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Year of the Dog

Just finished this bizarre movie with my mom. The cover of it was very "Flight of the Conchords-esque" and even the little blurb on the back sounded cute. Plus it had Molly Shannon and John C. Reilly, so I thought, it has to be amusing.

Weirdest movie I've seen in a while. Good, but weird. It definitely redefines puppy love.

Resolved

I just finished watching this fascinating documentary on High School debate. It follows students through the fast pace, high intensity life of debate. There were many groups followed but the debate seemed to be surrounded by one sole group.

Richard and Louis, two very strong debaters, who are of the african heritage, used this high school debate as a ploy for their fight for freedom and used it as a cause to make their point known about Racisim.

They believed that while the majority of people who debated in the program were white and rich, therefore, of an elite group and the rules and guidelines of debate excluded anyone of humble or regular origin. While their debate was passionate and I believe does present some factual evidence I also feel that by claiming everyone who debated by the rules that were required in debate was therefore presenting a racist ideal REALLY got under my skin.

It's a bit hypocritical to call one group of people racist simply on what they've been taught, without getting to know the person. Because I was born white does not make me automatically a racist but that is exactly what they were claiming. There's no validity in their point if by assuming one to be racist they are in fact being racist themselves.

They cried for a fight against racismn and quoted Martin Luther King and Malcom X, but they personally were not involved in the kind of riducule that was bestowed upon their ancestors. And they also were NOT the only people put under that sort of oppression.

Maybe I'm being a little too passionate and taking it all a little too personally but I believe it is reverse discrimintation that is really hitting this nation hard. The used-to-be miniority races claim because of something that our ancestors decided makes us all racist and they fight like they have a personal chip on their shoulder. My family comes from a native american background but you don't see me fighting for their rights, and they were opprssed and killed off just like slaves.

I FIND THIS KIND OF ARGUMENT TO BE IDIOTIC.

And by making this argument against it, I'm sure I will be labeled as a racist but, if Richard and Louis can claim some sort of victim role then why can't I?

Larping at it's best

Since you all want to marvel in my upcoming pain.
Here's just a preview of what I'll enjoy. This is actually what my roommate is a part of, amtgard.



Part 2, coming soon.

Ben Hogan

I watched a documentary on him this morning. It's actually a facsinating story. And he accomplished so much with so much adversity.



Impressive doesn't even begin to cover it.

Kiwis anyone?

I discovered going to school in New Zealand cost the same as going to school at an out of state University. Isn't that insane?!? Maybe I'll do that for my sophomore year. Ha. I'm really fascinated with accents. I mean I've always been able to somewhat speak in foreign accents but as I continue to do this project for Theater about world dialects the more I'm interested. Studying abroad is getting more and more relevant.

Music

is fantastic.

Not all of it. But a lot of it.

I've recently become infatuated with Treaty of Paris.

I'm drawn to Indie kind of flair like Ludo, Jason Mraz and Last Fast Action.

Seriously, if boredom strikes just search random words on Myspace music.

That's how I heard about The Brunettes and The Whats, both fantastic bands! Music is my only escape.