Obama Family Interview + Presidential Race= nO REAL nEWS! July 10, 2008

oK! So yesturday I found my blood pressure rising and my heart raising because of all this coverage of the Presidential Race. Barak Obama and His wife Michelle, along with their two daughters did an interview with Access Hollywood. All of a sudden the media went into a frenzy and so did I. “What the hell is the big deal” I thought. Everyone was giving Obama slack because he allowed his daughters to be interviewed. I thought that all hell broke lose, that everything was coming to an end, but no, the news media was hassling my homeboy…hahaha..I just said homeboy, don’t mind that….Anyway, I still don’t see what the big deal was, I was happy to see his family, I dont think that going on Access Hollywood was a good idea, but no one else is even better. They look real, they seem real and they seem genuine, I know its never been done before or that no one has ever seen the likes of a real presidential family since the Kennedy’s, but the past few presidental races have sucked. And now that there are two different types of candidates, espeically a young one, everyone goes crazy.

 

I especially want to stick it to Matt Louer of the “Today Show” Dude is such a loser, he tries so hard to report on real news and get the best interviews, while stickin it to the man. He totally hasseled Obama because he shared his family with the world. “Do you think it was a big mistake?” “Will you do it again?” I was ranting so much over Matt, He thinks that he is doing the universe (not the world..he is thinking big!) such a favor. what is so great about him? Meredith Verra has more creditentials than he does and so did Katie Couric.

I was also watching “The Daily Show” With Jon Stewart and he was talking about how the news was going crazy over Cindy MCcain’s Cookies, that she had stoolen a cookie recipe or it was “eriely” similar to another famous one, when they discovered that the difference was about the number of caramel chips she used in each patch “Then they must be F&*&(^&* Different!” Jon Stewart said yelling into the Camera! Then they were comparing the ladies popularity by what the wore and what shows they went on and if McCain and Obama had married them keeping in mind the amount of Electorial votes they would bring in a presidential race.

 

Then I thought to myself..”oneday I contemplated being a reporter, realizing that I would rather be on the front line of a war or reporting on a city (that has yet to be rebuilt and that has been ignored for 3 years.) or a famine. Just as long as it wasn’t as foolish as these things. We need real news people, yeah its hard to hear about devastation everyday, but come to think of it that’s why most don’t want to hear, beacause the media continues to report on crap and as long as we hear crap, we won’t do crap to solve our countries problems or our world’s problems…..”

Peace, one love, always holdin it down

Jade xoxoX

My New Mission in Life…Sort of! July 10, 2008

Well Helloooooooo People’s

I am finally back in the States and now I am trying to figure out what to do with myself. If Mika hasn’t told you already, I was off studying in Paris France for about a month. While I was there I had a chance to visit London and Florence. I feel different all of a sudden like a brand new person or more like I have a brand new perspective on things. Don’t worry! I am still the crazy, confused, lost, sexually frustrated girl you all know and love. However, I do feel compelled to be more forth coming with how I feel. I think that for the past couple of months that we have we doing our podcast on itunes and our websites and all the other stuff we got going, that I havent truley been able to express myself more clearly. I know your thinking…”Dude, we know your weird by know, what else is there?” Well there is alot!…Now, I am not going to divolge all my secrets, because mystery is a sexy thing and I don’t want to go to Jail, but I do feel that this is a good way for me to learn to be honest with the people around me that I know and love, with you the audience, and most importantly with myself..sooo here we go….

When I first began my stay in France, Started studying, and meeting new people, I was hoping that I would have a revelation about my life. I wanted to figure out what it was that I wanted, to have a dream or goal and do it. But after a while nothing came. I began to feel depressed and lonely, I felt like I was too confused and that nothing would change. Most of all, here I was in this beautiful city, a place of wonder, and I found nothing. All my life I wanted to travel, I wanted to see the world, meet new people, maybe have an affair or 2 or 3or alot:) and explore, but I lost it. “What’s wrong with me?” I beat myself up for not knowing what I wanted. I have always known my desires and if I lost it I was always able to find something else to replace it. People can be cruel in this world,, rude and disruptive, most importanly disrespectful. I found alot of those people in Paris, not the French themselves, but the group that I traveled with, such as my Roommates (BITCHES-WITH A CAPITAL “B”), other foreigners, and pigeons aka Rat’s with wings (they were everywhere). So, I learned to adapt. I really wanted to make friends, something that I never persude in my life, I really craved absorbing everything but I didn’t want to do it alone, ultimalty I didnt have a choice. I was alone. I was gone everyweekend to travel with my best friend, who I missed dearly and we went through hell and back in London and then in Florence (with a horrible person that I shall not name at this point but I will mention him and discuss him in future notes) and then I stayed in Paris for my final two weekends. I got so much slack for traveling. I was told that the reason why my roommates didnt want to be my friend was because I chose to travel, even though I took two classes with them, slept in the same room with them and ate with them, they suddenly stopped talking to me and decided I wasn’t worthy. Then they would to things like talk Loud while I was sleeping, to name a few! So I learned to do other things and I met other kids who were in different programs at other universities that stayed at my hostel. They were supper nice and there was a cute guy(had a girl friend, damn!) and I went out on my own.

I had fun exploring the museums, catching the Metro(train) and thinking. I could make the rules, be independent, and be a woman. I wasn’t affraid. I made the decision, that this is my chance, I wasn’t in Kansas anymore(not my real place of residence, just a metaphor) and this was me being what I always wanted to be ALIVE! it felt good, I felt free, I didnt care what people thought, I was me…

My mission list

1. take chances (like, if you wanna go somewhere do it, even alone is ok)

2. the next time someone shuves you or bumps into you, shuve them back, and if it turns into a fight well kick there ass, self defense!

3. Talk to thy cute guy, when that cute guy notices theee (actually this is number 2 of the “Hey! r u, like, totally checking me out?” rule book on girls life…special shout out to Mika for the great title, you are my inspiration!)

4. do something for yourself…meaning, you don’t have to worry about your family or friends all the time, whether or not you should get them this or that, and if you want to buy yourself something, do it!

5. Love Thy self and thy self will be happy…Corny indeed, but very true. I stuggle with it constantly, I think all 20something girls do, guys and no matter what your age. You have to take it one step at a time, don’t use perfection as a means to be satisfied.

In the end I did learn something from Paris. These aren’t meant to be in a specific order, they are what they are, so let them be. I hope I can live by them and I hope that I can add to them. I can’t wait to share more with you and Please let me know what you think:)

Peace, one love, always holdin it down!

JADE xoxoX