Faith in humanity...fading....
Mar. 15th, 2008 02:32 amBecause it was one of the nights when I worked late, I had to ride the city bus home. On that ride home I had to sit next to a man easily twice my age. I stared off into space for most of the ride, like I usually do; at one point an old man (somewhere in his 60's-70's I think) got on and sat near Man A, and they started talking. I didn't catch anything of what they said, but now I kinda wish I did, just so I could know if it was as disheartening as what was to come.
Man B got off a few stops later, and Man A decided that I was a good person to talk to (noting that during this entire time I did nothing to encourage him to talk to me, or to KEEP talking to me). He started going on about Man B, and had me guess how old the guy was (Why I don't know). He said that [Man B] seen plenty of things (which I don't doubt) and that people liked him. Then Man A went off onto a tangent about how dangerous the world was today, and that it was always better to just stay in at night and, hell, why you're at it, just stay home during the day too. He cited recent college student murders as "proof" of this (if you don't know about them, then just go Google News "UNC Chapel Hill"). He said that if "Eve-something" (the one at UNC) just stayed home, she wouldn't have gotten murdered.
And then he said what prompted me to make this entry. He said that there was no use for school after highschool; that kids going to college are doing it because they DON'T want to work; that there was nothing to be gained by "typing away and working"; and that he's fine with a family, but he doesn't want any of that knowledge.
Pardon me. *goes off and bangs her head into the wall a few times*
NO POINT IN GOING TO COLLEGE?? DOING IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK??
W. T. F.
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On a much, MUCH happier note, I finally got Avenged Sevenfold's new CD. And it's freakin' sweet XDXD Even better than the previous one (and I thought it couldn't get better than City of Evil).
Also, restarted Pokemon Diamond again, and I'm naming the ones I catch after different RP characters. Noting that you can't check a Pokemon's personality between catching it and nicknaming it, it's SCARY how many of them fit so well XDXDXD
Lastly, I've gotten my dad his birthday gift now. Now I just have to wait for two days XD