A Day to Remember

[rusty_armour]

As it's now officially the 100th anniversary of Titanic's sinking, I thought I'd share a post I wrote five years ago about a Titanic exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre -- for anyone who might be interested. I also plan to watch six hours of specials on History Television, which might be something I regret. Surprisingly, I haven't had any nightmares about Titanic yet, despite the various programs I've watched. I, uh, have a fear of drowning: something that has made itself apparent in my dreams over the years. Ironically, it was my mom who ended up having nightmares about Titanic after watching one documentary about the engineers who stayed behind to man the boilers. She was down there with them and the water kept coming in. It was an image that haunted her even when she was awake. When she told me this last weekend, I stared at her in surprise and said, "But that's something that would happen to me." Suffice it to say, my mom stopped watching anything about Titanic after that experience.

Comments

[alysscarlet.livejournal.com]

It was the first time I had heard Colin Morgan speak with his proper NI accent - very nice! I wasn't hugely thrilled by the whole evening though, I felt a lot of the music was out of place.

I agree that 'A Night To Remember' is more moving than 'Titanic'. I think I'll watch it now. :-)

[radiogaga80.livejournal.com]

I was flicking channels and when it popped up, it was the two violinists playing Nearer My God to Thee (I think) which was very moving. But shortly after Joss Stone appeared and I thought "WTH is she doing there?!" and that's when I turned it off.

[alysscarlet.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was pretty much my reaction! They also had Brian Ferry at the beginning. Bzuh?