Is this the gunman's blog? [Update: it's not, it's just the blog of an innocent Asian gun collector.] His name, allegedly, is Wayne Chiang.
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to be sure to keep it in tact, you must give your heart to no one. Lock it up, safe in the coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless it will change. It will not be broken, but it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable."
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Although it seems to be a perfect fit, an Asian kid who likes guns, writes blog posts indicating that he's depressed, it may be just a coincidence. Check out the comments on the blog's most recent post.
Drudge links to an article implicating a Chinese man on a student visa. This Chinese man may have phoned in bomb threats last week.
Nothing seems clear at this point.
UPDATE
There was a second shooter.
With two shooters, I think there's a good chance this Asian gun nut with the blog was one of them (likely the first shooter).
UPDATE 2
There's a new post at the blog. Wayne claims that he is not the shooter. Matt Drudge calls the blog a "hoax."
UPDATE 3
Wayne Chiang writes:
I made drudge. Amazing. Shout out to South Park, the best show out there. Maybe they will make a reference...
He seems to be enjoying his 15 minutes of fame.
According to the comments on the Grad acceptance post, the owner of that blog posted a chart showing his hits at 7:00pm with a sympathy note, then deleted it.
Plus, they just said the killer was older than this guy and only arrived in the country in August - after some of the Virginia pictures posted on that blog. http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/343354,vatech041607.article
So it's probable this is the blog of the "other" 20-something Asian depressive gun-nut Virginia Tech student. If so, I really hope he got into another CS masters program besides the one at his alma mater. He's not going to like it in fall.
Posted by: Axolotl | April 16, 2007 at 08:57 PM
Yeah, this guy is a sick fuck too. He pulled his entry from earlier, to purposely draw in more 'mistaken killer' fame.
Posted by: Rain And | April 16, 2007 at 09:51 PM
Hey, check out his comments -- looks like he agreed with you about Muslims.
Posted by: Spungen | April 16, 2007 at 09:54 PM
That guy seems shockingly handsome to be a weirdo.
Posted by: turkey | April 16, 2007 at 10:40 PM
Sweet sweet libel.
Posted by: Morgan | April 16, 2007 at 10:47 PM
Yes, seriously, Half Sigma, please be careful. I know you said "I think," but still, you're treading a fine line with a private person.
My instint is to agree with Turkey. My impression is of a sociable, outdoorsy hunting gun nut, not a weirdo paramilitary gun nut. The emotional, flowery stuff does not seem out of line for an Asian guy.
Posted by: Spungen | April 16, 2007 at 11:03 PM
Oh. If it's his hoax, he'll have a lousy case for libel.
Posted by: Spungen | April 16, 2007 at 11:05 PM
Hmmm, claims he avoided setting the issue straight because he wanted to set up Adsense and donate to charity. Also:
The purpose of this post was not to gloat, but rather show the sheer ridiculousness of how bad communication can affect one's credibility. (Read: Duke case)
And:
I will be available for interview by a news agency to clear my name, talk about the experience, and give my opinion on how the situation could have turned out better if other students were allowed to be armed.
Nothing about Imus yet. Still, sounds like he'd have some buddies on this blog. Except for the charity part.
Posted by: Spungen | April 17, 2007 at 12:08 AM
Awesome, the dude still works for IBM, as he is in our internal directory. This should be some HR fun.
Posted by: | April 17, 2007 at 01:08 AM
Awesome, the dude still works for IBM, as he is in our internal directory. This should be some HR fun.
Posted by: | April 17, 2007 at 01:17 AM
Geraldo Rivera put this on Fox News. He's supposedly a professional journalist. I'm just a blogger in pajamas.
Posted by: Half Sigma | April 17, 2007 at 07:29 AM