Pure Insanity

Last night was officially the most insane night of my entire life. I normally don't care about sports, especially football, but since i now live in pittsburgh and the steelers were in the superbowl i figured id give it a try. well the game did not manage to keep my attention like usual because all the starting and stopping of a football game makes me get bored really quickly. however, the second the steelers won my entire dorm building erupted. everyone started screaming and storming out into the streets. and what happened next? insanity insued.

i walked outside not knowing what to expect. i was caucious at first and stayed up on a balcony away from the chaos. but then i decided to venture into the vast amounts of crazed fans that completely covered the streets. first thing i saw was a kid hanging from a street sign, rocking back and forth until it was ripped from the groud. i saw people lifting someone up onto a streelight and throwing it to the ground. across the way i saw a bright light, i soon realized that the bright light was a tree on fire. i turned around and started heading the other direction down the street. When i turned around i saw a sign on fire with kids trying to kick it over. parking meters were being ripped from the ground and thrown through windows. as one kid was ripping one out of the ground, two police men with riot battons tackled him and threw him to the ground.

some of us decided to return to the safety of the balcony, but claire and i were brave and pushed on. as a man was walking down the street, he slammed himself into a window and broke through it. police men on horses showed up to try and cotrol the mob but failed. an entire bus stop was demolished by an angry group of people. televsion stations were all over the place trying to give people at home just a small taste of the anarchy that was ravaging our streets.

we saw now that the police were starting to get out tear gas and riot sheilds so we decided it would be for the best to head back to the balcony. as we were walking back, claire was knocked to the ground by a man running past. but, being the trooper that she is, she shrugged it off an pressed on even though her leg was now bleeding. we made it to the balcony where the others were waiting for us. then from the balcony we saw a huge fire ignite! it was a couch and two dumpsters that had been dumped into the streets. we knew now that this riot would not last much longer. soon police riding motorcyles, horses, cars, and vans started to drive into the crowds pushing everyone off the streets. finally, peace was reached.

as exciting as this experience was for me, it also brought a sad realization of how doomed the human race really is. if something as trivial as a football game, even a football game that we won, can cause so much damage and violence, just imagine what else could set off this time bomb we call society. i fear that its not long before things get even worse and our city colapses on itself. i am just thankful that we didn't lose the game.

todays words of wisdom:
take time to think about the reporcussions of your actions before it is too late.