emo kids get kicked in the shins
I think I'm getting shallower.. I don't know how but there are definite lapses of reality... I've really got to get rid of the blonde in my hair.
And yet, despite my coldness, I am still able to enjoy the sappi-(self acknowledge crappi)ness of emo goodness. Though I hate the record label. Why does Victory records think that you buying a cd from their label is just an excuse to put in a shameless plug for another band that they've signed. My special edition DVD/CD re-release of Tell All Your Friends from Taking Back Sunday had the case all warped out of shape because the label bastards had stuck a promo episode of their TV show in on a dvd that was never made to fit with the other two cds. The world wreaks of selling out, it ruins the best things and now I feel like a label whore instead of someone who appreciates the music.
Saw North Country last night... it's funny the things we get desensitized to or the things we just assume we know about. I don't think I've ever seen a rape scene like the one in that movie, needless to say I had a bit of trouble getting to sleep after that. But it is a good movie, maybe feminist but not to the point that it's a hindrance.
It's cloudy today. Every now and then my social psych prof (who apparently looks like a female Tom Cruise, hey I didn't say it) gives us a couple of good tidbits. She take because of the whole self-fulfilling prophecy thing, medical students diagnose themselves with tons of illnesses they don't actually have during their first year of med school. .. It's probably the same for psych kids. If I wasn't scared shitless to get assessed by someone (isn't it great when you're aiming for a career that you're just scared to interact with? it's like "When I grow up I want to be a fireman...but I don't ever want to have a fire") they'd probably find lots inside my head.. maybe some SADD, but how can someone who's lived in southern alberta all their lives with the regular season changes and the shift in the amount of light in the day just develop Seasonal Defective Disorder? That'd have to mean natural selection and adaptation just jumped over me. ... But being a soc kid as well, I'm afraid of the way people of just constructed diseases. The way it's all subjective and the medicalized trend is the witch hunt of the 21st century so.. of course they'll find something.
Prolife vs. Prochoice at the uni this past week.... it's weird to wake up and realize what you've been saying is not what you believe and to say it still. So I'm trying not to say anything this year... But, (this is the part where I get hate mail) I don't really see the use in this dichotomous rivalry. I mean, the prolife people can have their kids and the prochoice people can have their choices. No legislation needs to be passed, no propaganda or publicity needs to be put forth, the only person you have to account for is yourself (that includes anyone attached to you by umbilical cord too) but not the rest of the world. People who evangelize the world with their subjective causes are no better than telepreachers and bush and the type of north american christianity that leaves a bad taste in people's mouths. In the end,,people will do what they will do. There's enough of us for each cause, so if you have one, just follow it yourself.. and if I WANT to, I will too.
And yet, despite my coldness, I am still able to enjoy the sappi-(self acknowledge crappi)ness of emo goodness. Though I hate the record label. Why does Victory records think that you buying a cd from their label is just an excuse to put in a shameless plug for another band that they've signed. My special edition DVD/CD re-release of Tell All Your Friends from Taking Back Sunday had the case all warped out of shape because the label bastards had stuck a promo episode of their TV show in on a dvd that was never made to fit with the other two cds. The world wreaks of selling out, it ruins the best things and now I feel like a label whore instead of someone who appreciates the music.
Saw North Country last night... it's funny the things we get desensitized to or the things we just assume we know about. I don't think I've ever seen a rape scene like the one in that movie, needless to say I had a bit of trouble getting to sleep after that. But it is a good movie, maybe feminist but not to the point that it's a hindrance.
It's cloudy today. Every now and then my social psych prof (who apparently looks like a female Tom Cruise, hey I didn't say it) gives us a couple of good tidbits. She take because of the whole self-fulfilling prophecy thing, medical students diagnose themselves with tons of illnesses they don't actually have during their first year of med school. .. It's probably the same for psych kids. If I wasn't scared shitless to get assessed by someone (isn't it great when you're aiming for a career that you're just scared to interact with? it's like "When I grow up I want to be a fireman...but I don't ever want to have a fire") they'd probably find lots inside my head.. maybe some SADD, but how can someone who's lived in southern alberta all their lives with the regular season changes and the shift in the amount of light in the day just develop Seasonal Defective Disorder? That'd have to mean natural selection and adaptation just jumped over me. ... But being a soc kid as well, I'm afraid of the way people of just constructed diseases. The way it's all subjective and the medicalized trend is the witch hunt of the 21st century so.. of course they'll find something.
Prolife vs. Prochoice at the uni this past week.... it's weird to wake up and realize what you've been saying is not what you believe and to say it still. So I'm trying not to say anything this year... But, (this is the part where I get hate mail) I don't really see the use in this dichotomous rivalry. I mean, the prolife people can have their kids and the prochoice people can have their choices. No legislation needs to be passed, no propaganda or publicity needs to be put forth, the only person you have to account for is yourself (that includes anyone attached to you by umbilical cord too) but not the rest of the world. People who evangelize the world with their subjective causes are no better than telepreachers and bush and the type of north american christianity that leaves a bad taste in people's mouths. In the end,,people will do what they will do. There's enough of us for each cause, so if you have one, just follow it yourself.. and if I WANT to, I will too.