punchy

[phosfate]

After a certain point you start finding amusement where you can. A video clip of the first tower collapsing on which a voice can be clearly heard shouting, "HOLY SHIT!!!" despite an announcer's voice-over. A local newscaster reading the 23rd Psalm as "Yeah, though I walk through..." Yeah. Groovy. Wondering when Dan Rather is finally going to finally have a meltdown and go totally Howard Beale on the air, and noticing that the whistle in his teeth grows more pronounced with every passing hour.

Then you see a line of exhausted firefighters trudging through the grey sludge that used to be buildings so tall that, even when you stood in front of them and looked directly at them, you couldn't begin to imagine how tall they were, and it's horrible again.

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[tsamm.livejournal.com]

I'm sure Rather was worse because if you ask me, he's crazy even under the best of circumstances, but last night I was pretty concerned about Peter Jennings as well. He looked nothing short of demented: hair disheveled, face red, utter nonesense coming out of his mouth. They really, really needed a second string at some point.

Re: repeated footage of plane hitting the tower: I was amazed by how "oh my GOD!" an expression I'd thought had bascially come to mean nothing, said so much in those clips--something about the utter horror, anguish, and disbelief in people's voices, I think.

[finabair.livejournal.com]

I noticed the same thing. At some point last night I was posting something to a list, glanced up at the TV and added, "PS - Peter Jennings really needs sleep." I couldn't help myself, he LOOKED in need of it in a really bad way.

I'm heading to bed now, but the news was just showing bunches of New Yorkers having a rally of sorts to thank all the rescue workers as they drive in. Or out. I couldn't tell which direction. That was great to see.

And at amazon.com, the donations have topped 1.8 million dollars.

[finabair.livejournal.com]

I just heard the first lady speaking, and my wax-filled ears heard "our parents" as "our parrots", which gave me a fit of giggles. You're not alone in the "punchy" department.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! PLEASE, GOD, NOT THE PARROTS!!!

[kirbyfest.livejournal.com]

I expect Dan Rather to lose it on a normal day. This week, it makes me twitchy to watch him.

I'm a Brokaw fan, myself; he's slightly more sane than Rather and he's not Jennings. But he's been getting cranky and nasty, too; they're obviously all running on fumes.

You know Tom Brokaw is on the edge when he wears those ugly-ass glasses and doesn't give a shit. :)

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

:: soda choke ::

I like NBC better, too, but the reception on the dining-room TV for it sucks.

Stephen King once wrote a wonderful description of Dan Rather. He said he liked watching him do the news because he always has this expression of being about to explode, that he's suddenly going to start shouting, "THEY'RE HERE! THE SHIPS ARE HERE! THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT!!!" and then be forcibly dragged off-camera by armed secret police.

[nitasee.livejournal.com]

::snork, choke, giggle::

That really needs to come with a soda spew warning.

[nitasee.livejournal.com]

After a certain point you start finding amusement where you can.

I read a news story that mentioned Ebay yanked an auction that read "World Trade Center, some assembly required". Ok, it was in poor taste, but we all need a relief valve somewhere. Everytime you see pictures of the area or hear the cries of the grieving and shell shocked you get gut punched again.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Poor taste is highly underrated.

well, you called that one....

[lolamontez.livejournal.com]

to wit: dan rather on the letterman show last night, 9/18.

Re: well, you called that one....

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Your ignorance continues to astonish, Lola.