This week's theme is America. I heard REM in spin class- "It's the End of
the World" accompanied my sprint this am. Yes REM is a great American
college band from the funky little town of Athens, GA and legitimized
alternative music for the masses. But this particular song brought me back
to my youth when me and my two best friends used to hang out and play that
song over and over again until we memorized all the words. We were obsessed
with knowing every word and loved to sing it to each other and dance around. When you are in high school, you often FEEL like the world is ending in
terms of your general angst- but not sure any of us REALLY felt that way or
understood what that meant- we simply enjoyed the lyrics and the catchy tune
and related to Stipe and his cool awkwardness. But listening to that song
this morning as I sweated away last night's orecchiette, I had a whole
different experience. I still remembered all the words but this time they
had a bit of a different meaning, and I must say, I didn't feel fine. I try
to stay upbeat on this blog but I'm super bummed right now. I don't know who
to blame about this mess in the gulf and I no longer know who to be angry
at. Nobody knows what to do, people are losing their livelihoods, and our
entire ecosystem is under attack. We are in the midst of hurricane season
and I for one am super freaked about the possibilities- and I just heard
this AM that there is a slick 7 miles off of Pensacola. It does feel like the world is ending right now or at least severely pissed
with us (sinkholes, volcanoes, earthquakes)- so this song had new meaning
for me. I was wondering if anyone else in the class was thinking the same.
Again, I don't mean to bum everyone out, but I simply can't understand how
nobody can figure this thing out. I feel the way I did after 9/11, when I
couldn't stop watching CNN, clicking on it all day, and now that I have a
commute in the morning I am glued to NPR. It's a pretty scary time in this
country and I want to feel hopeful again, and if the world is really ending,
I wish I felt fine as they say in the song. Here's the video for that
classic- I'm trying to summon some faith but it's tough right now. Sorry to
be such a buzz kill but this shit has me down this Thursday in the MIA.
Check out the video anyway, it's pretty dope.
the World" accompanied my sprint this am. Yes REM is a great American
college band from the funky little town of Athens, GA and legitimized
alternative music for the masses. But this particular song brought me back
to my youth when me and my two best friends used to hang out and play that
song over and over again until we memorized all the words. We were obsessed
with knowing every word and loved to sing it to each other and dance around. When you are in high school, you often FEEL like the world is ending in
terms of your general angst- but not sure any of us REALLY felt that way or
understood what that meant- we simply enjoyed the lyrics and the catchy tune
and related to Stipe and his cool awkwardness. But listening to that song
this morning as I sweated away last night's orecchiette, I had a whole
different experience. I still remembered all the words but this time they
had a bit of a different meaning, and I must say, I didn't feel fine. I try
to stay upbeat on this blog but I'm super bummed right now. I don't know who
to blame about this mess in the gulf and I no longer know who to be angry
at. Nobody knows what to do, people are losing their livelihoods, and our
entire ecosystem is under attack. We are in the midst of hurricane season
and I for one am super freaked about the possibilities- and I just heard
this AM that there is a slick 7 miles off of Pensacola. It does feel like the world is ending right now or at least severely pissed
with us (sinkholes, volcanoes, earthquakes)- so this song had new meaning
for me. I was wondering if anyone else in the class was thinking the same.
Again, I don't mean to bum everyone out, but I simply can't understand how
nobody can figure this thing out. I feel the way I did after 9/11, when I
couldn't stop watching CNN, clicking on it all day, and now that I have a
commute in the morning I am glued to NPR. It's a pretty scary time in this
country and I want to feel hopeful again, and if the world is really ending,
I wish I felt fine as they say in the song. Here's the video for that
classic- I'm trying to summon some faith but it's tough right now. Sorry to
be such a buzz kill but this shit has me down this Thursday in the MIA.
Check out the video anyway, it's pretty dope.