What a sad day

[cornerofmadness]

My heart goes out to all the families destroyed in Conn today. How sick do you have to be to shoot up a school filled with elementary school kids? (and please if you have a political/2nd amendment thing you feel you want to add in the comments please don't. Save it for your own blog, thanks). Many psychologists say taking a news break is very good for your mental and I am doing that (at least from Twitter and FB, mostly because people are just screaming at each other about the above mentioned no-go's. Even if i might agree with them, this is not healthy for anyone). Not so much head in the sand but more not lingering over the fall out.

And I thought what happened at the post office was going to be my sad for the day until I got home and saw the news (the post mistress's stepdaughter had her boyfriend and her mother over the house yesterday and they both got killed going back to Point Pleasant).

And a happier note, thanks to those who sent me your fandom_stocking. And somehow I lost the first page of stuff I did for my fma_giftexchange. sigh.

And thanks to zippitgood I owe you big time for looking at Machiavelli Moon.

I think I'll just go back out and sit under the stars again tonight and watch more meteors

Comments

[meredavey.livejournal.com]

I was horrified. I used to live two towns over from Newtown. It's...more than horrifying. I'm still unable to comprehend it. I can't imagine...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I can't either

[helliongoddess.livejournal.com]

I took a news break for a while tonight to watch the rest of the 12-12-12 Sandy concert, which was kind of nice, to see all the good things people were doing there. I have stayed off FB and twitter, and watched Rachel Maddow and the other MSNBC shows tonight, and they seem to be sticking with reasonable thoughtful pieces, and staying away from the sensationalist stuff, or the endless bludgeoning that FOX does. But nothing really makes me feel much better. The only thing that really made me feel a lot better all day was when my daughter stopped by this afternoon, and I got to hug my kid.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Having her coming over was the nicest thing that could have happened under these circumstances

[helliongoddess.livejournal.com]

Yup, and it was just dumb luck - they didn't even know about the shootings, and had just stopped by to show me their new car. Some times I get small blessings, for which I am duly thankful - not that Cami is a small blessing, she's far and away the best thing that ever happened to me. She and the cats both seemed attuned to the fact that mom needed a little extra TLC today.

I've been going out to see the meteors but its been too cloudy. Maybe I'll try again tonight....

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

You've always made her sound wonderful

I'm going back out now. it's supposed to be a good night for it

[helliongoddess.livejournal.com]

She is, I am truly blessed - doubly so because her wife is an amazing human being as well.

Hope your star gazing was good - I was too tired when all was said and done, I just died. Maybe tonight...

I just realized - your mom was only a day off with her Dec. 15 catastrophe prediction - unless she meant it only applied specifically to you - in which case, be REALLY careful today!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

very cool.

nope. the storm had rolled in and it was overcast. sigh. At least I got ONE night in which is more than I got all year (every meteor shower this year has been overcast)

yes I noticed that too. I thought about that on my drive to Athens

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's horrible about your postmaster's stepdaughter, too.

I have the feeling I'm too numb for proper thought right now.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it is horrible

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

It's inexplicable.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it is

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

I'm stunned... those poor kids were babies...and their poor parents and those poor people who died... it's just... *can't even put it in words*

And your poor post mistress! What a thing to happen during what's supposed to be happy times cuz it's the holiday season.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I know it's so tragic and now I just saw an article on some freaks who had a pressure sprayer that they use to dose people in accelerants and set them on fire in Denver. What the hell is going on this week?

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

OMG! They're doing what? ^^;

And here people were worried about the world coming to an end 2 days ago...^^;

That's just sick... Seriously sick... ^^;

I wish I knew... ^^;

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah this is something like you'd see on tv or something (and I've noticed they're postponing all the violent movie releases that were going to happen this weekend)

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Yeah... It's all over the news. (that's good, yet I've still seen a few commercials for violent video games on TV. ^^;) I'm just glad that at the day school my lil cousins go to, has tight security & they don't let just anyone in there.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's good

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

yeah, especially after what just happened.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

*nods*

[marlex.livejournal.com]

Numb...that's about all I can say about how I felt after hearing the news. There's simply no way to explain such an event.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

there is not