Horseshoes, Hammers and 9/11

The Horseshoe Sandwich was a success!! (It also gave me a chance to make Josh cook something- the burgers!) Check it out!


Again, it's Texas Toast on the bottom (you can find it in the freezer section, we used Garlic flavor), a burger, fries (crinkle cut was a good idea, steak fries would work great too) and cheese sauce (we used Ragu double cheddar). It's yummy!!!
Started school yesterday. I have no idea how I'm going to get all this work done, but somehow I always manage. My Classical Mechanics teacher was actually pretty inspirational yesterday. He told us that, as physics students, if we've made it this far, we're not dumb! He said at this level of school, if a problem takes 20 minutes or less to solve, it's probably too easy. So we're not allowed to degrade ourselves in anyway from now on. I think I'm actually going to like his class (surprising, since I hated his 123 class)!
We inherited a set of shelves from my old roommate and they were absolute crap! The back was laminate and it was practically accordianing, not attached to the bottom or top of the shelves. The top shelf had fallen out and wouldn't stay up and the other shelves were pretty much useless until the top was on. So we fixed it!





Now we finally have a spot to put our movies where they won't fall out in the back!!
I finally took pictures of our bathroom. Enjoy!




As it is September 11, I just want to say a few things. First, I was 12 when it happened and I was the first in my family to find out about it. I think I woke up about 6:00 Pacific Time and the announcers said that the Trade Towers had been hit by planes. I was so shocked that I didn't even bother to do my morning routine. I just got into clothes and listened for any information I could get (appalled, by the way, that they would even joke about it. "Uh-oh, the Space Needle's next" is not an appropriate comment for the situation... though, I guess everyone was in shock and really didn't know how to act about this). As I listened, the 3rd plane hit the Pentagon and they thought a bomb had gone off. When Dad came to get me for breakfast, I came out yelling, "America's under attack!" I'm sure Dad thought I was just being dramatic, but I told him we needed to turn on the TV. As we ran downstairs, I quickly explained what was happening and I could barely believe the words were coming out of my mouth. We watched as both towers collapsed. Then, reluctantly, I ate a fast breakfast and went to my bus stop. Usually noisy, my stop was absolutely silent. When we got to school, we were told that we were not allowed to talk about what had happened. This was typical for the Puyallup school district, as we were not allowed to do anything that might offend someone. Christmas Break and Christmas Concert (where mostly Christmas music was played) were refered to as Winter break and Winter concert. We were not allowed on Halloween to dress up as witches, because "it offends the Wiccans" and other costumes were also banned (a boy I know was sent home in tears because they told him he couldn't dress up as a fairy because that was cross-dressing). I was angry that on such an important day in history, we weren't even allowed to talk about what was going on, how we felt, and ask why this had happened. We of course made a poster to send to Ground Zero, but besides that, it's like it never happened. It just makes me sad how some people can be patriotic when tradgedy strikes and a few days later go back to bashing the president and blaming him for everything.
Also, I'd just like to point out that today is not a day to be anti- Muslim (or any day, for that matter). Muslims didn't do this. They don't believe in terrorism. To say that they are responsible is like saying all Mormons practice polygamy. Those who commited these terrible acts are not true Muslims. Trust me, I know. Of my closest friends, 2 are Muslim and one I consider one of my best friends. They are more faithful to their religion than some Mormons I've met. To them, all I have to say is Happy Belated Eid and I'm sorry that most Americans are dumb enough to believe people as good as you could have done this. God Bless America.