Note: We posted this a while back, right after we started the blog. We have both been busy lately and haven't had time to write much, so I reposted this for the benefit of new readers. Just like every sitcom does a clip show, we might repost something old from time to time for people who haven't delved into our archives.
After the families of the victims and residents of New York, who were the people most affected by the attacks on the actual day of the tragedy? The stoners who slept until 3 or 4 in the afternoon. Most people watched as it all happened, minute by minute. While still very troubling, you at least had time to digest what was going on. These stoners had no such luxary. Think about it...Tuesday afternoon, the stoner awakes after a long night of partying with a headache. He lights a cigarette, pours a bowl of Captain Crunch, and turns on the Cartoon Network to catch the last 15 minutes of Sponge Bob. While flipping through the channels, he happens past CNN, and stops, thinking he is watching some Jerry Bruckheimer movie. Slowly in dawns upon him that Paula Zahn never appeared in a Jerry Bruckheimer film. CNN begins it's recap of the events at the bottom of the hour. Stoner is shocked. Plane hits tower. Second plane hits other tower. Plane hits Pentagon. Plane suspiciuosly crashes in Pennslyvania. Towers collapse. Stoner went to bed at 4:30 am after a wicked party over at his buddy's house. Now, the world is ending. Because of his heightend state of paranoia due to his excessive pot smoking, Stoner is unable to handle the situation. His mind races. To calm himself, he takes a couple of the valiums he swiped from his ex girlfriend before she bolted. Stoner sits in a sullen state, watching CNN for hours until his friend stops by. Friend had to work today, so he processed the information as it happened. He is unprepared for Stoner's mood. Stoner launches into a Dennis-Hopper-in-Apocolypse-Now stream of consciousness monologue about what it all means. Stoner takes a few more valium and hits the sack. He awakes the next day, still shaken about the events of the previous 24 hours, and vows to change his life, make something of himself. A week later, Stoner has accepted what has happened and moved on. He has not changed a bit. But that sure was a scary 72 hours.
