What I learned drinking.

I learned that Jesse is going down a destructive path toward alcoholism. He drank five Jameson and cokes in about 15 minutes. Jesse is also a violent drunk, he attempted to instigate a fight with a co-worker every time he saw him.

Jesse also had some issues with this girl named Jessica about 7 months ago. She called me in the middle of the night trying to find him. She wants him bad.

I also learned that Mike is a retarded drunk, Ersin goes crazy, Alexei is immune to alcohol, Steve is stupid no matter what he does, and I am actually starting to build some kind of meager tolerance against the stuff.

I also learned sysadmins/IT guys know how to party and are great to party with.

I have to catch up for six months worth of hanging out with V.

Emmy didn't say goodbye.

Donuts, mother fuckers.

Stupid people, stupid people.

I've been informed that it's too early to start joking about it, so I'll be serious. First off, if you don't know what happened, visit this article. It's the best I've found so far because it summarizes all the info that other newspapers and sources have found or revealed. ABC News: The Investigation Into the Virginia Tech Shooting.

Two concerns of mine based of the shooting, but not about the shooting itself.

People were texting and messaging each other on myspace and facebook when this happened. Has it occurred to anyone to pick up the phone and call? If I was anywhere close to getting shot, I wouldn't be on facebook for a couple days. Hell, I'm not even on facebook now. And I sure as hell don't care about you if you're idea of making sure i'm ok is by leaving me a note on facebook.

The second concerns gun control. Sorry, I'm totally pro-guns. Actually, I'm totally for the rights of individuals to have the choice of doing something. This holds for all things really.

So the gun-control side of the argument is the same: If there were no guns, this wouldn't have happened.

The gun advocacy side of the argument is the same: If more people had guns (or if guns were allowed), someone could have stopped this from being so bad.

So, I simply ask this question. Do you think it's possible for the absolute eradication of all guns in the United States? If not, you should probably get a gun.

Remember, just because guns are allowed doesn't mean you have to carry one around. The chances are if someone is about to shoot you, someone else with a gun will save you. But don't let anyone remove one of your freedoms in this country. Don't let them take away your guns, don't let them take away your profanity, don't let them take away your fatty foods or your ability to smoke in public.

Keep in mind that the people who are texting you to ask if you're ok are probably the same people hoping gun-control laws are tightened. Why do I say that? Because people who are too self-centered to put forth the effort into really making sure you're okay are probably the same people hoping other people (like the government) will take care of their problems and make them go away.

I wish they'd go away.