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Has it already been close to 11 years since 9/11? The iPod debuted 11 years ago. Just to remind us all how much older we are, facts from the year 2001.
World Series Champions:
Arizona Diamondbacks
Superbowl XXXV Champions:
Baltimore Ravens
NBA Champions:
Los Angeles Lakers
Stanley Cup Champs:
Colorado Avalanche
U.S. Open Golf
Retief Goosen
U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies)
Lleyton Hewitt/Venus Williams
Wimbledon (Men/Women):
Goran Ivanisevic/Venus Williams
NCAA Football Champions:
Miami
NCAA Basketball Champions:
Duke
Kentucky Derby:
Monarchos
Sports Highlights:
The Hotties and Fashion Icons:
Gisele Bündchen
The Heartthrob(s):
"The Quote"
Time Magazine's Person of the Year
Rudolph Giuliani
Miss America:
Angela Perez BaBaraquio (Honolulu, HI)
Miss USA:
Kandace Krueger (Texas)
War On Terror:
Number of Deaths on the 9/11 attack:
American Airlines Flight 11 (hit the North Tower, NYC) -87 passengers and crew, 5 hijackers
United Airlines Flight 175 (hit the South Tower, NYC) -60 passengers and crew, 5 hijackers
Total World Trade Center - 2,606 people 1366+ in North Tower 618+ in South Tower 18 was the guesstimate pedestrians killed on the street below 411 emergency workers were killed: 341 firefighters, 60 police officers, 10 paramedics & EMTs
United Airlines Flight 90 (Crashed near Shanksville, PA) -40 passengers and crew, 4 hijackers
American Airlines Flight 77 (hit the Pentagon) -59 passengers and crew, 5 hijackers The Pentagon -125 employees
Clear Channel banned many rock and pop songs after the attack.
The Scandals:
Angelina Jolie gave a passionate open-mouth kiss to her brother, James, which made many people almost forget Bjork's goose dress.
Enron's accounting scandal cost investors something close to $60 Billion, and their accounting firm, Arthur Anderson, went out of business
Gary Condit, a Democrat California congressman, had an affair with his intern, Chandra Levy, which was alleged may have also led to her murder. It didn't - Ingmar Guandique, a Salvadoran immigrant had killed her.
Fake picture from camera supposedly found in World Trade Center debris.
Nascar Driver Death: Dale Earnhart
Airplane Celebrity Death: Aaliyah
Splitsville: Julia Roberts and Benjaman Bratt Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise Enron, due to financial misdeeds Arthur Anderson Accounting, due to covering up Enron's financial misdeeds
Renee Zellweger was in the bathroom when Hugh Grant called her up for her Golden Globe Award.
Millions watched Britney Spears dance with a python at the MTV's Music Video Awards
Nerd News:
Barry Bonds hit 73 Home Runs*. * steroid use was allegedly involved
Cost of a Superbowl ad in 2001: $2,100,000
The Habits:
iPod was released October, 2001.
The X-Box came out in November, 2001.
...Everybody else was watching SpongeBob Squarepants
1st appearances & 2001's Most Popular Christmas gifts, toys and presents:
iPod, Harry Potter, K'NEX BattleTech/MechWarrior, Bob the Builder toys
The Bomb (Film):
Glitter starring Mariah Carey
Best Film Oscar Winner:
A Beautiful Mind
The Big Movies:
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring 3. Shrek 4. Monster's Inc 5. Rush Hour 2 6. The Mummy Returns 7. Pearl Harbor 8. Ocean's Eleven 9. Jurassic Park III 10. Planet of the Apes
2001 Most Popular TV shows:
1. Friends (NBC) 2. CSI (CBS) 3. ER (NBC) 4. Survivor: Marquesas (CBS) 5. Survivor: Africa (CBS) 6. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) 7. Law & Order (NBC) 8. Will & Grace (NBC) 9. The West Wing (NBC) 10. Monday Night Football (ABC)
2001 Billboard Number One Songs
November 18, 2000 - February 2, 2001: Independent Women - Destiny's Child
February 3 - February 16: It Wasn't Me - Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent
February 17 - February 23: Ms. Jackson - OutKast
February 24 - March 23: Stutter - Joe
March 24 - April 6: Butterfly - Crazy Town
April 7 - April 13: Angel - Shaggy featuring Rayvon
April 14 - July 1: All For You - Janet Jackson
June 2 - July 6: Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mya / Pink
July 7 - August 3: U Remind Me - Usher
August 4 - August 17: Bootylicious - Destiny's Child
August 18 - September 28: Fallin' - Alicia Keys
September 29 - November 2: I'm Real - Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule
November 3 - December 14: Family Affair - Mary J. Blige
December 15, 2001 - January 25, 2002: U Got It Bad - Usher
But not as out of control as a drunk white girl trying to Gangnam style dance next to you.
It's bad enough when your mom shares stories to her friends about your childhood that still haunt you to this day. But today, she went over the top. She's been posting embarrassing baby photos of me (and my brothers) on Facebook for all my friends to see.
But since the cats out of the bag and there's little to no available self worth after these postings, I may as well share them with you.
Ughhhhh
Double ugh!
Family photo of my brothers and I. They too were not safe from the onslaught of childhood photo bombings from our mother. Check out those knee high socks!
Here's some fresh tracks to kick off your weekend. A few songs that go well with your happy hours. I want to make this a regular feature here on this site.
A very uplifting song that sound like a Mumford and Son's and Ellie Golding collaboration.
For the hip-hop crowd.
I enjoy hearing new tracks and adding them to my library. Here's your chance to show off your eclectic taste in music! What song(s) have you been listening on repeat?
*We hear the Annoying Coworker from across the office*
Coworker #1: So annoying! Coworker #2: Oh my god, bro. It's nuts. Me: Can you hear it? Coworker #2: What is wrong with her? Mad loud. I hear it all the time. At least like ten times a day Me: fml. Coworker #2: She does that loud ass annoying laugh. WTF kinda laugh is that? It sounds like she choking
As a licensed driver and having your mother in the passenger seat, there's nothing more annoying than this. We've all been there. The constant nagging, the "this is my last day on earth" mentality whenever she sits in the car with me, the constant reminder to stay 50 mph below the speed limit. If my mother and I were in a rally car race, and she was my navigator, this is how it'd go.
Mother: Turn by that tree stump thingy. Me: There are a million stumps out here! Turn which way? Where? Mother: Chris, why are you driving so fast? Me: Did you not realize this is a race? Mother: Look out for the puddle. Me: It's just a puddle, don't worry. Mother: Do you really need to be going this fast? You're going to hydroplane! Me: UGH! Just tell me where, not how to drive! Mother: Pull over, let me drive. Me: No! We're in the middle of a race! Mother: Pull this car over now! Me: NO! UGHHHHHHH! Mother: Don't listen to the GPS, I know a better way, I drive here every day. Me: You drive on a dirt road through the woods on your way to work? Mother: I packed some sandwiches for our little trip, do you want PB&J or tuna? Me: *Sighs in defeat* Salami.
Tell me I'm not the only one who hates every minute of their car ride with their mom sitting as a passenger.
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