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Shew...this week I've been completely depressed. No, nothing has happened to me personally...but I still feel quite affected. Hurricane Katrina has done so much damage it's unreal. I know most of you are up-to-date with it and everything, so I won't say much about it. Watching the news of it is like witnessing the aftermath of a car wreck--you really don't wanna look at ALL, but for some reason you can't take your eyes off of it. But just to see New Orleans in the condition it's in, among other places, just breaks my heart. Bush did an aerial tour over it, but supposedly he wouldn't even take the time to land anywhere to actually talk to the survivors firsthand. Whatever. Don't quote me on that, that's just what I've heard. I did like his speech he made on Monday though; he did make me feel a little better about it all. I'm not gonna blame Bush for the gas prices rising, there's no reason for pointing fingers in a time like this. I do, however, know that this is exactly what Al Gore warned the country about before the election of 2000. He spoke up then about the possibility of oil shortages and that prices would probably rise, but no one wanted to give him the time of day about it. Soooo no, it's not a new fact. I mean, yeah, a little warning would've been nice, but since a lot of it right now is due to Hurricane Katrina, we can't really blame Bushie for it. (as much as I would love to). ;) But still...this shit is scary. And now everyone's so freaked they're filling up like it's going out of style. According to my resources geology class last semester, we have approximately 20 more years of crude oil left to use as fuel. Of course, that's also at the rate we were using it at that time.
A girl in my media writing class today mentioned that her parents live in Louisiana, and that it's going to be so long for the schools and everything to be back to normal that a lot of kids have been transferred to northern schools. I just can't possibly imagine leaving your home and moving that far away to start over. That would just be unbearable.
I know the gas prices suck and the shortages don't strengthen our confidences either, but maybe we should take a moment to realize how lucky we are to live where we live. The saying that states "no matter how bad you have it, someone always has it worse than you" really comes to me right now. So remember that next time you pay $50 for a gallon of gas...or at least try to. :)
In other news, school is going okay. Music SUCKS, but what can ya do? Every day I wanna be something different when I "grow up" *haha* I looooove the comm department here. =) There's so many opportunities, it's unreal. I'm lovin' my PR class & my media writing class...well, right anyway. We haven't really done much in either yet though, so I'm sure they'll get harder. *haha* I read in my PR book that public relations isn't all glam like it's portrayed in "Sex & the City" (Samantha) which kinda made me sad. *haha* In all honesty, that's why I was thinking about PR. Sam just makes it look so fun! ;) But it's a lot harder and more stressful than that. *sigh* I wouldn't mind working in government with it though...like with someone's campaign or something. *hehe* That would be fun. :) But then again, I'm remembering how much I like to write...so whoooo knows for me. *haha* And to think I make fun of Seth for changing his mind...I'll probably be one of those people who change their career like 8 times.
And for those who said I wouldn't cook any--mainly you, Dad, if you read this lol--you were WRONG! ;) We've cooked every night we've been here, not including the weekends. We even made steak this week. *yummmm* ;)
Wellll I'm done rambing. I guess I'll go figure out something to do before we head out for the evening. Leave me some love. (especially if you took the time to read this whole thing haha)
♥ cat
one sock on & one sock off ;)
A girl in my media writing class today mentioned that her parents live in Louisiana, and that it's going to be so long for the schools and everything to be back to normal that a lot of kids have been transferred to northern schools. I just can't possibly imagine leaving your home and moving that far away to start over. That would just be unbearable.
I know the gas prices suck and the shortages don't strengthen our confidences either, but maybe we should take a moment to realize how lucky we are to live where we live. The saying that states "no matter how bad you have it, someone always has it worse than you" really comes to me right now. So remember that next time you pay $50 for a gallon of gas...or at least try to. :)
In other news, school is going okay. Music SUCKS, but what can ya do? Every day I wanna be something different when I "grow up" *haha* I looooove the comm department here. =) There's so many opportunities, it's unreal. I'm lovin' my PR class & my media writing class...well, right anyway. We haven't really done much in either yet though, so I'm sure they'll get harder. *haha* I read in my PR book that public relations isn't all glam like it's portrayed in "Sex & the City" (Samantha) which kinda made me sad. *haha* In all honesty, that's why I was thinking about PR. Sam just makes it look so fun! ;) But it's a lot harder and more stressful than that. *sigh* I wouldn't mind working in government with it though...like with someone's campaign or something. *hehe* That would be fun. :) But then again, I'm remembering how much I like to write...so whoooo knows for me. *haha* And to think I make fun of Seth for changing his mind...I'll probably be one of those people who change their career like 8 times.
And for those who said I wouldn't cook any--mainly you, Dad, if you read this lol--you were WRONG! ;) We've cooked every night we've been here, not including the weekends. We even made steak this week. *yummmm* ;)
Wellll I'm done rambing. I guess I'll go figure out something to do before we head out for the evening. Leave me some love. (especially if you took the time to read this whole thing haha)
♥ cat
one sock on & one sock off ;)