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Sep. 14th, 2006 09:10 pmIt's been a weird day. I woke up very affected by the news out of Montreal. For those of you in places other than Canada, a gunman went into Dawson College and started shooting people at the school. More than 10 people were injured and one person was killed before the gunman took his own life. The whole thing is quite terrifying.
School shootings always affect me more strongly that I anticipate. I think it's because I believe that schools are supposed to be safe. I think another reason is because of my interest and empathy for youth and youth culture. I'm not sure why, but I had a very hard time functioning normally after Columbine, and on the Sky train today, I felt like reaching out to random people. It was odd.
Two of my former roommates attended Dawson College, and I've actually been inside the building myself as I did a photoshoot for a friend in the campus photo lab.
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Work has been crazy again, but I'm enjoying it because I'm learning so many new and different things. Today I made programs for two shows using Publisher.
Today I wrote up my application to attend the Moose Jaw festival words and found a bunch of poems that I'd written about three years ago, prior to moving to Vancouver. Life is busy and crazy, and I've got an Open House to run on Saturday.
School shootings always affect me more strongly that I anticipate. I think it's because I believe that schools are supposed to be safe. I think another reason is because of my interest and empathy for youth and youth culture. I'm not sure why, but I had a very hard time functioning normally after Columbine, and on the Sky train today, I felt like reaching out to random people. It was odd.
Two of my former roommates attended Dawson College, and I've actually been inside the building myself as I did a photoshoot for a friend in the campus photo lab.
***
Work has been crazy again, but I'm enjoying it because I'm learning so many new and different things. Today I made programs for two shows using Publisher.
Today I wrote up my application to attend the Moose Jaw festival words and found a bunch of poems that I'd written about three years ago, prior to moving to Vancouver. Life is busy and crazy, and I've got an Open House to run on Saturday.
