ohhh, the irony.

I hope somebody besides me has noticed how ironic it is that in America we have hundreds of different "types" of water (c'mon, water is water is water, people), while in Africa and Asia, to name a few, millions of people don't have ANY clean water to drink.
America: Land of the brave, and home of the ridiculous amounts of surplus and luxury. (Just to clarify, I do love this country. It's an amazing country, and I'm proud to live here. But some of the things that happen here are absolutely ridiculous, and it's really no wonder sometimes that we're the laughingstock of the rest of the world.)
We should try to get some clean water over to people who actually need it instead of creating different "types" of water to make people "feel better".

-Emily

hollywood hills and suburban thrills, hey you, who are you kidding?

if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then why do we hold everyone up to a one size fits all impossible standard of airbrushed beauty?
does that make any sense? it's 2 in the AM and it seems to make sense in my head. but i repeat it's 2 in the AM.
i've been thinking about this ever since i watched a national geographic show about tattoos with kirsten. trust me, it's more relevant than it sounds. there was this one girl from an obscure african tribe who got a facial tattoo (as in, all over her face, and oh, there was blood) as a coming of age rite of passage. in her tribe, the tattoo somehow makes her beautiful. over here, in america, not so much.
i don't know, watching that show made me think of that quote, and how everyone has different ideas of what beauty is, so why does our society expect girls (and guys, but you fellas definitely don't have the pressure that we do) to reach that impossible level of perfection to universally be considered "beautiful"?
personally, i like different. i think different is beautiful. i don't think that the blonde bimbos who are more silicone than they are skin and who have a tanorexia/anorexia problem are beautiful. of course, about 95.9% of the rest of america doesn't agree with me, but that's probably because they're not as smart as i am. that's okay though, not everyone can be as wonderfully intelligent as i am, not to toot my own horn or anything. not that i can toot a horn, as i don't have enough hot air tooooo...
aaaand i think it's time to end my after midnight ramble.

-emily

ohhh, and p.s.:

Mark my words, oh, just a little more, Sara said,
and subtly subsistence is suicide.
Exercise and malnutrition
keep curves tight,
'cause all that matters is what's outside.
So says every magazine cover
which gallantly assaults
our own women and children,
but it's not my fault,
It's never my fault.
We dare to bury our three-square fare
in a twenty-first century artery,
And feed beyond our need
so pardon me,
this part of me.
-"sick little suicide" by the matches
think about it.

we've got a big mess on our hands

Does anyone else think that religion is becoming just another fad in America? And that it's becoming more like a product than something that's supposed to be at least a bit more sacred?
Seriously. People shop around for a religion that fits their lifestyle, because they don't want to change the way they live, but, golly gee, religion is just sooooo in right now that I need to get me one of those!
I don't know about you, but I thought religion was supposed to be more of a spiritual thing than simply googling the internet and deciding that this one's a better deal than that one.
Americans are officially made of fail. The majority of the people who inhabit this country make me feel ashamed. I never thought that something sacred would become just another consumer product. This country's morals need a serious reality check.

-Emily