May 2013
Black guy kills some people.
News: Criminal.
Muslim guy kills some people.
News: Terrorist.
Latino guy kills some people.
News: Criminal.
White guy kills some people.
News: Mental illness. (lost soul, complicated psyche, quiet loner, misunderstood, frustrated with life, experienced recent, traumatic, life-altering events that set him off; not to mention all the positive descriptors that are attached to him, i.e. intelligent, PhD candidate, honor roll student, etc.)
Me most of the year: Want that. Want that. Want that.
Me near my birthday or christmas: I CANNOT THINK OF A SINGLE THING I WANT.