V.T.

the virginia tech killings are really heartbreaking. i felt so weird walking to campus after it, just thinking, that it could happen anywhere. i was watching the news one night when the V.T. police were being interviewed and it made me so sick. they were asking crazy questions like describe the scene, the guy said that it was the worst thing he had ever seen, but the media kept probing, just hungry for specifics. it made me so sick i had to turn the t.v. off. now, they are just looking to blame, blame, blame. that makes me even more upset. i saw a handful of students that were interviewed about the way that the campus handled the situation, and they stood behind their campus for the most part. a few other students talked about how they forgave the shooter; that they will never understand it, but they forgive him, because he felt like he needed to go to this extreme to be heard... i guess the shooter had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital and they found that he was a danger to himself or others; how can someone like that go and buy a gun and it doesnt even show up in the background check.... that's kind of scary. i guess there are just some things that i will never understand...

Italy, Here I Come!

It's official. I'm going to Italy. I just bought my plane ticket. I'm going with my two best guy friends from high school. We are going to visit our italian friend, Costanza. Our senior year, the four of us were inseperable... I wish I could go back and relive that one year of my life, just to do it all again, because it was so fucking good. Hopefully this vacation will only mirror those times that we spent together before. I can't wait to see her... she came back for the two christmas's after she went home, but I haven't seen her in 4 years. We are going there for 2 weeks. Just doesn't seem long enough, I'm sure when I get back, I'll say the same thing. We are going to travel to Rome and Florence. She lives in Sicily. I can't wait to see the Coliseum. Being able to stand on so much history, I think that is what I'm most excited about. That, and seeing her again. We made sure to buy our tickets for the day after the 4th of July.. my favorite holiday. The tradition is to spend the entire day tubbing down the river and drinking beer... making sure not to leave any emptys... I just want it to be July already. If not July, I at least want the weather to feel like July, so I can enjoy it a little more.