JUST when I decided to start blogging again...

In the midst of the most recent news concerning the gym killer George Sodini, I've stumbled upon several other blogs (including his own http://georgesodini.com/20090804.htm) that point to various theories concerning why he set out to open fire on innocent women in an LA Fitness outside of Pittsburgh Tuesday.

There is quite a bit going on with this case, but as usual the mainstream media sources seem to only be scratching the surface of the true intentions and underlying reasons as to why Sodini followed through with his "plan." Here are the vids he posted on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5tgVx5E5x8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ZQHrKQo5Q

Brief synopsis: Sodini needed help. So why didn't he get it? Why didn't he take the personal initiative? Do we plan to write this off as another depressed, sexually-repressed, emotionally illogical person who was alone, therefore his only option was to kill a bunch of women in order to garner attention? When do we dig deeper into these types of sociological issues? Because, really, not only are these conclusions unoriginal, they are also obstructive to the far more important ideals of humanity. I found Laurie Toby Edison's (photographer and feminist) arguments to be extremely succinct on this topic: http://laurietobyedison.com/discuss/?p=1555

Anyway, it's incredibly ironic that I've been working through these ideas for the past few days... now that the blogosphere has opened up for me once again. Are blogs a cry for help for a lot of people? It's human nature to record our thoughts so that we can revisit them in hindsight, but I'll even go so far to hypothesize that many individuals do so to also whore out their emotional outbursts so that they might evoke pity or empathy. Consequently, Sodini made reoccurring decisions to not reciprocate any of the feedback that I'm sure he was offered.

The clear moral of the story is that we need to think about depression, emotion, sexuality, and how all of these elements contribute to far more astronomical decisions such as murder... if it's of any importance I'm fairly certain my blog won't end in the taking of anyone's life.

Ok, now I'm turning off my serious face =)