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i am tired on so many levels. this week has been so long. i just focus my entire being to making it 1 more week, just 1 more week and i'll have my savior. the mental rest i so desperately crave. so close. so close.
i went to the empower peace thing yesterday. and the entire process has been nagging me since. forget the fact that im not even going to be speaking, its just that the whole thing is just so ridiculous and infuriating. the idea of the program is that students from the united states get to speak with students from jordan, break down barriers, stereotypes and promote peace through a sharing of cultural experiences and world views. but if they are so interested in breaking down barriers, in letting the "youth of the world create our own future" than why is this all a huge pile of censored crap! why are we limited to a question an answer session about sports and pop stars? we can't mention the war in iraq, america's presence in the middle east, the israel-palestine conflict, hammas, hussein, or anything remotely political, or controversial. i dont know about everybody else, but on a personal level, i want to know how these teenagers feel about what is going on in their country, and in their region. i dont really care what the #1 pop song on the jordanian music charts is, i care about what bush is doing to these kids, and how they really feel about things over there-- not just what the media says. but who am i? just another white girl to stick in the audience, even out the ethnicity ratio. politically correct bullshit. it makes me so mad.
i've been waiting for a chance to get that out.
<3
Coordinate brain and mouth
Then ask me what it's like to have myself so figured out
I wish I knew
i went to the empower peace thing yesterday. and the entire process has been nagging me since. forget the fact that im not even going to be speaking, its just that the whole thing is just so ridiculous and infuriating. the idea of the program is that students from the united states get to speak with students from jordan, break down barriers, stereotypes and promote peace through a sharing of cultural experiences and world views. but if they are so interested in breaking down barriers, in letting the "youth of the world create our own future" than why is this all a huge pile of censored crap! why are we limited to a question an answer session about sports and pop stars? we can't mention the war in iraq, america's presence in the middle east, the israel-palestine conflict, hammas, hussein, or anything remotely political, or controversial. i dont know about everybody else, but on a personal level, i want to know how these teenagers feel about what is going on in their country, and in their region. i dont really care what the #1 pop song on the jordanian music charts is, i care about what bush is doing to these kids, and how they really feel about things over there-- not just what the media says. but who am i? just another white girl to stick in the audience, even out the ethnicity ratio. politically correct bullshit. it makes me so mad.
i've been waiting for a chance to get that out.
<3
Coordinate brain and mouth
Then ask me what it's like to have myself so figured out
I wish I knew