Gen Y shaped, not stopped, by tragedy

ALL IN THEIR LIFETIME                                             From 1986 to present: Jan. 28, 1986 Shuttle blast: The space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after liftoff; seven crewmembers die. April 19, 1993 Waco, Texas: 80 people die in a standoff at the Branch Davidian compound. May 5, 1995 Oklahoma City: Truck bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building kills 168. July 27, 1996 Olympics bomb: Two people die in attack at Atlanta's Centennial park. April 20, 1999 Columbine: 15 people die in a shooting rampage at a high school in Littleton, Colo. Sept. 11, 2001 Terrorist attacks: Jetliners are crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York. Feb. 1, 2003 Columbia: The space shuttle breaks apart, killing all seven astronauts. Dec. 26, 2004 Tsunami: Earthquake and tidal waves in the Indian Ocean kill about 225,000. Aug. 31, 2005 Hurricane Katrina: The storm devastates New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech: 33 people dead, including the gunman. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-04-17-millenials_N.htm?csp=34   I'd like to add Desert Storm, 1990 -1991 339 American casualties Iraq War March 2003-present 3,680 American casualties     As a member of this generation that is so over saturated by 24/7 news coverage I don't want to lose sight of the people, the faces, the lives that are these news stories. I don't want to be desensitized, but sometimes it's easier than seeing others' pain.  May peace be with all those affected by senseless violence.    PEACE

Currently Listening How It Ends By DeVotchKa see related

want to hear something AMAZING?

http://ia340931.us.archive.org/1/items/radams2006-09-27.sbd.flac16/radams2006-09-27d2t13_64kb.mp3

it's the same way he played it in St. Louis in August- man!  it just blows my mind- I can still see the lights and feel the power of what it was like... 

I wish I hadn't been sick during that show:(

I graduate in less than 6 weeks- AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!  I bought my cap, gown, tassel and honors cord yesterday, and I learned I am graduating magna cum laude (3.75 GPA at last check)- it made me feel really good.

It's spring and I'm all mixed up with excitement and fright for my future...

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Currently Listening We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank By Modest Mouse fire it up see related

Your Candy Heart Says "Hug Me"

A total sweetheart, you always have a lot of love to give out. Your heart is open to where ever love takes you! Your ideal Valentine's Day date: a surprise romantic evening that you've planned out Your flirting style: lots of listening and talking What turns you off: fighting and conflict Why you're hot: you're fearless about falling in love

whatever, some of it is true- man these online quizzes are so accurate!  HA...

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Currently Listening Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven By Godspeed You Black Emperor see related

pretty much my favorite commercial airing on TV right now- HA! 

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Currently Listening Jacksonville City Nights By Ryan Adams & the Cardinals see related

So, I started the last semester of my senior year- actually it started really early- I took a pre-session which consisted of waking up at 7:30 for 8 days of my break- boo!  This was the longest break ever, but I got the least amount of break ever- totally bummed because I got snowed in and didn’t make it to Colorado for new years:( 

Anyway, back to my last semester… I started out with a boom- went into my Witchcraft, Magic and Religion class first thing and I have been totally stoked about this class forever, then I get in there and it’s HORRID!  The workload was more than I wanted, so I am out of there and got in some women in pop culture class that meets Saturdays from 9 am-1pm- WHAT AM I THINKING?!  It will be over March 10^th though, that’s what I am thinking…  I am also in Jazz Dance1- kind of scared because I can’t dance, but hopefully it will be fun- surprisingly there were 3 other communication girls in there- I ended my day with a Pilates/yoga class, and needless to say every inch of my body is sore, but the plan is to be totally buff by the end of the semester- HA!  

I am really getting mixed up/nervous about what I am going to do with my life when I graduate- I guess I’ll just try to take it week by week…

If you want to see some AMAZING videos of the Devotchka show I was at, look here- that was the exact view I had, except I was on the opposite side of the stage- haHA!  Amazing…

PEACE

Currently Listening The Gulag Orkestar By Beirut see related