This is fucking ridiculous. Never mind the fact that this is a blatant copout by the English teacher who assigned this. If these are emotions or thoughts that come up as a result of the Virginia Tech tragedy, then you ought to acknowledge the fact that they exist. Read Underground by Haruki Murakami (lol, 3235235th time I've mentioned him), which is a book about the 1995 (?) poison gas terror attack on the Tokyo subway. Basically, Murakami interviewed different people and asked for their personal accounts of the tragedy, what they felt, and so forth; but most importantly, he asked them how they lived their lives afterwards. And you have some pretty odd reactions. One guy divorced his wife the day after he got caught up in the attack. Another person feels sorry for the people who committed the attack. And so forth. One of the most important aspects of a tragedy like this is the psychological effect it has on people; it should be explored.
Of course, the emotions expressed in the essay might not be serious at all, or might not be a reaction to the VT tragedy. But they came from somewhere.
On a less serious note --
T.I. is performing at Tufts tomorrow! And I might not be going. Dammit. My little group of friends didn't get tickets... putains du millenium
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nah, i definitely think it's people just being overexcited after a great tragedy like that. you can't blame them, but it's still not right
and we have this T. I. fellow coming for slope day (last day of classes where no-one is sober. i've never heard of him before...
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All of his performance sucked EXCEPT THE LAST TWO SONGS WHICH WERE AWESOME (Bring 'Em Out, What You Know). ET QU'EST-CE QUE TU SAIS DE ÇA QU'EST-CE QUE TU SAIS DE ÇA
But we had Spring Fling, yeah. The best performance was from Lupé Fiasco, who was absolutely wonderful and whose album I might get sometime.
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