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Hodgepodge - life and VT

I've been a little too busy to post blogs lately, but I've had it on my to do list now for a few days, so I guess I'll update. But then again, I've also had calling David, Beth, Laura, Rebekah, and Jen on my to do list, and that hasn't happened for months. Basically, I'm still stressing about finishing everything on my plate by the end of the semester, and I'm very ready for a vacation. So really, life hasn't changed much for me in the last few weeks.

I'm still debating about whether I want to live by myself in Pasadena. I've never lived by myself, and I think it would be a good experience. But I'm generally a people person, so it might be lonely. I am looking forward to decorating my own place and in general being more comfortable in the place I live, so that would be a plus. However, I don't really like being by myself at night, although of course I do it, and that's definitely something I need to get over. Any thoughts out there about what I should do?

I've had a bunch of visitors these past few weeks - my parents came up for part of my mom's spring break, and it was really nice to take some time off and spend with them. Last weekend, Eric A and JT were in town, so I got to see both of them for a while. It's always good to see the old TJ gang. I miss all you guys tons!

I suppose I'm feeling a little sappy with the shootings Monday at Virginia Tech. My mom is normally the emotional one, so I guess she's rubbed off on me. I feel particularly sad when I see families grieving and imagine my own family and how much we care for each other and how much it would hurt to lose someone. I was at the gym the other day and seriously had to stop watching the broadcast because of that. I guess it's because I'm scared of death still, and so I'm scared both by the idea of dying and the idea of losing someone I love.

The other random thought I had was that we hear about deaths in Iraq and in war all of the time, but the number of deaths doesn't quite affect us as much as this tragedy at VT does. I remember, in recent days, seeing that 40 or 50 people were killed in an Iraqi market bomb, and I thought about how horrible that is, but I was no where near as upset as I am now about the VT killings, and I think most people are this way. Of course there are many differences and many reasons for us feeling this way, but there are so many similarities too. These were innocent people, friends and family, that were killed because of some crazy dissenters. I just think, as we mourn those lost here, that we should also be more aware of those lost (both our own soldiers and the citizens) in other countries.

posted by Biff @ 9:48 PM