get the scholarship.
It's quite the bummer.
Going back and forth between 'Better luck next time, moving on' aaaand I was stupid to even think I could get it.
Clearly, I know which is the healthier frame of mind to be in. I'm thinking it might take a day or two of another pity party to get there. But I will get there!
Friday, July 13, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Some days
the world seems a little too big and a little too dark. I try to be involved in animal activism and such, but in order to do good things, you have to see a lot of horrible things. Some days that's harder than others. Some days I feel like maybe we could all make a difference... some days not so much. Today falls under the latter category.
This is what has been getting to me the last few days:
http://www.change.org/petitions/knoxville-tennessee-animal-control-board-investigate-the-death-of-theo-charge-the-owner-with-animal-cruelty#
Does anybody care? Is there ever a chance that good really wins out in the end?
Sigh.
What strikes me about that sentence is how childish it seems. "Good" and "bad". The world is mostly just a gigantic mass of gray chaos
Sigh. Again.
I think today I'm going to have a pity party on how I can't make a difference. But tomorrow, I'll be back to being optimistic and doing everything I can to help. Or at least I'll try...
This is what has been getting to me the last few days:
http://www.change.org/petitions/knoxville-tennessee-animal-control-board-investigate-the-death-of-theo-charge-the-owner-with-animal-cruelty#
Does anybody care? Is there ever a chance that good really wins out in the end?
Sigh.
What strikes me about that sentence is how childish it seems. "Good" and "bad". The world is mostly just a gigantic mass of gray chaos
Sigh. Again.
I think today I'm going to have a pity party on how I can't make a difference. But tomorrow, I'll be back to being optimistic and doing everything I can to help. Or at least I'll try...
Monday, July 2, 2012
Patriotic Wariness
I'll admit it: Patriotic holidays make me wary.
It's because Americans are kind of touchy about their 'We're better than everyone,' complex and it's borderline creepy. Especially since 9/11.
I guess it just compares to my sports post. I think it's stupid to think a place is superior to others (in this case countries, but even cities, continents, basketball teams...) just because I live here.
Cause let's all be honest. We're not superior. EVERY country has it's own ups and downs, strengths and weaknesses. Everyone remember what badasses the Greeks used to be a few centuries ago? Just because I think Sweden is cool in it's own way, doesn't make me an "America Hater". And just because I think the US has it's perks and that I live here, doesn't mean I feel the need to have some sort of superior ego about it.
Isn't this holiday supposed to be about celebrating our independence? Not that we're "better"?
Everyone knows Texas has an ego! "Everything is bigger in Texas..." especially our guns, trucks and penises.... Maybe the whole creepy/weird ego-patriotism is just in Texas?
Sigh. If only.
I guess the bottom line is that the overzealous patriotic crap just smacks wayyyy too closely of fundamentalist religions and the Nazi movement for my comfort. Although we should most certainly celebrate the people, movements, wars and hardships it took us to get here as a country, people following with the blind belief that we're better no matter what we do is dangerous.
It's because Americans are kind of touchy about their 'We're better than everyone,' complex and it's borderline creepy. Especially since 9/11.
I guess it just compares to my sports post. I think it's stupid to think a place is superior to others (in this case countries, but even cities, continents, basketball teams...) just because I live here.
Cause let's all be honest. We're not superior. EVERY country has it's own ups and downs, strengths and weaknesses. Everyone remember what badasses the Greeks used to be a few centuries ago? Just because I think Sweden is cool in it's own way, doesn't make me an "America Hater". And just because I think the US has it's perks and that I live here, doesn't mean I feel the need to have some sort of superior ego about it.
Isn't this holiday supposed to be about celebrating our independence? Not that we're "better"?
Everyone knows Texas has an ego! "Everything is bigger in Texas..." especially our guns, trucks and penises.... Maybe the whole creepy/weird ego-patriotism is just in Texas?
Sigh. If only.
I guess the bottom line is that the overzealous patriotic crap just smacks wayyyy too closely of fundamentalist religions and the Nazi movement for my comfort. Although we should most certainly celebrate the people, movements, wars and hardships it took us to get here as a country, people following with the blind belief that we're better no matter what we do is dangerous.
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