My Song

Did you know that the glove compartment is inaccurately named? Everybody does...
Doesn't it seem like happiness is inaccurately named at times, too?

What are we, mankind, going to do about our war-fetish?
I believe in peace. This I know. I may be confused as to my formal religious orientation, but I believe in peace. The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. Faith, Hope, and Love—and the greatest of these is love. right?

In Lit 210 yesterday, I concluded that I am in fact a romantic humanist. I believe in the rights of the individual: free expression, love, freedom, equality, truth, but most importantly peace. I think that to create peace we must listen, really listen to each other and compromise. I’m not a Marxist but I really wish all humans were equal. I appreciate my “Westside, affluent,” upper-middleclass, suburban lifestyle more and more each day. However, I still take so much for granted; I can’t imagine a life without luxuries- indoor plumbing, electricity, Midol, an outfit for every occasion, phones- it’s just inconceivable to me. But, I can honestly say that I would be willing to give all that material up to live an equal existence with my fellow world citizens, so long as it meant a world without hatred.

This week I have decided that it is my personal mission in life to simply not hate and to help create a world where hatred is not existent. Call me an idealist; I don’t care, but I’m gonna do it. I don’t know how I’m going to create a career out of this… but it’s gonna happen.

I’ve started a habit of going through BBC’s “Day in Pictures”. It’s an amazingly quick way to keep up with most pressing news and keep reality in check. The quality of the photos is always phenomenal as well. There are usually 1 or 2 happy or emotionally-neutral photos, 1 of an inanimate object(s), perhaps an occasional animal pic, but the other 7ish are always of hatred, rebellion, poverty, or of a wrinkly old woman’s exhausted and hopeless face. I digress, rebellion is not necessarily a bad thing.

My personal favorite for this week was this one of the Queen.
Isn't it funny??

P.S. our o-zone is fucked:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6524251.stm