WPBP of the day

stina93446

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood?

Your favorite animal?

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999?

Where were you when you found out about 9-11?

stina93446

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood?Vanilla cigar smoke.
Your favorite animal?Penguins! So cute, and they're always dressed for special occasions. Although, I don't like albino penguins.
What did you do for New Year's eve 1999? My parents gave my siblings and I each a glass of champagne out of a swarovski crystal glass. I thought it tasted bad. We watched the ball drop on tv.
Where were you when you found out about 9-11? I first heard it on my morning radio program, but being sheltered and naive, I didn't know what the WTC WAS! So I changed the channel. When I got to school, my teacher had us sit down and explained it. Wow, I knew NOTHING!

CTGirl30

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood?

sugar cookies = Christmas!

Your favorite animal? Owls. They are actually very sensitive and loyal - I recently learned that they mate for life and if one's partner dies the other will not seek out a new mate but will live out the rest of it's life in a kind of mourning. I thought that was very touching...plus they're cute. :-)

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999?  I was 21 and having the party of a lifetime at a friend's house.

Where were you when you found out about 9-11? I was at work at my then part-time job. I left work when my shift ended and went home to watch the news. I had to go to my grad school class that day (an hour's drive away) and I didn't want to leave home to go but I did and we just talked about it. I have family in NYC and my uncle walked quite a ways to get home - with his recently broken ankle still in a cast. Thankfully I didn't know anyone who passed away due to the attacks. But I'll never forget that morning and how chilling it was to see all the cars driving with American flags attached to them, waving, in the days after. I live in CT and as a neighbor of NY I think we felt it pretty strongly here.

megk8oz

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood? Sunscreen

Your favorite animal? Turtles. I don't really have a reason, but whenever I see them, they always seem to be doing something adorable. And I manatees.

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999? My parents throw a big NYE party every year

Where were you when you found out about 9-11? I was in band when it actually happened, but since there were kids in my school that may or may not have had parents in the city, they kept in pretty hush-hush. Like a few teachers put on the radio, (I was actually listening when the first tower fell ... but I remember not believing it happened) but nobody was allowed to put on the tv and they weren't allowed to actually talk about it. Parents where coming in left and right and just pulling kids out of school. At the time, my dad had this big HVAC job on a campus in NYC, and I just remember spending all day terrified that he was there that day (This was before I had a phone). I didn't find out everything until I came home and my parents had the news on. My dad could actually see the Manhattan skyline from his office in NJ, and actually came straight home after he saw the second plane hit.

baystateapple

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood? Fresh-cut grass reminds me of running around my parents' yard all day and into the evening.

Your favorite animal? Platypi and guinea pigs

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999? I was 16, so I stayed home with my parents.

Where were you when you found out about 9-11? I was in the cafeteria my freshman year of college.  I walked in and everyone was clustered around the TV.  The first plane had just hit.  I thought that it was just a pilot who made a critical error, I didn't realize it was a 747 until a few minutes later.  By the time breakfast was over, the second plane had hit.  By the time my first class was over, the Pentagon had been targeted.  It was really scary.  Kids were running around, crying, calling their parents.  And for some reason, they didn't cancel classes, or allow TVs in the rooms.

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What is a smell that reminds you of childhood?

Tuna fish. My mom makes the best tuna fish sandwiches, so when I smell tuna I think of her, which makes me thing of childhood.

Your favorite animal?
I have so many. All types of cats. Pelicans (I rehabbed them and gained a whole new respect), giraffes (worked with them and again, whole new respect for them).

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999?

Not a clue, probably slept. or that might of been the year we were at my dad's and scarfed down a bunch of grapes to the countdown and my brother almost choked (we heard some weird tradition where people eat a grape per second)

Where were you when you found out about 9-11?
Sitting in my 10th grade Chemistry class. Our principal came over the PA system and said what happened then our teacher turned on the news. A girl a couple classrooms over screamed because her dad worked in the trade towers and I heard she ran out in tears trying to call him. Then someone asked what the trade towers were (we're in Florida, so a lot of us have never been to NYC) and my teacher drew a diagram on the board then explained that because they were so big they were 'in the way' for a lot of airport flight patterns. Then she said 'well, i guess they won't be in the way anymore.' I lost a lot of repsect for her in that moment because even though we didn't quite know what was happening yet, it was clear that thousands were going to die, or already had.

jagore08

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood?

Moth balls.  Odd, I know but it reminds me of my Granny's house that I went to every summer.

Your favorite animal?

Manatee

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999?

I worked (CNA at a nursing home).

Where were you when you found out about 9-11?

I was in my apartment getting ready for class.  I thought it was a movie on tv at first until I realized I was watching the news.  Then I found out the campus was closed down because I lived in Tallahassee and they were afraid that the terrorist was going after Bush (Bush's bro was governor of FL).

caseyandlizzie

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood?  Honeysuckle...we had a bush in our backyard and it smells glorious!

Your favorite animal? My cat is my favorite. Close second are penguins.

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999? Went to a party at my friends parents house. When one of our friends passed out, we decorated him with christmas decorations.

Where were you when you found out about 9-11? I was on my way to perform at my college's presidential inauguration. The ceremony was held at the basketball arena and when I got there I found that they were broadcasting footage on the jumbotron. It was pretty surreal.

suz62984

Childhood Smell? the smell of a stable/barn

Favorite Animal? Dog

New Years 1999? I wasn't allowed to go out on New Years because my mom was over-protective. She didn't have plans so I had to stay home with the fam.

9-11? I had just walked into creative writing. We were sitting there wondering where the teacher was. She ran in screaming/in tears. She keep saying turn on the TV.  About 1 minute later the 2nd plane hit. The big thing that stood out to me was when the first building fell. The reporter was doing a live interview and it started falling. The camera was still on as everyone ran for cover. The reporter kept screaming where's dan, where's dan until they cut the feed.

ETA: I almost forgot. Our rival high school had a class that had taken a trip to NY and was visiting the twin towers that morning. Thankfully they were running very late for their tour. They got stuck in traffic getting to the sight when they found out the towers were hit. Talk about lucky!

tidetravel

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood? Fresh cut hay.  Wet leaves in the fall.

Your favorite animal?  Polar Bears.  It makes me sad that they may not be here when Taryn grows up.

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999?  I don't know.  It was my last year of highschool.

Where were you when you found out about 9-11?  I was at work at the racetrack.  I had brought one of the horses in from exercise, and my co-worker mentioned that one of the towers had been hit.  We talked about whether or not it was an accident or terrorism.  The second tower hit confirmed the latter.  A little while later, I was out with another horse and saw black smoke from the track.  When I got back, Paul said the Pentagon had been hit.  We cut the day short, set the horses up for the night and went home, to try to beat traffic.

tidetravel

It's heartwarming/interesting/sad that everyone remembers exactly what they were doing when the planes hit.  I guess every generation has at least one of those days, though.

suz62984

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[QUOTE]It's heartwarming/interesting/sad that everyone remembers exactly what they were doing when the planes hit.  I guess every generation has at least one of those days, though.
Posted by tidetravel[/QUOTE]

That's what my grandfather told me would happen. I even have the newspaper from the day after the crash. I also remember the "breaking news" report when we first bombed iraq.

jaimed99

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood? as bad as it sounds...cigarette smoke
Your favorite animal? either penguins or orcas
What did you do for New Year's eve 1999? I honestly don't remember...I was probably at my BFF's house, that's where I usually ended up on NYE
Where were you when you found out about 9-11? Work...one of the girls I was working with was listening to the radio and was telling us what happened as it happened...then we turned the TV on...

AdeleDazeem

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood? sunscreen.

Your favorite animal? hmm...

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999? I was in Nashville.

Where were you when you found out about 9-11?

   I turned on the TV before class senior year of college to check the weather.  I laughed a little because the smoking towers looked like cigarettes, so I called my roommates in.  One of them said "do you think a plane did that?" and we were like "hell no!"

   EDIT: at that point, Peter Jennings literally had no idea what was going on.  It didn't occur to us that this was a far more serious situation.

   We all went to class.  We made it halfway before class was interrupted, canceled, and we spent the rest of the day in front of the TVs.  I've never seen my campus so silent.

AdeleDazeem

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[QUOTE]It's heartwarming/interesting/sad that everyone remembers exactly what they were doing when the planes hit.  I guess every generation has at least one of those days, though.
Posted by tidetravel[/QUOTE]

I can remember every detail of that day.

Before 2001, I remember always asking "where were you when Kennedy was shot?" and saying "I wonder if we will have one of those days."  Now I'm wondering what will be "the day" for the next generation.

emilyinchile

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood? Peach (not fresh peaches, but like artificial peach perfume)...Body Shop used to make this peach body spray that I wore every day when my family and I took a trip to Guatemala in middle school, and the smell always brings me back to that.

Your favorite animal? Dog

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999? Hung out at a friend's...I was 14, so it was pretty low-key.

Where were you when you found out about 9-11? At home getting ready for school. We didn't usually watch TV in the mornings, but my mom had the news on. Both towers and the Pentagon had been hit by the time I woke up, since I'm from CA. I went to school anyway, as did most people, but we had an assembly about it and just generally had a weird day. My BF at the time was a freshman at NYU, and of course cell phones were out, so I was worried about him until he managed to send me an e-mail that afternoon letting me know he was ok. I still have the e-mail he sent describing that first day and a candlelight vigil he went to...pretty powerful stuff.

Licia&Wayne

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood? Old house smell. A combination of mothballs and cleaning solutions. It reminds me of my grandma's house. 

Your favorite animal? The muppet actually named Animal. Nary an animal can compare to his sweet drumming skills.

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999? Well, I was in 8th grade so I had some of my friends over and we like totally watched MTV's programming while drinking sparkling grape juice. At midnight we ran down to the end of my block and tried to get the stoplight to change by jumping on the sensors. It didn't work but we thought we were sooo cool.

Where were you when you found out about 9-11? Second period study hall my sophomore year of high school. They let us go into the teacher's lounge to watch news programming until we had to go to our next class.

emilyinchile

Tide, what did you do working with horses? I love horses...rode for 8 years when I was younger and miss it.

SarahPLiz

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood?

a good dark roux cooking.

Your favorite animal?
to play with- dogs
to watch- otters

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999?
Probably was at a bonfire with my HS BFF's house. I don't particularly remember. was my sophomore year of college.

Where were you when you found out about 9-11?
The first news report came on the radio as I was pulling into work (an audit job at an international school in Houston), but all that was said was "a plane crashed into the WTC in New York. what idiot wouldn't see a building in his way?" and then they went on to other news. I never thought anything else about it until the afternoon when I went to meet with the exec. director, and they said she was in a meeting and the school was on lockdown. Being an auditor, alone on the job in a room barely the size of a closet, no one had even thought to tell me about the other planes. I sat and listened to the radio with the secretaries in disbelief. I worried about the safety of my Pakistani coworker and her family, given the obvious potential for backlash against all middle eastern people. When I got home, I sat in front of the TV with my roommate ( a 3rd Grade Teacher) and we cried. She had been keeping it together all day because they couldn't tell the students, and the dam just broke for both of us. it was an awful day.

saxy414

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood? Pipe smoke

Your favorite animal? Giant pandas

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999? I was at a friend's house playing Twister--I remember asking my boyfriend every 5 minutes to get off his Gameboy and have fun. 

Where were you when you found out about 9-11? Tenth grade English--our principal came on the PA and said that two planes had just hit the World Trade Center in NYC, and that teachers could turn on the TV if they wanted.  My friend and I looked at each other and mouthed, "it takes a certain kind of stupid for TWO planes to hit" and our teacher turned on the tv, said, "Oh my gosh!  There are people in there!" Then turned it off and had us take a vocab quiz.  We didn't actually know how serious it really was until the next period--we watched the second tower fall in the h.s. cafeteria, and pretty much watched the news for the rest of the day.

tidetravel

Emily - I've had horses pretty much my whole life (my parents got our first horse when I was in 4th grade.)  I grew up riding english, and did jumper/dressage showing for a little while, but I didn't like to competitiveness of it.  I fox hunted occasionally, and mostly just enjoyed trail rides. 

I worked at the stables that I grew up in while I was in HS, and then I worked at as a groom at a harness racetrack for a couple of years.  It's too bad that wasn't a well-paying or stable job, because I loved every bit of it. 

I still have a horse - Angie.  She's 24 this year, and I've had her since she was 7.  We took Taryn for her first "pony ride" a few weeks ago.  DH and I have been discussing whether or not we want to "encourage" her, if she ends up being a horse person.  It's an expensive, lifelong hobby.     

bbyckes

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood?

The smell that reminds me of my childhood would probably be gasoline.  I remember driving with my dad in his old gas guzzling Camaro and the whole thing would smell like gas.  It was fun riding around with him and the association isn't a bad one.

Your favorite animal?

I'll be generic and say doggies. 

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999?

I was huddled inside my house with my son and boyfriend watching movies, waiting for the ensuing chaos - that as we all know  never materialized.

Where were you when you found out about 9-11?
I was at home asleep.  My boyfriend called me and told me to turn on the TV because "something" was happening.  I turned on a news channel and didn't believe what I was seeing.  The first plane had gone into the building and I tuned in right before the second flew in.  I seriously thought I was watching a movie or a joke.  I was just stunned.  I sat there in our livingroom staring incomprehensibly at the television screen.  My son was 5 years old.  I was 27 at the time.  It was an entirely surreal experience.

aerinpegadrak

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood?  Firewood.  The hotel in Scottsdale when we were on our honeymoon smelled like burning firewood, and it took me back to vacationing in the mountains with my parents.

Your favorite animal?  Penguins!  We got to pet one at Sea World.  DH also got to pet a tiger shark when he was in (I think) high school.

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999?  I had planned to go over to my best friend's house, but my mom had, for some reason, told me that I couldn't.  She then changed her mind, but my friend had made other plans.  So she took me to see The Green Mile instead.  I was 13 and it was my first R-rated movie (well, the first one she knew about), so it was a major apology from her.

Where were you when you found out about 9-11?  I had just woken up, and my mom called me down because a prop plane had hit the tower.  I was still really tired and didn't quite know what was going on, but I remember seeing the video they had of the first plane.  I hung out in the library before school since the bus got us there really early, and they had the TV on, so we watched the first tower fall.  Most of the classes had their TVs on; I remember seeing the giant plume of smoke over Ellis Island from the choir room.  In my combined history/literature class, we ran some numbers and determined that, had it been a little later in the day, it might have been the bloodiest day in American history.

jenn.daniel

What is a smell that reminds you of childhood? nothing that I can think of. 

Your favorite animal? elephants

What did you do for New Year's eve 1999? I was at my BBF's house watching the ball drop with her and her parents

Where were you when you found out about 9-11? I just gotten to 2nd period Latin when one of the seniors came in and told us about it.  We watched online for a while, but then we had to start class.

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[QUOTE]I'm quite surprised that so many of your schools went on with classes.  We didn't.  In fact, the day became so pointless academically, everyone just going on and on rehashing it, that I checked out at lunch.
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In my case, we didn't really do work. We pretty much just talked about what was going on, and we did have a special assembly for the whole school. I guess the idea was to keep some sort of structure, and looking back I think being broken up into class-sized groups with adults probably allowed for better conversation than if we'd just huddled with our friends.

gottahavashorti

[QUOTE]I'm quite surprised that so many of your schools went on with classes.  We didn't.  In fact, the day became so pointless academically, everyone just going on and on rehashing it, that I checked out at lunch.
Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]
I think all but the class I was in at the time and one or two classes went on as usual.  But since the TVs weren't allowed to be on, no one had about what was going on anyway.  I didn't know that the twin towers had offices in them until then, I thought they were just another landmark trying to be the tallest building and not something functional.