watch this: It is a first-person account of the RECENT Joplin, MO tornado. It depicts a crowded backroom at a convenient store where 18 or 19 people have gathered. We don't know if they know each other. Obviously some have come there together, but mostly they are thrown together because of a disaster. And then . . . . About half way through you start hearing people say I love you. They are saying good bye. It's amazing in one way because this is life boiled down to its most basic. It's not about stuff or plans for tomorrow or the normal routine. You can actually feel in your gut the REALNESS in this first-person account video. Yup, it's intense and very uncomfortable. I've also tried to be real with myself--am I simply watching/listening to be voyeuristic. Honestly, I am. but that's also why I read certain things. I want to live vicariously. We are drawn, however much it makes us ...