Well,  I made it through this long and tedious day.  As soon as I stepped out of the apartment building, onto the sidewalk,  a pigeon graced me from above with a nice big wet green shit on my shoulder.   Then,  near the subway,  there was a HUGE injured crow or raven.  I think it was dying.  Some mean kids were teasing it until I gave them the evil eye and they left it.  I watched until they were actually gone before I left it,  standing there helpless to help it.

Such a feeling of helplessness when you can't help the helpless....  This portends to the Elaine situation, I guess, or is an omen or something...

I think the worst part is the waiting, or just not knowing...

Actually got to sleep before 2AM.  I slept well until the jackhammer started.   I had gotten up to make coffee and lay back down.  I was holding the cat and all of a sudden I thought,  I better take a Paxil (it seems to help me wake up somewhat).  As soon as the thought entered my mind I got really sick feeling and had to run to the bathroom.

I had the dry heaves and I do mean DRY and I do mean HEAVE.   Interesting thing to have happen.

What is the point of the dry heaves?  The cat ran and hid under the bed as I sounded like some type of drain trying to unclog itself.

Everything is down and closing.  The Ave. is closed and from the roof of our building we can see a huge pillow of black smoke covering the lower part of the city.

Battleships are coming into the harbor.  The Mayor says they're there to "make the people feel safe"...

Loud and SCARY military aircraft keep circling the building.  This is scary,  I've been shaking all day...

Albert and I are both fine.  I could not get to work as the trains had stopped running.  Albert had gone to the gym in midtown (52nd St.) at 8AM so I was worried.   I got water and filled the bathtub then went for the store and cell phone and bank.  I ran into Albert coming home in the crowd of thousands of people headed northward like scared sheep.  The first cash machine was down,  the bank too about 45 minutes and I got as much cash as I could.   We hit the cellphone store but they are all closed, cell phones aren't working anyway.   Our phone was out all morning...

 At the store we got as much as we could carry.  It was panic, there were NO carts left and the line took over an hour.    Albert's gym was evacuated when the second tower went down.  He is was about 4 or 5 miles uptwon from the WTC.  WE live about 8 miles uptown.  Police were telling everyone to go home. 

   (press photos)

It's scary,  but as of 1:07 PM we are safe at home.  Some friends who are stranded are on their way up here.  I don't have to go to work tonight either, I think, NYU has been closed too.  The streets are flooded with worried sweaty people and parents dragging their children home as schools close.

 We can see a huge famous mosque from our kitchen window,  it's two blocks from us so I guess we're okay,  but someone on the street said a cop told him that there is more terrorist activity in our area than anywhere else in the city.  "cab drivers" he said.  

We can see huge billows of smoke from the rooftop....

 okay,  over and out...  it's kind of exiting but scary too.  I'm glad we don't live in a high-rise or near a landmark...

Holy shit!  NOW a SECOND plane has gone thru the other WTC building and I saw it LIVE, on tv.  I'm afraid to go to work now!!! I have to go down into the subway and change trains at Grand Central Station and it seems we are under some type of attack!  Shit, I wish the mayor would tell everyone to stay home.

Seems like a plane went into the WTC!!! I'm sure hundreds are dead.  I've been waiting for this to happen since they built the thing.  This is terrible!!!

I don't mean to make light of it,  it's really serious.