the ides of March.............

i've been really wondering what to write about for sometime. i just really haven't had much motivation to write about anything lately. i've been enjoying my photography and just really been in good spirits. I was actually having a really good day today as almost everyday. i went and measured some kids for tuxedos for there high school fashion shows. i got the kids very excited to be a part of the fashion show and letting them know what we would do for them.

then i thought....29 students in CPS (Chicago Public Schools for those of you who might not know) have been murdered this School year alone, and since September 2007 to December 2008 a total of 500+ students have been shot. I just wonder where are our heads at as a human race? a friend of mine here on facebook her father was shot multiple times for nonsense(as are all shootings). Please pray for her family, and i ask that you pray for the children and students of CPS so that they might live to go to school another year and graduate.

I sit here with a heavy heart wondering if me being critical of certain things of our youth is far less important then anything that they face on a daily basis. One of my young friends was a freshman at a high school here in CPS 4 years ago and was beaten so severely that he ended up in the hospital for a week, and there was no warrant for it either they just wanted to beat him up. he is a good kid that is in JROTC and third ranking in his unit. He graduates this year and will attend an army academy for schooling.

I think one thing that gets over looked is that there is far more going on in these kids lives then maybe i will ever understand. I can only sympathize with what they go through. it's just very sad that more IS NOT done about getting guns out of the City. More strict gun laws won't do shit, all of these weapons used in the streets are unregistered or are stolen. I begin to wonder if anything CAN be done.

In a conversation with one of my friends he said talking does nothing and i agree. Malcolm and Martin spoke of peace and were both both murdered with guns. He said SOMETHINGS got done but not enough. So, what can we do? I think the era of talking and trying to listen are over. I really feel like a new era of some Vigilante Comic Book hero shit might be the only answer anymore. I think some Boondock Saints approach to shit might be more beneficial, but prolly not.

i'm just at a loss of what to think of what can be done, and i am at a loss to think that the youth might just be lost.......