Yesterday was Holocaust Remembrance Day
Apr. 17th, 2015 09:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bironic1. NY Times article about preserving Auschwitz.
2. Excerpt from a diary entry of mine, Kristallnacht anniversary, Nov. 2001 - sophomore year of college:
2. Excerpt from a diary entry of mine, Kristallnacht anniversary, Nov. 2001 - sophomore year of college:
...I got a program and a candle and listened to some little poems. It seemed wrong to blow it out afterwards so I sat on a marble bench cross-legged with my styrofoam cup next to me, staring at the flame, trying to think somber thoughts about oppression, tragedy, ancestors and the Holocaust in general. Eventually the wind (it was very cold) blew it out. I wondered what kind of a God would let a memorial candle blow out? Then I thought, the same one who let it happen in the first place. Then I wondered maybe He was expecting me to do my job and put a hand to the side of the cup to protect the little flame but let it get blown out instead. Then I stopped thinking about it and came home and threw out the rest of the candle and washed my hands in hot water, because I don't even know if God exists anyway.
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Date: Apr. 17th, 2015 06:42 pm (UTC)Sounds a lot like me. :-)
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ETA that hey! Hearts show up in red now! Huh. How about that.
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Date: Apr. 18th, 2015 01:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Apr. 18th, 2015 04:23 am (UTC):D
:D
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Date: Apr. 18th, 2015 10:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Apr. 19th, 2015 01:59 am (UTC)In rereading this handwritten journal, I've found it's about half Buffy & Angel content (I was reading fic at the time but not participating in meta communities, so had no other outlet) and half school and personal stuff, within which there are occasional little gems.
Oh, past self. A reminder that future self would probably enjoy it if I wrote more diary entries these days.
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Date: Apr. 19th, 2015 02:14 pm (UTC)