Osama Bin Laden is DEAD!

May 1, 2011--Breaking News!

I recorded this the night it happened. I'm sitting around minding my biz when NBC starts up at the bottom of my screen talking about the President had something "important" to say. I got SCARED, running to Twitter, changing to CNN. My favorite webcomic artist of the comic "Templar AZ" said it first--Bin Laden was DEAD! Thinking she was joking, I said "spoiler alert woman!" Turning to CNN and turning off mute, I found out it was TRUE.

I spent the next two hours freaking the hell OUT, not being able to believe my ears. As a teen glued to the TV on 9/11, fear and fright were in my heart. Uncertainty was looming in my head. As a young woman of 25, after all the drama of searching for this man, all the drama of Anthrax, WMD, and the two wars where so many soldiers have died or been injured, this moment did not seem real.

With perm rods in my poofy hair, an a flipcam all up on my scary face, I HAD to react. I was feeling so much! Facebook was buzzing, my TV and Twitter were buzzing, and DC was on fire. It was shocking Chi-town was NOT.

This man's death is a celebration for some, but for me it's just a life-changing event. I in no way, shape, or form celebrate the death of other people. Yes, he was AWFUL and he had this coming, but I feel uncomfortable doing anything else--dancing, celebrating--because he was shot in the head. He was still somebody's family. Still, this doesn't mean I am supporting him. If you do horrid things, there's Karma for it.

This is just the beginning and a new can of worms has been opened. This is just my reaction. Please don't let my views sway you, don't consider me un-patriotic for my stances on this man's death. Soldiers fought and died to get at this man for what he did, and that is a debt which is priceless, endless, and remarkable. I am just in shock that it took so long, and it was that "easy". He was in plain sight, in a huge mansion? There was never a hiding cave.

A part of me is still saying "pics or it didn't happen" despite seeing his mansion on fire on CNN. Hearing he was buried at sea, and that they're not sure about showing the pics is sort of itching my cynic skin again.

There are so many words, so many feelings, and so many reactions in me right now. So many people were behind this operation and to be alive in this moment to witness the announcement from our President Barack Obama did NOT feel real. I kept asking over and over if it really was real. He had the chance to accomplish something (with the help of many skilled people) that seemed to be going nowhere.

In any case, please pardon the close up of my creepy face. It was the heat of the moment.

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[csandreas]

I was uploading youtube videos about Pokemon when my wife calls me in the room and says "Osama Bin Laden is dead" ... OMG Spoiler alert ha... I'm still a little scared it was so quiet on the southside.. In my head I keep expecting red necks to drive around in hummers blasting MADE IN THE USA shooting shot guns. ha.

[FoxyMamaRox]

@csandreas I was expecting more, too, but my cousin in TN made it all too clear--the majority of ppl on this block who are my age hardly give a flying fudge. I'm literally the nerd on the block ppl give the side eye to 24/7. The older ppl don't give much of a fuss. Most of these folks only know "79th and Stony and beyond" as she put it. I've had at least six conversations with people ONLINE and on the phone than I would on my own street. Now, if I migrate on Downtown....maaaaaybe.

[GTANIGTH]

Ikr i was like omg