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Current Location: Point Loma, CA
Today I tried to read the rantings of someone who had lost all hope. The pilot that flew his plane into an IRS office in Austin, TX. I say "tried to read" because about half way through I got so tired of this guys pointless rants that I just skimmed the rest. There was one thing that stood out to me though and that was when he called the events of 9/11 a "nightmare". So obviously this guy understood to some extent that there is a difference between right and a wrong. For him to turn around and do a similar act is just despicable. As if this country hasn't suffered enough heart ache with planes being flown into buildings. What has this coward accomplished by killing himself? Nothing. He's ended the lives of at least two people, destroyed a building, and placed the lives of the rescuers at risk. I understand that some people get dealt a bad hand in life but to take out your frustrations in this way is inexcusable. I don't condone suicide, but if you're really bent on killing yourself, do the world a favor and do it in the privacy of your own home.
I don't think I will ever understand what drives people to perfrom these inexplicable acts. There are so many people in the world that are suffering far greater than the majority of the people in this country and there are so many options for recourse in this country that it just doesn't make sense to me. I don't see how this man's life could have possibly been worse than the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti, the people in the Peoples Republic of Iran who have to live under the tyranny of the dictatorship, or if you want something closer to home, the entire city of Juarez, Mexico that currently lives under the constant fear of the everyday violence of the Mexican drug cartels. Life in the United States is incredible, even in the worst of times. That's why so many people are constantly trying to sneak into this country. The citizens of this great nation should appreciate that fact before going out and killing a bunch of people because they think they have it bad.
Ok, enough time wasted on that guy...moving on to happier things. I do have another rant to go off on but I think I'll save that one for later. One rant a day is enough I think...
Today was a pretty good day for me personally. I had to get my H1N1 vaccine yesterday morning after working for 12 hours so that kind of sucked but fortunately the line was short and I was able to get home 2 1/2 hours after getting off work. I know that I just talked about trying not to procrastinate and postpone my planned daily activites but today I decided to postpone my run for today because my sleep time was cut short by this extra time at work. Today was supposed to be an off day but I'll do my run today when I wake up. I needed the sleep yesterday these last couple of days have been crazy at work and have taken a lot out of me. Thank goodness for coffee and soda because without the caffine I don't know how I'd make it through the night.
I'm looking forward to these next four days off of work. We don't have a lot planned so I will be able to catch up on much needed rest. One thing we do have planned though is preparing for our move next month. It's really only 3 weeks away so we're going to try to start packing up some of the non-essentials and also start planning on what we need to baby proof the new house. When we went on the walk through on Wednesday we took pictures of each room so we would know exactly what we would need to buy so that Natalie doesn't electrocute/drown/hurt herself. Erin's mom and grandparents are also going to come out and help us move so hopefully it will only take us a couple days to get everything out of our current place and into our new place. At this point though, I'm definitely going to be takeing at least a week off of work so that we can get settled in. I'm not complaining though. I could use the time off of work.
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