The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.
The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.
The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.
I would be remiss if I used the same line that everyone else does to state how the day started as innocently as every other day. How “normal,” the day began.
I was still in my “rookie” year with the Atlanta Hawks organization, headed into my first full season. The evening of September 10th, rumors began to circulate that legendary Chicago Bulls player, and now Washington Wizards General Manager, Michael Jordan, would be making his second return to the NBA. We stayed late in preparation of the next day, making sure we could take on the anticipated work.
The day did not begin as a normal day. Though a crisp, pristine morning, I knew that as I arrived early to our office in CNN Center, the day would be full. I prepared my lunch, in anticipation of not being able to take a break this morning, and was focused and settled to us having a big day.
We knew that at some point we would receive the announcement, which came later in a much more subdued in the subsequent weeks. As I exited the car, and finally sat at my desk, the slight unconfirmed report that a plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. I will be honest, in the Atlanta area, pilot hobbyists have crashed often into houses, buildings and the such, therefore my first innocent thoughts were, “how was someone allowed to fly their personal plane through Manhattan.” Ryan Cameron on Atlanta’s Hot 97 returned to the music. My mind was boggled briefly, as more orders for season ticket began to pile up, and quickly I returned to my job at hand. Continue reading →
When Philips Arena first opened, my good friend who left the Georgia Dome, and went on to work for Philips Arena would take me to see the new hockey team in Atlanta, and the first team since the Atlanta Flames had left the Omni. In 2003 the process began for the sale of the Hawks and Thrashers to Atlanta Spirit.
I was lucky enough to work for the Thrashers, skate (and skate again, and break my arm) on their ice. See them clinch their first ever playoffs (missed working Playoffs due to above 100 temperature). Work, attend our hosted 2008 NHL All-Star game in Atlanta at Philips Arena. Wear the Thrashers jersey. It does hurt that something we worked so hard on, now moves on to Winnepeg.
I will miss the Thrashers, and today is a sad day for Atlanta…
I will remember Dan Kamal’s Calls,
Seeing Thrash-Heart during my first years seeing the team,
My first Thrashers jersey (my first NHL jersey was the Tampa Bay Lightning, since we had no team, and that was the closest),
Listening to them on 680 the Fan, 790 the Zone, then 680 the Fan again, XM Radio,
From AP and ESPN.com News services.
True North Sports and Entertainment has completed its deal to purchase the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers, clearing the way to move them to Winnipeg.
True North announced the deal at a news conference Tuesday at MTS Centre in Winnipeg, the arena the team will call home next season, pending league approval.
This song sums up how I feel…if you’ve seen the movie, think of that scene…it helps. Continue reading →
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