WTF

Like seriously, why would ANYONE do something as cruel and inhumane as the four teenagers convicted in the Mont Vernon case? I have heard about this case before, but even now it still angers and saddens me at the same time. What causes someone to murder and kill in such a gruesome and terrible way? It is enough to strip someone of their life, but to do so in such a horrible manner is just unbelievable to me. Machete?! Are you KIDDING? What the heck are you doing with a machete in the first place. A woman, a mother, someone's sister, died at the hands of a terrible murderer. Her daughter had to endure very much the same pain, and also the trauma of watching her mother slaughtered before her own eyes. I don't think I could even imagine half the pain the two had to go through. It is just absolutely heart-breaking.

Something that is also a little uncomfortable is that the murderers were not creepy, middle aged men, but instead young boys the same age as us sitting in these very rooms! Killing just to kill, just for fun. I don't really know the whole story, but I vaguely remember that the boys literally just picked a random house to rob. No motive, no nothing. Just a random house. Think about that for a second; that house could have easily been yours or mine.

It's also extremely bizarre that this happened so close to home, yet not many of us heard about the murders until this very day. One of my friends who goes to Bishop Guertin, a private school in Nashua, knows Steven Spader and a couple of the murderers. She goes to school with one of their ex-girlfriends. When asking my friend about this whole fiasco, she told me that the girls are absolutely normal, but one of them came into school one day wearing a new necklace she claims her boyfriend bought for her. It later turned out that that very necklace, belonged to Kimberly Cates. While the name of this blogpost may not be the most appropriate, it is the only thing that could possibly explain what I'm thinking right at this second: WTF.

Blackberry

What do I notice? What about that small device right in front of me that can do so many things. Call, text, surf the internet. Is there anything a cell phone cannot do nowadays? While there are still phones out there that are slower and not as advanced as others, the basic components are still there. It is so hard to believe that these small objects, some as little as credit cards and fit snugly in your pocket, used to be huge blocks. These little devices used to be owned by the rich and wealthy, and now every day people own one. Some even as young as Elementary School students also possess such a device. Manufacturers thrive on the constant need of America to consume, and periodically develop versions that are "better" and "faster" and more "stylish".

I, myself, am not satisfied with my Blackberry Curve. The little thing that allows me to do things a computer would. Are we ever going to be satisfied? Or are we always going to be striving after the "next thing"?

Journalism 101

Write Now Prompt 3/11/2011

I used to play sports when I was younger, but now I don't anymore. Soccer was a HUGE part of my life, but now it is more dominated by other things. I think it was because as a child, I moved around a lot and sticking with a particular sport at schools with people who I wasn't very familiar with was hard. Now, I don't have any sport in particular that I really love. However, I am a really big baseball fan and watch almost every Red Sox game in the baseball season. I even bought one of those $30 Red Sox baseball caps! I don't even wear it! I am primarily an observer of sports right now, I enjoy watching more than playing. My sister, however, is the "athlete" in my family and she is really good at what she does. i enjoy cheering her on at her sports games, and am really excited to watch her continue to improve! That is pretty much the past, present, and future of my athletic/sports life!