You know something? Now that the numbers are coming in from the bridge collapse, it's hitting me and I'm crying. I can't be numb about it when the numbers are coming in and staring me right in the eyes.

**************CURRENT STATS:****************
-79 injured
-4 confirmed dead by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office
Julia Blackhawk, 32, ( Read more... )

A Bridge Collapse Sends Vehicles Into The River

I live about 40 miles from here, it's 10 miles from my Maple Grove office, and I drive past it on the way to school. My mom goes past this on her way home from work every day. I have family near Minneapolis and a lot of friends in that area. This scares the FUCK out of me. And to think, I was ( Read more... )

I signed onto AOL 9.0 to check my e-mail this morning after cleaning my room and the basement and was graced with the following headlines:

"Toddler Wrecks Intricate Art: Monks Spent Days Making It" ...Okay.
"Dinosaur Tracks Near Denver: Footprints of Ancient Babies?" ...I thought you just said dinosaur tracks. Not baby tracks. Maybe its just me ( Read more... )

First things first: Cho Seung-Hui, the gunman from the Virginia Tech massacre, has now been dubbed "The Korean Killer" by the media. You heard me right. Hello, racism. Why don't we call the boys at Columbine the "Crazy White Killers"? I just hate how the media has to bring race in. Like some of the girls in the comp lab were saying earlier, it's ( Read more... )

Kris just linked me this and now I'm about to fucking tweak. Kate and Naru go to the U of M. Granted the St. Paul campus, not Minneapolis but that's still damn fucking close since St. Paul and Minneapolis pretty much go together. Brain is spazzing. NOT COOL.

8 University of Minnesota buildings evacuated - 4/18/07Virginia Tech is an immense tragedy ( Read more... )