Emotion

As you probably all know by now, Virginia Tech today was the site of probably the highest headcount school shooting in the United States, and Virginia Tech is my alma mater, I graduated there a year and a half ago. As far as I can tell, I know nobody who involved - I know a friend of a friend of a friend who was killed, but thats all so far. Still, it is pretty upsetting - in a sad, calm, way.

I didn't know anyone in the World Trade Center (or hardly New York) or Columbine and I haven't stepped into New Orleans since I was six. It is a different experience. I still understand that more people die in car accidents hourly, crime is random and can't be attributed to (insert your favorite political rant here: gun control, video games, lack of religion/family values), and that life goes on. But even thinking about those things seems irrelevant. Its not about anything, it is sad. People died tragically today. It feels good to be alive.