Today we didn’t do too much
during the day, just took naps after school. We went to a Mexican restaurant
called Tijiuana around 8 with Chiara and some of the other girls from the other
group. The food was really good but it was kind of annoying because we had to
get what’s called the set menu since we had more than 9 people. They just
choose the food for you and bring it out on platters. Most of it was pretty
good but it was expensive for what we got. The prices are fairly reasonable
though so we are going to go back and order what we want next time. We DID get
strawberry margaritas though and they were definitely the best I’ve had in a
long time. After dinner, we went to see this movie called “Death of President.”
It was one of the strangest, creepiest, eeriest movies I have ever seen. It was
about what would happen if President Bush was assassinated. By the end of the
movie I was just thinking, wow I can’t believe that happened, even though it
was just a movie but it seemed so real. Definitely crazy. The whole time I was
watching it I couldn’t stop thinking about Virginia Tech either. There was
massacre there and 33 people died. It really made me think a lot about
Columbine, but at the time of Columbine, I couldn’t relate as much because I
wasn’t in high school so not being in the same environment, it was hard to
relate. With VTech though, I am in that exact environment so it is just so
shocking to think something could happen at a normal college. It makes me think
anything like that could happen at my school or my friends’ schools. What would
I do if that happened? Part of me just wants to fly home and be with my friends
and family even though I wasn’t directly affected by this event. When tragedy
strikes, it makes me think of being with people I love. I just keep thinking of
the friends and family of the victims and I keep wondering how something like
that could actually happen, or what would possess someone to do what that kid
did. It is also really weird to be in a different country while all of this is
happening back home. If I was home, all I would be hearing about or seeing would
be news reports of what happened, and here there is virtually nothing. We have
seen some articles in the newspaper but virtually nothing compared to what it
would be like at home. All I can say is that it was just a very creepy
night/day because of all the lives lost, and the weird movie we saw. Rest In
Peace.
