After school today I went with a friend to buy some seeds.  As steep as gas is now, I give him a ten to drive me to the market.  It was scary how picked over things are already.  Panic mode has set in already, and I suppose people are stockpiling their goods.  Either that, or shipments are already being missed.  Maybe I should have stockpiled some food, too, but I didn't have the funds.  I just bought a few packs of seeds.  Some carrots, some cucumbers, and some lettuce blends.  I know its quite late to start these little guys, but I really don't know too much about plants (until I read the back of the packets in the carride home, no wonder no one had bought these, I should have started them when it was still winter).  I bought some soil to start them indoors, though.  Maybe if I keep the fireplace off and leave it a bit chilly and dark while I'm gone for the day at school, they'll be all right.  I think I'll stop by the library tomorrow and see if I can get a copy of Ball Redbook to get some tips.  Once again, I am ill prepared.

Another thing I bought was neocitron, being that I appear to have a headcold.  I swear, I get one every time I get the least bit stressed out.  Lousy immune system.

Also, on the news today I saw that riots had begun downtown.  There was an emergency picket and protest downtown that got a little roudy, and the protestors started getting a bit violent.  Luckily, the police showed up soon enough and put an end to it.  A few of them got arrested, but many of them got away.  I can't believe this sort of behavior has erupted already.  It's ridiculous.  This is not the way we should protest, people.  This is not the way we are going to change things for the better.

It's scary, but we can't panic.  If we lose control completely, there's no way that we'll find the solution.  We must remain peaceful, we must remain calm, and we must remain informed.  This is the only way that we're going to succeed.