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melopene · 05-02-2011, 02:22 AM

I was doing some solo-building at the time, and came to a complete standstill. I saw on Twitter that Obama had scheduled a statement for 10:30 PM from the East Room, which I knew was really unusual, especially since the Press Sec had called a full lid earlier in the day. I started hitting up Fark threads about that time to see what the buzz was about.

Of course, the announcement got pushed at least an hour back, and about 15 mins before the news leaked, my girlfriend called me to ask WTF was going on. CNN and others were reporting that it was national security related, but not having to do with Libya. I knew, right then, and told her that's what I thought happened.

But yeah, I called it.

Ironically, on 9/11, I was also on a MUD - not building, I don't think, but on - and had gotten an IM from a friend nearby in the DC suburbs who told me that a plane had hit the WTC. Also, I ended up on Fark for most of that day, since everything was out. MUDs and Fark, two seeming constants in my life.

It's been a really crazy week, especially after everything that's gone on here. I think our biggest concern here in Alabama is that this is going to completely quash what little attention was being paid to the storm damage, which is beyond words and will take months and years to recover from.

05-02-2011, 02:22 AM	#2
melopene Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 118	Re: Usama bin Laden is dead I was doing some solo-building at the time, and came to a complete standstill. I saw on Twitter that Obama had scheduled a statement for 10:30 PM from the East Room, which I knew was really unusual, especially since the Press Sec had called a full lid earlier in the day. I started hitting up Fark threads about that time to see what the buzz was about. Of course, the announcement got pushed at least an hour back, and about 15 mins before the news leaked, my girlfriend called me to ask WTF was going on. CNN and others were reporting that it was national security related, but not having to do with Libya. I knew, right then, and told her that's what I thought happened. But yeah, I called it. Ironically, on 9/11, I was also on a MUD - not building, I don't think, but on - and had gotten an IM from a friend nearby in the DC suburbs who told me that a plane had hit the WTC. Also, I ended up on Fark for most of that day, since everything was out. MUDs and Fark, two seeming constants in my life. It's been a really crazy week, especially after everything that's gone on here. I think our biggest concern here in Alabama is that this is going to completely quash what little attention was being paid to the storm damage, which is beyond words and will take months and years to recover from.