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doreenjoy · 07-19-2009, 01:29 AM

I was six and I'll never forget it. Everyone in the small Appalacian town I lived in was indoors, glued to TV sets. I've never seen anything like it (no, not even the O.J. Trial). Everyone was talking about it for months.

I remember when I went back to school in September, the nuns told me someday I'd be living in outer space.

ETA: Like DixieGal, I determined right then to be an astronaut (with my father's encouragement; he was a nuclear engineer and raised me to think like a man). But I developed severe myopia at 9, and that dream died.

07-19-2009, 01:29 AM	#41
doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,889 Karma: 2400000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	I was six and I'll never forget it. Everyone in the small Appalacian town I lived in was indoors, glued to TV sets. I've never seen anything like it (no, not even the O.J. Trial). Everyone was talking about it for months. I remember when I went back to school in September, the nuns told me someday I'd be living in outer space. ETA: Like DixieGal, I determined right then to be an astronaut (with my father's encouragement; he was a nuclear engineer and raised me to think like a man). But I developed severe myopia at 9, and that dream died. Last edited by doreenjoy; 07-19-2009 at 01:43 AM.