So how many more of these do we have to do? I feel like I talk about the same things over and over. But this weekend was pretty different than any other. Friday was the 3rd “anniversary,” if that’s what you want to call it, of April 16th. Since I live in Blacksburg, I was here when the tragedy happened and let me tell you, it was scary. I was in high school at the time, sophomore year. I was in Latin class, it was a joke class anyway and our school suddenly went into lock down. No one told us what was going on; we thought it was a terrorist attack, or another killer on the loose. I think this happened either the same year or a year before but some guy in prison went to the hospital because something was wrong with him and he escaped and killed two or three people; we thought it was another thing like that. Well, we were wrong. Anyway, I don’t remember if we got to leave school early or not, but I think we did. In all our classes, after the lockdown, we watched the news and we finally knew what had happened. It was so heart breaking to watch, and it made me sick to my stomach. I called my mom a-sap because she works in Burruss which is right near where the shooting took place, and luckily her and her co-workers were okay.
On a happier note, I walked the 3.2 for 32 and it felt great. It honestly didn’t feel like 3.2 miles, but I think it was because we had company and because we were doing it for a reason. This was the first year that I actually did the walk, but I am glad I did and I’m sad I didn’t in the years before. But then on Saturday I did the big event which was, interesting. =] I was supposed to be with the engineering group but we could find them, so we just joined a group where we knew a few people. It turned out to be fun; we got to paint a porch and the awning that was over it. We went to Christiansburg to an old couples house that had obviously needed help, so I’m glad that I gave back to the community.

Here we go, another blog. Just like last semester these things are getting harder and harder to write. I also haven’t been getting comments, which makes me feel like people aren’t reading this anyway. It’s okay, ill still write it; I need an A in this class. So I’m taking geology and I haven’t been doing the best on the tests, but I finally got a good grade and I’m so happy! I am finally getting the hang of this college thing, and it feels great. The transition between high school and college has been really hard because I actually have to try to get my good grades.
On another topic: JMU this weekend. What the hell happened?! I was on facebook earlier and someone had posted a news article about riots and partygoers at JMU getting tear gassed. Here is the article:
http://www.rocktownweekly.com/news_details.php?AID=46189&CHID=64
Was anyone there and want to explain to me what went down. I came across a video that was kind of scary. It shows police in riot gear and a huge crowd of people that had a dumpster on fire and something that I can’t make out. Here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGSsU3-iiY
This really makes me sad because it makes college students look dumb and immature. I know majority of college students aren’t like this, but it still sends a bad vibe. If something like this happened at tech, I would be embarrassed to be a Hokie. I do not want to be affiliated with any sort of riots that were a consequence of partying. I understand that students are going to party, but what happened at JMU was over the top and embarrassing. The article from above has a bunch of comments about what happened and a lot of the “townies” are sad about it. They are disappointed at the students that started the entire ruckus. The problem is that most of the people that were in the riots were not from JMU; they didn’t care if they ruined the town, it wasn’t theirs. I know that a lot of people from Tech did end up going up to JMU this weekend and it would make me sad if they were a part of this.

So this week is Easter! I went home, like usual and I’m here doing homework before dinner. From what I heard, many people weren’t going home for Easter which I find surprising. I know it’s not a long weekend, but you should still go home to celebrate! Yesterday I went over to Brian’s house and we went to the cascades. There, we looked for fossils in our special spot and found some interesting things. There were lots of shells and little worm like things. Speaking of worms, I woke up this morning and found a ring worm on my back! Eww! I am so disgusted with myself. I know they come from showers and locker rooms, but I don’t remember putting my back on the shower or anything. I just don’t know how I got it. I have to cover up my back now because I don’t want people to see it. So embarrassing. So school is almost over, I cannot believe it! I am so worried about finals, two of which are on my birthday!! Ugh, so annoying. But then we get to move out of the dorms, I am so ready to get out of them! I got freaking ring worm because of them! I just hate being in a closed space with one room where you do everything. Plus you have to share this tiny room with someone you don’t even know! I think it would be much better if I was actually friends with my roommate and my hall mates, but I just don’t get along with them. Most of them are loud and just annoying. Well, this weeks’ weather has been amazing! I got burned on my left shoulder, but not my right shoulder. I don’t understand it sometimes. I might go outside today and tan a little bit. My white skin is so blinding when summer starts because it hasn’t had any sun all winter.