It's time for an "important" journal from me, guys. I live in Colorado, and this is something that took place in a town just an hour away from me.

On December 30, 2009 between 2:18 am and 4:30 am a German Shepherd named Buddy was dragged to death at the Colorado National Monument. Joan Anzelmo, superintendent of the monument, identified the suspect as Steven Clay Romero, 37, of Grand Junction. The superintendent also told The Denver Post that tracks left in the snow clearly show how the crime was committed: The dog initially walked, then ran and eventually was dragged when it couldn't keep up with the vehicle. It was finally dumped after it died from the dragging.
She said the German shepherd mix was forced to run up one of the steepest hills at the monument. During the 3 miles, the dog had to run on about 2 inches of snow, around multiple switchbacks and sharp curves that gained more than 1,000 feet in elevation before the animal collapsed and died.
Marylou Randour, a staff psychologist for the Humane Society of the United States, said the person or persons who committed the act is a psychopath. "He is someone who has no compassion or empathy for any living creatures," Randour said. Randour added that the individual is extremely dangerous and a threat to human beings as well as animals.
"He may not have been angry at all," she said of the individual. "He may have done it for kicks — to torture an animal in an elaborate and detailed way."
Randour, who has studied animal abusers for years, said a recent study of 43,000 people found that those with drug problems and mental-health problems are most likely to engage in animal cruelty.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/6/de.....-buddys-killer

In short, I am asking everyone who reads this to sign this petition. I don't care where you're from, or if you don't even know where the city it took place is. All I know is this man deserves absolutely everything that he gets.
Please help to give this disgusting, horrible human being the maximum penalty for killing an absolutely innocent creature who probably loved him for some reasons that we will never understand.

Edit: Excuse me, I was incorrect. It seems the dog was not his, rather, he -stole- it from another family, and took the life their family member instead.

Browsing FA. Was bored. Found this quiz on  xanbunny 's profile. Decided to fill it out.

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Quiz: 100 truths

001. Name → Erin
002. Nickname(s) → Zeko, Zeke... dunno. Whatever people wanna call me. XD
003. Status → BORED. And single.

004. Zodiac sign → Saggitarius
005. Male or female → Female

006. Elementary → Northside Elementary
007. Middle School → Columbine. So. Much. Suck.
008. High School → Montrose High School
009. Smart → Depending.

010. Hair color → Dark brown
011. Hair Length → Shoulder length
012. Loud or Quiet → A little of both I guess.
013. Sweats or Jeans → Jeans
014. Phone or Camera → Phone
015. Health freak → TOTALLY. Not. >_>

016. Drink or Smoke? → ... Meh. >_> Smoke if I hafta choose.
017. Do you have a crush on someone? → Sorta. I guess.
018. Eating or Drinking → ... Both? ... To survive?
019. Piercings → Ears; gauged to 2's.
020. Tattoos → ... Working on that.
021. Obsessions → ... Uh... Hookah.
022. Chocolate or Vanilla → Vanilla


FIRSTS:

023. First piercing → Ears
024. First best friend → Dustin Kopp
025. First award → Something from elementary school more than likely. Field day award or something.
026. First crush → Uh...
027. First pet → Sunny the cat
028. First big vacation → Uhm... Wow. My family has never had a -real- vacation before. I guess to Las Vegas when I was in 5th grade...
030. First big birthday → Uh...

HATE:
031. Really
032. Do
033. Dislike
034. Lots
035. Of
036. Stuff
037. Expello-C
038. Close-minded people
039. Argumentative people

LOVE:
040. ... Uh... stuff.
041. Hookahs
042. Xbox 360
043. My dog. X3
044. Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
045. California.
046. Partying/being with my friends.
047. Lots and lots and lots of music.
048. ... Subway

CURRENTLY:

049. Eating → Nothing.
050. Drinking → Water
051. Just Noticed → It's like... 2am
052. I'm about to → Go to bed
053. Listening to → My Stoner Playlist. (Everything good. =])
054. Plans for today → I have no idea, dude.
055. Wearing → Clothes
056. Finished → Mehrrrrrr...
057. Need → ... Friends?

YOUR FUTURE:

058. Want kids? → Maybe.
059. Want to get married? → *shrugs* Eh.
060. Careers → Animation/Storyboarding

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU UNIQUE:
061. My sense of humor
062. My ability to associate specific styles to specific bands/name bands/songs if I hear a few lyrics/riffs.
063. My empathy
064. People find it easy to talk to me. Extremely easy. I'm everybody's therapist.
065. I'm extremely cool with said above statement. =]
067. I make everybody my friend. I may seem shy. But I'm drawn to specific people.

WHICH IS BETTER WITH SAME/OPPOSITE SEX? (that needed altered a little since im bi.)

068. Lips or eyes → Mehr. =[ ... Both. Deal with it. XP
070. Shorter or taller? → Shorter preferably
071. Big Spoon/Little spoon? → FORK (I had to keep this answer. XD)
072. Romantic or spontaneous → Both. Deal with it again.
073. Nice stomach or nice arms → Personality plz (had to keep this one too plz. =/)
074. Sensitive or loud → SENSITIVE!!! (See what I did? ... I'm so sleepy... seeing spots...)
075. Hook-up or relationship → Relationship
076. Timid or Outgoing? → Both. Because I can. Who's gonna stop me? NOT THE LAAAAW!
077. Troublemaker or hesitant → ... Both. NOT THE LAW DAMMIT!

HAVE YOU EVER:

078. Gotten locked inside a store - ... No.
079. Lost your keys - Yes. And locked them in the car. T_T
080. Lost glasses/contacts → Don't need either.
081. Ran away from home → Somuchfail...
082. Gotten Screened in an Airport → Nope.
083. Been Attacked → Uh... no.
084. Broken someone's heart → I don't know. Hope not. Probably not.
085. Been arrested → Nope. *knocks on wood*
086. Broken the law, malitiously → Nope
087. Cried when someone died → ... Duh. o_O;; Really? Did someone ask this?

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

088. Humanity → ... Have you seen Idiocracy? ... Slippery slope, my friends. I'm speaking to you America. T_T
089. Yourself → Sure?
090. Miracles → o_O
091. Love at first sight → Nope. >_> Lust at first sight. Yes. XD
092. Heaven → ... Uh... no.
093. Santa Claus → ... I'm sorry. I read the heaven thing then the Santa thing and thought of Religilous... XD Ugh. No. XD
094. Sex on the first date → I wouldn't be brave enough
095. Kiss on the first date → See above

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:

096. What scares you more than rationality can explain → Uh... o_O
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now → Sorta, yeah.
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → Not particularly right now, no, but I'm working to make myself happy. =]
099. Do you believe in God → No. I do not.
100. Post as 100 Truths and tag Are you a Fag? → Fuck Off ^__^

... Oddly amusing.
I'm going to bed now.

Peace out girl scouts.

A - Age: 18

B - Bed size: Twin

C - Chore you hate: Dishes...

D - Dog's name: Thorn!

E - Essential "Start Your Day" item: Coffee and cigarettes.

F - Favorite color(s): Lots. Uhm... navy blue, indigo blue, red, black, green, purple... I have a lot. >_>

G - Gold or Silver: Silver

H - Height: 5'6.5"

I - Instruments you play: Guitar, piano/keyboard (a little. >.o), and I sing decently. So I've been told anyway...

J - Job title: Storyboarder =]

K - Kids: I'm HORRIBLE with children... but... can be okay. Sometimes. In small doses. And numbers...

L - Liquor, Beer or Wine: Beer

M - Mom's name: Lela

N - Nicknames: Zeko, Zeke, Otter, Pookie...

O - Outie or Innie: Innie

P - Pet Peeve: A few. >_>;;; Way lots. T_T *easily irritable*

Q - Quote from a movie: "I hope you guys have 'Hobo Stab Insurance.' Wait up! I don't wanna be alone when the walls start bleeding!"

R - Right or left handed: Mostly right...

S - Sibling(s): One brother and one sister.

T- Time to get up: Usually about 9 or so...

U - Underwear: Boxers

V - Vegetable you dislike: Zucchini. Blech. XP

W - What makes you run late: Internets. >_> And video games. SOMETIMES.

X - X-rays you've had: Don't think I've had an X-ray...

Y - Yummy food you make: I make lots of yummy stuff. =3 I like to experiment. Usually Mexican food, but I think the favorite thing I've made in awhile is ratatouille. X3

Z - Zoo favorite: OTTERS! And lions. And otters... >____>

Level 1
(x) Smoked A Cigarette
(x) Smoked A Cigar
(x) Kissed A Member Of The Same Sex
SO FAR: 3

Level 2
(x) Are / Been In Love
(x) Dumped someone
() Been Fired
() Been In A Fist Fight
SO FAR: 5

Level 3
(x) Had A Crush On An Older Person
(x) Skipped Class
() Slept With A Co-worker
() Seen Someone / Something Die
SO FAR: 7

Level 4
() Had / Have A Crush On One Of Your Furaffinity Friends
() Been To Paris
() Been To Spain
(x) Been On A Plane
(x) Thrown Up From Drinking
SO FAR: 9

Level 5
(x) Eaten Sushi (Blegh...)
() Been Snowboarding
(x) Met Someone Through Internet
(x) Been in a Mosh Pit
SO FAR: 12

Level 6
() Been In An Abusive Relationship
(x) Taken Pain Killers
(x) Liked/loved Someone Who You Cant Have
(x) Laid On Your Back And Watched Cloud Shapes Go By
(x) Made A Snow Angel
SO FAR: 16

Level 7
(x) Had A Tea Party
(x) Flown A Kite
(x) Built A Sand Castle
(x) Gone mudding
(x) Played Dress Up
SO FAR: 21

Level 8
(x) Jumped Into A Pile Of Leaves
(x) Gone Sledding
(x) Cheated While Playing A Game
(x) Been Lonely
(x) Fallen Asleep At Work / School
SO far: 26

Level 10
(x) Watched The Sun Set
() Felt An Earthquake
() Killed A Snake
SO FAR: 27

Level 11
(x) Been Tickled
() Been Robbed / Vandalized
(x) Been cheated on
(x) Been Misunderstood (*emo*)
SO FAR: 30

Level 12
(x) Won A Contest
() Been Suspended From School
(x) Had Detention
(x) Been In A Car / Motorcycle Accident
SO FAR: 33

Level 13
() Had / Have Braces
() Eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night
(x) Danced in the moonlight
SO FAR : 34

Level 14
(x) Hated The Way You Look
() Witnessed A Crime
() Pole Danced
(x) Questioned Your Heart
(x) Been obsessed with post-it-notes
SO FAR: 37

Level 15
(x) Squished Barefoot Through The Mud
() Been To The Opposite Side Of The World
() Swam In The Ocean
(x) Felt Like You Were Dying
SO FAR: 39

Level 16
(x) Cried Yourself To Sleep
(x) Played Cops And Robbers
(x) Recently Colored With Crayons / Colored Pencils / Markers
(x) Sang Karaoke
(x) Paid For A Meal With Only Coins
SO FAR: 44

Level 17
(x) Done Something You Told Yourself You Wouldn't
() Made Prank Phone Calls
(x) Laughed Until Some Kind Of Beverage Came Out Of Your Nose
(x) Kissed In The Rain
SO FAR: 47

Level 18
(x) Written A Letter To Santa Claus
(x) Watched The Sun Set/ sun rise With Someone You Care/Cared About
(x) Blown Bubbles
(x) Made A Bonfire On The Beach Or Anywhere
SO FAR: 51

Level 19
() Crashed A Party
() Have Traveled More Than 5 Days With A Car Full Of People
(x) Had A Wish Come True
() Been Humped By A Monkey
SO FAR: 52

Level 20
() Worn Pearls
() Jumped Off A Bridge
(x) Screamed "Penis" or "Vagina"
() Swam With Dolphins
SO FAR: 53

Level 21
(x) Got Your Tongue Stuck To A Pole/Freezer/ice Cubes (*sighs* both...)
() Kicked A Fish
(x) Worn The Opposite Sex's Clothes
(x) Sat On A Roof Top and watched the stars
SO FAR: 56

Level 22
(x) Screamed At The Top Of Your Lungs
() Done / Attempted A One-Handed Cartwheel
(x) Talked On The Phone For More Than 6 Hours
(x) Recently stayed up for a while talking to someone you care about
SO FAR: 59

Level 23
(x) Picked And Ate An Apple Right Off The Tree
(x) Climbed A Tree
(x) Had/Been In A Tree House
(x) Been scared To Watch Scary Movies Alone
SO FAR: 63

Level 24
(x) Believed In Ghosts
() Have had More Then 30 Pairs Of Shoes
() Gone Streaking
(x) Visited Jail
SO FAR: 65

Level 25
(x) Played Chinese Chicken
(x) Been Pushed into a pool with all your clothes on
(x) Been Told You're Hot By A Complete Stranger
() Broken A Bone
(x) Been Easily Amused
SO FAR: 69

Level 26
(x) Caught A Fish Then Ate It Later
() Made A Porn Video/got asked to make one
(x) Caught A Butterfly
(x) Laughed So Hard You Cried
(x) Cried So Hard You Laughed
SO FAR: 73

Level 27
(x) Mooned/Flashed Someone
(x) Had Someone Moon/Flash You
(x) Cheated On A Test
(x) Forgotten Someone's Name
() French Braided Someones Hair
() Gone Skinny Dipping
() Been Kicked Out Of Your House
SO FAR: 77

Level 28
(x) Rode A Roller Coaster
() Went Scuba-Diving/Snorkeling
() Had A Cavity
() Black-Mailed Someone
() Been Black Mailed
SO FAR: 78

Level 29
(x) Been Used
(x) Fell Going Up The Stairs
(x) Licked A Cat
(x) Bitten Someone
(x) Licked Someone
SO FAR: 83

Level 30
(x) Been shot at/or at gunpoint
() Had sex in the rain
() Flattened someones tires
(x) Rode in a car/truck until the gas light came on
(x) Got five dollars or less worth of gas
TOTAL: 86

Repost this with the title:
I've Done __ of the 120 stupidest things. (with your total in that blank spot.)

... Some of those aren't really that stupid. o_O;;; Oh well... 86/120