Only 2 more weeks of school left for the semester and less than one month til I'm home. I should be able to make it, especially since I'm past last week. No blogging due to a tremendous amount of homework and extracurriculars to include a Unit Compliance Inspection. Basically I was working from 8 am Friday until 5 pm Saturday. It proved exhausting and shortly after I finished I laid right down on my bed and slept.

Also, Ooler reported on the death of Steven Bouknight (sp?) . If I'm not mistaken he attended South Medford High School during my tenure, obviously a couple of years ahead of me. Anyone else remeber him?

AMERICA

I freaking hate those awkward encounters when walking towards another person in a hallway. The hallway is 8 feet wide but for some reason you and this other person seem to be walking directly towards each other. To figure out which way to divert yourselves you ask : Where am I? AMERICA. Go for the right lane! I can't even remember how many times in the last few days (especially in the gym) I have been forced left by some idiot who has either never driven a car before (not possible) or has forgotten where they are (whats the name of our school Dumas. I'll give you a hint, it starts with UNITED STATES). Does anyone else have this problem, or am I just going crazy?

P.S. I think there should be a law. Anyone who tries to move left when confronted with the awkward head-on encounter should be shipped to Siberia or Laos or some other bass-ackward country where they think its awesome to drive on the left side of the rode.

VT Pictures and Tapes

So I'm sure everybody has seen most of the pictures and video tapes that Cho sent to NBC. That kid was crazy looking, and obviously messed up in the head. The question I have, is whether its appropriate for the networks to be showing these.

A lot of the families have expressed their displeasure with seeing these on TV. It also seems that showing this stuff will inspire the CopyCats that Ooler has been talking about. Won't some other deranged psycho get excited enough about seeing pictures of himself on TV that he will go and shoot up his school or workplace? Maybe. I am sure that I personally would have been just fine if not better off had I not been exposed to those pictures and video.

School Shootings

Am I wrong for not "feeling" after todays Virginia Tech masacre? I mourn for the families and friends of those who lost their lives, but I guess I'm not "shocked". I see it as a generational thing.

Sixth grade, 20 April, the nations first big school shooting occured. Only a year before that 1 person was killed in the Springfield Oregon shooting. It seems, having "grown up" with these things that one becomes slightly less traumatized by them, by death.

33 is the death count so far, which is the biggest shooting spree in our nations history, but for some reason, having lived through Springfield, Columbine, 8 year-old bringing guns to school, snipers in DC, and more, this newest even seems to just be another blip on the radar.

Blizzards and Chiefs of Staff

A big blizzard is apparently on its way through Colorado and could dump anywhere from 6 inches to 3 feet of snow in this region. I vote for no school and Sanjaya's execution.

The Chief of Staff of the Air Force came to talk to my class, 2009, yesterday. General T. Michael Mosely is one kick ass dude, the definition of BAMF. He explained the future needs of the Air Force, including a new stealth bomber, Search and Rescue helicopter, and tankers. Some believe his means of getting money for these projects (slashing 40,000 jobs) is horrendous, but he sells it well. It makes you feel pretty special when the highest ranking person in the Air Force stops by for a visit, to exclusively talk to you. He became Chief of Staff when we were new cadets and made an agreement to make us his godchildren. He specified that no other Cadets or Officers/Enlisted personnel be in the room while he talked to us. Awesome.

Also, whats the deal with this Imus radio talk show host. My black-female English teacher wanted to talk about him today, and the horrible racism that still exists in America. I can't say I see racism as a huge problem right now, but I guess when you're a white male you don't feel opressed about much of anything.

Anyways, has anyone noticed how Adam's border looks very similar to the Burberry plaid?

Happy Easter Weekend!

I can think of nothing God would love more than for you to go see Blades Of Glory this weekend, and probably go to church too. Adam got it right in his review, so I won't go into detail in its awesomeness. The movie renewed my faith in Wil Ferrell which wavered slightly after Talledega Nights. Great.

Happy Friday friends. Enjoy your weekend because I certainly will.

Gettin Back

Just got settled back into my room and I am not looking forward to school tomorrow.

The most annoying group of women sat right next to me on the plane today from Meddy to Denver. Their annoyance began in the boarding area and continued on the plane. It was this group like the First Wives Club or something, and everything they said was so hilarious they all just laughed. The conversations were seriously like this.

-"Hey Oprah, Can you put my bag in the overhead".

-I sure can

-(whole group) hahahahah thats so funny!

Why? I don't know.

Also, Wolfgang Puck's Pizza is glorious. So glad they have one in DIA.

And lastly, I got my golf clubs out here. I'm looking to hit the range at least twice this week if not more. Should be fun getting back into the game. Goal: Shoot 90 by the end of the school year in two months.