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Furthermore -- does anyone really *care* about where the were when Mike Jackson died? Seriously? As far as I'm concerned, he's just some old washed-up pop singer trying to make a comeback. Twenty years ago he was A Big Deal, a major singer and pop idol -- but that was a couple decades ago. These days he's better known for his pedophilia, his financial troubles, his extreme weirdness, a sad shadow of his former self.
So, that gets me thinking, what *would* be some major news events worthy of asking, "Where were you when...?" For my father's generation, it was "Where were you when JFK was shot?" or "Where were you when we landed on the moon?". But I wasn't even born. For my generation, the biggie event was:
1. Where were you when the space shuttle exploded?
For the current generation, it's more like:
2. Where were you when the Twin Towers in NY fell?
Okay, so what are some other events worthy of note -- how about:
3. Where were you when Reagan was shot?
4. Where were you when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait?
5. Where were you when the OJ car chase was going on?
6. Where were you when the earthquake/tsunami struck Sumatra/Thailand/etc?
7. Where were you when the World Series Earthquake occurred?
8. Where were you when the Branch Davidian compound burned?
9. Where were you when the Berlin Wall fell?
10. Where were you when the LA riots started?
Anyway, that's ten news events off the top of my head, and I could answer each and every one of those questions. On the celebrity side of news, some suggest "Where were you when Princess Diana died?", and I can't answer that, because I didn't/don't care.
So, can you answer some/many/all of the "Where were you when..." questions above? Any/some of the silly/irrelevant to you?
And, of course, what other "Where were you when..." questions would YOU ask? (After all, I threw together this list on the fly, I'm sure I missed some major news events).
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At home (Cleveland). It was working on chapter 5 of Jet, and had school (Cleveland art inst.) later in the day. I was listening to the radio and heard the announcement. My brother was upstairs alseep, so I went and woke him up and we watched it on TV.
2. Where were you when the Twin Towers in NY fell?
At home alseep. No one bothered to call me, and it was over by the time I turned on the radio (Howard Stern) and heard him talking about it. Remember 3 hour east/west time lag.
3. Where were you when Reagan was shot?
High School.
4. Where were you when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait?
Don't know.
5. Where were you when the OJ car chase was going on?
At work.(Vortex) We watched it on the TV.
6. Where were you when the earthquake/tsunami struck Sumatra/Thailand/etc?
In Cleveland for Christmas.
7. Where were you when the World Series Earthquake occurred?
At work. (Phillips)
8. Where were you when the Branch Davidian compound burned?
At work (Phillips)
9. Where were you when the Berlin Wall fell?
Not a clue.
10. Where were you when the LA riots started?
At work. This I remember clearly, because we could see the fires burning from the roof of our building.
The Atrocities of September 2001: With my parents at their place. I overheard something on one of the privately-owned radio stations about a plane collision, turned on the TV...and that was it for the rest of the day. As the full impact of what had been done started to set in, I remember saying to my parents, "Someone's going to be made to die for this."
The same location applies for a more positive event: seeing Nelson Mandela walk out of prison a free man at last. That one was also a global event, and for the best of reasons.