Tuesday, October 11, 2005
catch it now..........it's up for deletion......serious venting
......we watched a movie last night......crash.....it was pretty much about racial and cultural stereotypes in our country, although it was set in los angeles......i wanted to dismiss the extremes they portrayed in the movie as if that must just be a los angeles thing....it was depressing...they didn't really leave out many 'groups'....the thing that disturbed me was they way i felt about my own race.....am i that way?....do i act like i'm at the top of the totem pole as far as cultures and races go?....i sure hope not.....i feel as though i'm accepting of everyone......color.....size....religion....culture....not that i'm always comfortable in every particular environment.......but is there anything wrong with that?.....i mean, not being comfortable in every environment.....isn't it normal to feel the most comfortable.....or safe in the environment i've grown up in?......how culturally diverse are we supposed to be?......i think it's possible to love everyone around you and still live your life 'as you know it'.......can we do what we are 'supposed' to do and stay 'in the box'?........how many different cultures did jesus expose himself to?.........honestly....i want to relate to different cultures but it's kind of hard when i'm part of the soccer mom suburbia right now.......i can definitely relate to the mom i sit next to at gwen & emily's soccer games.....or the bus driver that picks up my kids......or the cashier at stop & shop down the road......or the people that work next to me at the journal.....but i don't know if i can understand why a person in the inner city feels slighted by our society.....how do i relate to that?.....it's never happened to me....sad but true.....i've had an easy life pretty much............
so..........the movie..........if you rent it........there are a couple scenes that may be offensive, but overall it makes you think about whether or not you tend to stereotype and judge........sadly enough i haven't come to a conclusion about how i feel about stereotyping......some of it simply is true......that's what makes our country diverse.....each 'group' has it's own little 'things'.....ways we live.....ways we react.....what makes us happy.....what makes us angry......i just wouldn't call it racist......we are all different.........am i a pathetic american.....?.....sucked in by the stereotypes?..
maybe.......i just don't get offended if people stereotype me, because i know it's reality at times....
...........................ok....................this may soon be deleted...........................
so..........the movie..........if you rent it........there are a couple scenes that may be offensive, but overall it makes you think about whether or not you tend to stereotype and judge........sadly enough i haven't come to a conclusion about how i feel about stereotyping......some of it simply is true......that's what makes our country diverse.....each 'group' has it's own little 'things'.....ways we live.....ways we react.....what makes us happy.....what makes us angry......i just wouldn't call it racist......we are all different.........am i a pathetic american.....?.....sucked in by the stereotypes?..
maybe.......i just don't get offended if people stereotype me, because i know it's reality at times....
...........................ok....................this may soon be deleted...........................
Sunday, October 09, 2005
.....in your eyes.....
........i heard this song tonight....it's such a great, classic song....i love it....somehow the words just hit me in a spiritual way tonight......
Love i get so lost, sometimes
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
When i want to run away
I drive off in my car
But whichever way i go
I come back to the place you are
All my instincts, they return
And the grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
In your eyes
The light the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
In your eyes
The resolution of all the fruitless searches
In your eyes
I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, i want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
The heat i see in your eyes
Love, i don't like to see so much pain
So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
Love i get so lost, sometimes
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
When i want to run away
I drive off in my car
But whichever way i go
I come back to the place you are
All my instincts, they return
And the grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
In your eyes
The light the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
In your eyes
The resolution of all the fruitless searches
In your eyes
I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, i want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
The heat i see in your eyes
Love, i don't like to see so much pain
So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
