The Case for Rebecca Black

Oh sweet jesus if I could tell you to shut the fuck up, you wouldn't listen. Especially not about the insults that come with the name "Rebecca Black". Well, to all of you out there supporting the bullshit hipster musical ideals of Lorde but immediately thereafter take a 180 degree turn to insult Rebecca Black about making a song about Saturday night partying at the age of 16; you all are hypocrites. Just because your australian, at the age of sixteen, I don't have the right to sing about drugs and curse in songs as a movement of artistic impression. And if by any chance you do, you sure don't have the right to insult a fellow artist for making music that follows nearly the same ideals in a more positive light. Of course, I mean no insult to Lorde here, and I think she's a phenomenal singer and songwriter. This being said, supporting Lorde's music and then denying Rebecca Black's Saturday on the basis that 'sixteen year olds should not be singing about partying and being hungover' is absolutely hypocritical. Lorde sings about partying, sex, and drugs in her music. In addition, her mellow beats inspire a sense of depression through beat. Rebecca black on the other hand, simply talks about partying (and the byproducts that come with partying like alcohol and sex), but doing so in a positive and optimistic beat. Either way we discuss this though, my take on the matter is the same.

They're both correct.

I say this because at our time period, the young yearn to be old. They yearn to mature themselves, and give themselves the luxuries and demons that come with alcohol, partying, drugs, and sex. The truth is, teenagers to engage in this stuff. I know 14 through 17 year olds who partake in smoking meth and injecting themselves with pure heroine (pun intended), and I know that same age category to partake in drinking, having sex, and even partying. Let's be honest, it's the age of innocence lost. That's why the depressing music appeals to us. We're shedding the layers of childhood and hitting the hard realities that come with the choices we're making (and I am using the word 'We' very subjectively here as I do not fit into the age category of 14-17, but I am using the memories I had of that time to justify this blog post). Being completely honest, I partied, drank, and even had sex. In fact, many people of my generation went through the exact same thing as I did at that time period and they're the ones who judge her now. I find that rather hypocritical. If you fit that time period, what right does she have not to? Precisely, she has every right to do that, and you have (if you have partaken in that area of loss of innocence) no right to judge her.

So by all means, shut the fuck up.

Winter Break Wants

Winter break has started and there's so much to do but nothing to do at the same time. I've got to create a set schedule, and include time to write in this little blog space I now have. I'm thinking I make a set schedule and stick to it? No. Never. This is winter break, and I am in college. This means I will do whatever I want whenever I want. No, just kidding, I'm going to do the schedule thing.

I have to create designs for SUAAB
I have to play though all three Final Fantasy XIII games
I have to workout
I have to create Pre-Calculus lesson plans
I have to tutor people in said Pre-Calculus
I have to work
I have to do some sort of volunteer service
I have to party
I have to party some more
I have to study

How? When? Where? Why?

The Dos and Don'ts of Exam Studying

A distress commentary on what not to do when you are freaking out that you're going to fail your biology exam. Do not procrastinate on studying, and do not think that the online review will prep you anywhere close to where you need to be for the actual exam, because it will not, and you will be devoured by the kaiju that is an accumulative exam. Do not for your own life, start crying about the exam because all hopes and dreams are lost and you're nothing more than a lifeless sack of failure because that is negative thinking and being an optimist is the way to go. DO NOT let the stress get to you and do not change your dietary habits because that will consume what little sense of sanity you have.

So far, I've told you what not to do. What you can do however, is be confident. That might get your grade up by like a quarter point. Moreover though, just keep studying. Multiple choice (mcs) practices help you reinforce your process of elimination skills, and if the entire test is multiple choice, getting an A with such practices (as long as the correct material is covered on the practice mcs) should be easy.

What do I know though, I am merely a freshman in college that is procrastinating right now, writing about what should not be done over an incredibly difficult biology class accumulative exam. I would say kill me, but the level of utter inebriation I am in right now will probably do that for me. In addition, do not get drunk and then cry about failing because that makes everything even the more worse.

- The Saint Time Sinner