I'm an Educated Fool with Money on my Mind

Everyone  knows that I love me some music from all different areas (well maybe everything but country and let's be honest some of it's OK, yes just OK). So today we venture to the land of rap and when I say rap, I mean legitimate rap. Think back to the days of N.W.A and and Run DMC, and the influences they had on gangsta' rappers life. Now probably one of my favorite songs of this time would have to be Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise."

I loved that in one of my high school English classes we had the chance to analyze this song and relate it to our poetry assignments in the class (not to mention that was the class that I first found "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien which is one of the most impacting books in my life). But, to have the chance to analyze this song as a poem and really look at how the life of a so called "gangsta" is, truly amazed me. Never thought I'd have a chance to do that in a high school setting, but I guess they probably thought something along the lines of "Well it's a ghetto high school, they'll appreciate learning about what's affecting the area surrounding them."

I have to say as much as people ragged on my high school, saying it was the number one drug spot and the worst high school in town to send your kids, I truly appreciated the experience I had at there. It taught me a lot about acceptance and being open-minded and I will never forget that. Even though the line divided the area between the "white-folks" and the "black-folks" we all met together in environment that helped us learn, accept, and even enjoy each other. So, if nothing else, thank you my dear old high school for teaching me lesson that even if you're not in the best of situations, you'll still learn a lot from it.

You see her Confidence is Tragic, but her Intuition Magic

Sometimes I just have these moods where I need to listen to some good 90's music. Yes, this is from the later part of the decade by Train but it's still so good! So be prepared for more 90's song inspired blogs to come.

Anyways, on to the topic at hand. This blog is of course about the song "Meet Virginia," I mean come on it's a classic, everyone should know it. For some reason, I just get captivated by this song every time I hear it. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I think I've figured it out. I want to be like Virginia. I want to be known as that weird girl that you just can't stop the need to talk to, even with all of her oddities and flaws. Truly I don't know why I want to be this girl, it's probably linked to the fact that I've never wanted to be known like everyone else.

But, what's wrong with wanting to be stranger than most of the plain, boring people you know? I'd prefer to surround myself with people who are outgoing, strange, and themselves and I really hope I'm one of those people for others. It's human nature to worry about how people perceive you, and right now that's what I'm worried about (and I should probably be more worried about how I'm looked at as a student, intern, or president but nope not today).

So Cheers, to the random worries of the world and being the strange person that I love!

Do you Recall What was Revealed the Day the Music Died?

This morning I got up early with all intentions of getting some homework done before I went to class. Of course I turn on Pandora every morning. Well I got caught up in the music and guess what song came on "American Pie" by Don McLean, all about the day the music died.

Now, this song is special in the fact that it's epically long and it's about the day Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly died in a plane crash. The song in itself is sad, but I've been in love with it since I was a kid and could recite every word to you (yes and I'll prove it to you too).

But, this song has an even bigger meaning to me. My first dance as a Kappa Delta I found out the importance of it within our circle. Every dance we have all of the people gather together in a circle and sway to the music as we belt our hearts out to the song. Each year I have watched a senior class gather together in the middle of the dance floor as they commemorate their last year as a Kappa Delta Collegian. This year, it will be my turn. Now it's always been a song that I've loved, but it means even more to me now that I've had this wonderful experience with my sorority, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

So join in, be merry and sing with me "This will be the day that I die KAPPA DELTA!"
<3

I Get by With a Little Help From my Friends

I'm starting a blog my senior year of college. I honestly think it's quite weird and it reminds me of the days that I had a Xanga (YIKES!) But I'm hoping this will become something I can use as a relaxation tool. My goal is to write before I go to bed every night. We'll see if it works because I've proven to be really terrible at keeping up with writing journals. Every blog will try to relate to a song that I think impacted my day, for example the title of this one is a Beatles song so here goes for today:

Friends, have really proven to mean a lot to me lately. I mean of course my friends are always going to mean a lot to me, but I think back to a lot of my high school friendships and most don't seem to mean anything now that I'm away from home. There are friends that are far away and there are friends who are very near that mean a whole lot to me. I'm not sure if I tell them that enough, and I've been really trying to work on that.

This Blog is a tribute to all of you, thank you for everything you've done for me, with me, and around me. You've made such an impact on my life and I couldn't ask any more from you (though of course I'm sure I will). Even though, after me graduating this year (:-O), we might start to venture off in to our own little worlds, I hope that I can come back to you and it would be just like yesterday that we were together last.

Thanks for everything that you do, each and every one of you.