the news

So, yeah. I didn't hear about what happened today until like 5PM when I got home from class. (8PM Eastern). So I was pretty spellbound when it hit me like a ton of bricks. My roommate Noah said he talked to a friend of his who goes to VT; she's fine, and they actually phone interviewed her on channel 4, but watching it on TV for a few hours left this pit in my stomach that does not want to go away. That, and seeing the new Linkin Park video for the first time this morning has brought me to one conclusion: evil is winning and, worse, most people don't care anymore. They're too caught up in the trivial to see what's important. It takes so much effort to create something beautiful, and yet so little effort to destroy it. Let's just say I wouldn't want to bring children into this world. At least, not now. It's not fair, it's not easy, but it's all we got. On the way home from school, I went on one of my mind wandering trips, telling my grandkids that the rain was actually God spitting. And they'd go "Oh, Grandpa, that's silly." I can't wait for that day, 40, 50 years from now. But with all the hype and the hate in this world I... I just don't know.

My mom was getting into this discussion a couple weeks ago with my aunt. Basically they agreed that there's no more fear in people's lives- no fear of God, in particular. Our generation is now called the "young invincibles" by insurance companies because we just think we're so awesome. I'm no activist, but this world sucks.

But, hopefully, strength, honesty, and compassion will regain their throne.