Music, Guns and Booze...

Sounds like a recipe for drugged out psycho-kids to go kill some shit. really, that was my night though.
Music night went a blast with loads of awesome singing.. Goosebumps from Liz, Tahireh, Steph and Dharen...bet i missed ppl out, but hey.
Anyway, after music night was a phone convo with parents basically telling them they'll be paying a lot for my next year's accommodation. Oh well, i'll be pretty gutted if i don't get the avenue apartment. I guess it's hard to picture myself living somewhere other than 301. How aptly named Troy is - it shall be conquested and its citizens abandon it at the end of the year.
So anyway, i haven't got to the booze and guns part of the story. After the phone convo, went over to celebrate Little Buddha's birthday (as sweet as shaving cream and mayo?!?!?) and then to Fang's 'cos it was his birthday too. Came a bit too late though cos most of the booze was gone and i'd miss Chris Hales' stunning (or not so actually, according to observers) performance around the JCR. Got to talking with Stacey and her Texan friend and somehow it drifted to pepper spray (naturally), which drifted to taser guns (Stacey has one!) and then to guns themselves... Apparently, at least where they live, it's quite common to have guns and they actually go to the gunnery (omg... you'd think a nunnery would be more common) and can fire handguns and rifles.. And apparently Stacey's a really good marksman.
What the Heck. Guns are normal? That's not really something i understand.
I guess Malaysia's kind of unsafe too, but pepper spray is where i draw the line - and maybe a good kick in the balls.
In the US, some families have guns in every room, just for safety. One logic behind it is that if there is a gun lying around, at least you have the knowledge of how to make it safe. Which sort of works - don't be a hypocrite, right? At least if you bitch about it, you know what you're talking about. But it really made me think a lot about Bowling for Columbine.
Yes, some people still hate him, but his documentaries are eye-openers, despite the criticism.
So anyway, the US culture, at the moment beyond me. But i'm really happy i sat there and had that long talk, because i haven't connected with people for a long time. I wanna collect a large number of addresses and numbers during my time in ih, and one day the world will never feel unwelcoming. =)