It’s the last day of my 31 Days of July project. I seriously can’t believe I did it! I can be a bit of a slacker sometimes when it comes to my blogging. But only in the summertime because, you guys, I live in Seattle! I have to take advantage of the nice weather when we have it. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.
Today’s photo is one I took a few days ago but I wanted to save it for today. Why? Because I thought I would end this project with something of importance. The shootings in Aurora Colorado were a horrible, horrible thing. There’s just too much violence in this world, Internets. And it can come out of nowhere.
My home state is Colorado and I was born in the Denver area. My awesome brothers live there with their families and a great deal of the rest of my family live a few hours away. This horrific tragedy took me right back to the Columbine shootings of 1999. I lived very close to that school and I was actually driving down Bowles Avenue when suddenly I was surrounded on both sides of my truck by police cars rushing to the scene. At that moment I didn’t know what had happened. I don’t think anyone really did. I thought a bank had been robbed. Sadly, I was wrong.
I often think about things like Columbine and Aurora and all of the other mass shootings in recent history whenever I am at any large event like a football game or a concert. People with evil intentions don’t necessarily care who they are hurting. It may just be about the amount of damage they can do. And that terrifies me. I work in a building that has events with attendees in the thousands at times. Our security is pretty good, but sometimes I think, “What if?”
What if, Internets?
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One of the ballrooms at work set for dinner for a few thousand people.
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Peace ~ SF
Ooh, I wasn’t expecting serious. The photo is cool. There’s a roadside memorial in my area, because one of the victims, Alex Teves, was from here. Very sad. Hugs, girl. And high five on finishing the project. Your photos were awesome!
Sometimes I do serious. The photo would have been better if the tables had white linens like the BEO said. Either way, it was a picture I wanted to take in the wake of that horrible shit that I will never understand. Thanks for the high-five and the compliment. You were my inspiration.
White would have been cool. As it is, it’s kinda “Tron-y”. Very sci-fi.
Brilliant photo and well done for completing the challenge. I have loved following it everyday and seeing your beautiful photos.
The shootings are so sad. It just seems so easy for unstable people to get guns and use them
Thanks Mynx! I’m happy I did it. Guns. What do you do? Lawful people buy them legally and generally use them responsibly. But how do you keep them out of the hands of people like those who committed these horrible crimes? *sigh*