I can imagine it now. Some little Asian kid in the second grade is going to be taunted about whether or not he is carrying a gun.

What happened yesterday at Virginia Tech is so tragic. I read it on CNN in the middle of my training. I couldn't believe what I was reading. What could have caused anyone to think they could take other lives? I followed the news closely today and found out as soon as the websites refreshed, that the gunman was identified as a South Korean immigrant who came in 1992 through Detroit. Geez--close to home. Almost immediately, racial comments evaded blog networks like Technorati about how selfish immigrants are and everthing focused on the guy being Asian. Issues like new reports of him being "disturbed" and a "loner" were surpassed by his out-of-country origin.

VA Tech made it to the front page of all newspapers for all the wrong reasons yesterday, but it does not justify starting hate in retaliation. Most mass-homicides are statistically due to white males, but you don't see me grabbing onto my loved ones when I walk by a white male down the street. We don't need to beget hate from what Cho Seung-Hui did. Our nation has inherent conflicts due to its diversity. Everyday, we take steps backwards and take some forward, but we have to try our best to continually move forward and bring hatred and prejudice to their demise. Cho allowed his anger to swallow him. White, Tan, Black, Green... it doesn't matter. I think that the lesson should be more about loving people in our lives. Maybe he chose to be a loner, but I would bet that there was more to it than his choices of isolation. Apparently, the first girl that died in the dorms was his girlfriend. Wow... and I've seen no mention of his family. I guess they allowed police to do searches last night, but have no answered their door for the public.

His classmate posted his plays on AOL today. Read the plays here. His writings are juvenile and clearly definitive of his own thoughts. He was so disturbed, but please, don't start making blanket statements about immigrants and Asians because one brother fell.

That little Asian kid who will be taunted for possibly having a gun will remember the taunts. That little Asian kid could one day be another Cho. We can't be so careless with our futures.

My prayers for people everywhere.

Categorized: Thoughts

Ask a college student what he thinks the typical drug of choice (DOC) is and he will reply BEER, er some form of alcohol. The age limits applied to it make it seem like the forbidden apple so everyone does it out of temptation, right? Who wouldn't try it save maybe you righteous do-gooder folks? Props... I'm not that holy.

I used to go out at least three times a week in the prime of my undergraduate days. Mind you, I am 22 ?!?!. I'm a big girl now and so my relationship with binge boozing has changed. My choice has been involuntarily changed to be... CAFFEINE. Usually in the form of coffee, I have a tall-ass thermos of it daily. It has no affect on me now. In fact, I think its effects have grown adverse and I am more tired after consuming it.

Too bad coffee doesn't have the same affect in the office as it does at the bar or a frat party. I can't drink coffee and then have the time of my life everyday at work. It's pretty hard to bong coffee and drinking it doesn't entice you to bust a move in a common area. Just doesn't work that way.

"Hey, John. How's your day going?"
"OH MAN! I am TOTALLY FUKKED UP!!! Suzy made 8 double strong cups of that breakfast blend coffee and I bonged 2 cups of it in 10 seconds! I think I set a company record!!!! Wanna do an espresso shot?? I've got BISCOTTIS!!"

Categorized: Work, Thoughts

My writing skills aren't perfect, but there are just some grammatical errors that piss me off:

1) The interchangeable use of the words "there" and "their". Likewise,
a. where and wear

2) Writing the "1st" as "1rst". THERE IS NO "R" in the superscript.

3) "lololololol"--The acronym "lol" stands for "laugh out loud". We can't laugh out loud out loud out loud out loud out loud out loud out loud.

4) Writing the way you speak. Example, some girls have a tendency to overuse the word "like" in speech. "LIKE" is UNNECESSARY in text. Don't reinforce your stupidity.

5) TyPiNg LiKe DiS!

I had MTV on in the background before class one day and the show "Parental Control" was on air. Basically, someone's parents don't like their current significant others, so they agree to come on the show and each parent picks a mate for their kid in hopes that the kid picks someone new. The parents usually make fools of themselves and watch their son/daughter get groped by the person they picked. Classy. Well, on this episode, as the girlfriend sat on the couch with the parents, she said, "I'm going to be around for all MATERNITY." to which the father replied, "You're even dumber than I thought you were." If you don't get why that is freakin' hilarious, you're a lost cause. Get off my site.

Anyway, don't lie, you have some under-skin getters too.

Categorized: Grr

God, some days I wake up and think that the poor kids I might bring to life one day will grow up to be little shitheads. One day I might birth children who think it's ok to have sex when they're 12 and that mommy and daddy can pay for whatever you want. Shows like "My Sweet Sixteen" are leading to the demise of perfectly humble and well-adjusted kids. They're setting the standard for allowing spoiled rich kids behave as such. Those parents are morons. I'd sooner go to hell for a winter vacation that allow my children to behave that way. Don't get me started on the "Spring Break" specials. I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say that I am blinded to those things, but I'll be honest, I'd be much more screwed up and irresponsible had I started watching those stupid reality shows much sooner in life.

Some people criticize families that do not pay for their children to go to college if they can afford it. You know what I say to that? "You better be teaching them the value of hard work in some other way then, lazy asses." Your kids will be better off for it than you paying for their schooling and them sleepimg through all of their classes. You know what happens to the kid who has to pay for his own schooling? He realizes that hard work pays off in the real world.

My goal is to be able to provide for my family, but most importantly, it is to not raise little shitheads and princess-bitches who don't know what it's like to have little to nothing. I'm not going to be buying a car for them to wreck and an education that they won't value.

Categorized: Thoughts

It's April 5, 2007.

Spring officially began a few weeks ago.

I just got this in my email.

Mother Nature hates us.

Categorized: Weather