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Has anyone had a huge desire to go to Africa?  I sure have.  Most want to go to make a difference and I admit I do too.  However, to me making a difference isn’t just helping the continent deal with Aids or their war torn countries.  While these are all incredibly important, making a difference to me is so much more.  Making a difference is allowing them a shoulder to cry on, making a difference to me means really letting them know that you AREN’T going to give up on them.

This is why I have choosen to go to Africa after I am done school! I hope to go to the refugee camps to make a difference in them.  So many people go to Africa to the resorts, and when I bring up my desire to go to Africa people call me crazy.  But, I think they are crazy.  Who wouldnt want to go somewhere and make a difference.

The other reason I want to go to Africa is something no one else ever really talks about.  I want to go to learn something very important.  It seems in the world according to North America, that we can’t be happy without material things.  We get bored, when we have to entertain ourselves.  We our happy when we have enough money to buy something.  TV and videogames, and other technologies occupy our time so that we don’t have to be creative.  However, in the tribal areas of Africa they smile with no money.  They laugh with no money.  They are genuinly happy people, living in a world of poverty.  And no one stops and admires this.  Why is this so?  I don’t know, I just don’t have the answer but I am eager to learn.  I want to know what that feels like to not be so dependant on material objects.  I want to learn what it feels like to not listen to music and appreciate it but to make music, to make clothing, to dance important tribal dances.  I want to play soccer with my bare feet and I want to laugh and smile because I have found what it feels like to be happy as a person, and not happy because I am dependant on other things to make me happy.  I think this is a lesson Africa can teach the so called “modern world”!

I am not trying to blame the media for this, instead I am just seeing from my own experiences how much I depend on the media to keep my happy and content.

I am a sucker for music.  I love music, I love everything about music, but lately I have found myself in quite the rut.  Remember when there use to be a time when even popuar music had a message that the artisit really wanted to tell.  It was deep and insightful and not boy meets girl and they hook up the end.  I have been unable to find new music with that same passion and depth that it once had.  And the thing that worries me even more is that bands like OLP and Incubus, U2  and Oasis are creating greatist hits CDS.  What are we going to do after these bands have perished from the music world.  Will music become just something in the back ground which no longer holds any real meaning for people. I sure hope not!

Last week’s class really got me thinking about music, and how it influences our every day life.  This weekend I went to go see 300!  And I looked very critically at the movie and found that for every battle scene there was this loud crazy music that’s job was to pump you up and get you excited, then there was the heart felt death of a son, and there was a completely different style of music playing and I dont think anyone paid attention to the movie.  Imagine if a movie had no songs in it, would it be as passionate and as emotional of an experience if there was no music?  Personally, I don’t think so.  Anyways just some late night thoughts!

Okay everyone,

So usually I am not a fan of three days grace, and in fact there debut song from their new album was horrible.  Even the acousitc version of “pain” was horrid.  But, the rest of their CD is amazing.  I am so sick of hearing about the stupid little love songs in the world, and this is our relief.  It talks about the person who is left at the end of the heart break, and about the person who did the heart breaking.  I mean how often does this happen in most music.  I don’t know maybe it does…but besides that, the guitar work is absolutly impressive, and I feel like the lyrics really speak to everyone’s heart, especailly university students.  I just thought I’d let everyone know… its awsome and worth a listen

I don’t know if any of my fellow class mates watch 24, but it has been brought to my attention that they actually show similarities in the fictional government of 24 and the current Bush government.  It ’secretly’ explains the Bush government playing off its failures.  I found this very cleaver, because I feel like Tv no longer is simply just to relax but that some shows are actually trying to convey an important message.  Another show that recently started doing this was the O.C.  I must admit I use to be a huge O.C. fan but have stopped watching it because well lets face it…it is terrible now.  But one thing I noticed is that this year, they too actually tried to convey a message.  They brought up the topic of global warming.  Many of the episodes brought up were of the environment and the lack of importance we seem to place on it.  And it ended with a horrible earthquake to show the changes of global warming.  I guess what I am trying to say is that I find it very interesting how common TV shows designed for pure entertainment are now trying to take initiative to educate people in matters that the producers find important.  Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I don’t know…you tell me!

Has anyone noticed how much time we actually spend watching stupid shows like ET canada.  It is ridiculous.  Today I came home from school, watched some Oprah then some Dr. Phil, then did some studying.  Then I go to night class and come home and watch ET canada.  I don’t know, I dont think it is a very good thing.  I am constantly being fed biases, and we use this as a way to relax, or at least I use TV to relax after a stressful day at school.  And as much as I wrote in my previous blog about needing to ask why, I am not going to lie, while it is a good method in theory, after coming home from a stressful day the last thing I want to do is do some more critical thinking.  So I don’t.  And what results is me taking things at face value.

 Also, how much publicity is the Anna Nicole Smith story getting?  It is crazy how much media coverage this is getting.  The news talks more about her then what is going on with the war in Iraq.  How crazy is that?  How pitiful is it that I know more about some blonde haired female made popular because she was a playmate, then something that affects our everyday lives.  Anna Nicole in no way effects my everyday life that is for sure.  It is just gossip to talk about durring the day.  But something like the war is a huge deal, and yet we aren’t going to here about it until the media decides to tell us what really happened to Anna Nicole.

 Just some thoughts!

So I noticed that one of our fellow bloggers wrote about driving etiquette and how it seems to be no longer present, and it inspired me to write about my pet peave at the university.

I don’t know about you guys but the university is a pretty busy place when classes are getting out, and many people are left having to book it from the end of the university all the way up to the front, in 10 minutes.  Stressful I know.  But how annoying is it when people are walking in these big groups down the hall talking amongst one another all in a horizontal line, and not allowing anyone to go past.  How hard is it to move?  It drives me crazy, especially when they look back and see you in a panic trying to get by, and do absolutly nothing about it. 

Another thing that really annoys me is when it is busy in the hallways and there is a definate way that traffic flows.  It flows the same way as if you were on the road, but then there are these ‘rebels’ who decide that they are going to go through the door that everyone walking the opposite way is going through.  Seroiusly, is it that difficult to follow rules.

Haha, I am terribly sorry for this rant, but today’s a crappy day, and writing about the pet peave helps to get alittle stress of my chest until my next midterm….wohoo!

I dont know if anyone has seen this new ( and my new I mean I rented it) movie called little miss sunshine.  I was told to watch it because of how funny it was, and the other day my boyfriend and I felt like having a good laugh so we rented this movie.  I must admit I was a bit weary of renting it because I’m not one for the independant films (but maybe I just have bad taste when it comes to picking those kind of movies).  Anyways, We ended up renting this movie(don’t worry I wont ruin the story for everyone), and while yes it was funny, I also found that the meaning behind the whole movie was a great idea.  It used humor to portray how disfunctional families can be and that it is okay NOT to be perfect, infact, its better!  I thought this message was great for a society who seems to strive to such an unrealistic goal.  This movie is a great watch, and I recommend all of you see it!