Written in thought of a very specific person. Most likely this is not you. I am glad that it is not.

So i appologize for all that I am, and all that I did to you. Even when I didn't realize what I was doing that needed to be appologized for, and you still need to shoot me down? Maybe this is just me, but I do not understand some people in this world. Is this me trying to get the last word, I don't think so. I think it's me trying to make sense of this situation in a way that is impossible for you to take notice of, so that I can avoid making you feel as though you need to display your dominance since you already proved that to me.

I still don't fully understand how you make me into a submissive person, I suppose it is out of fear of what circumstances may come of a continuation of this pointless argument. I suppose I fear that this may bring up issues that are burried away deep down in a place inside of me I have tried to forget about for such a long time, that without the success I crave for, it's slowly becomes another monotonis routine.

But I suppose that no matter how much self reflection I could indulge in, none of it could ever explain the way you acted towards me. The completely written out argument that is in place for those who are looking for it can find. Maybe I should not be concerned as to why, but simply be concerned with whether i was right or not. But that still wouldn't help my curiosity in any way.

So I really wish I could ask you as to why you reacted the way you did, maybe I could understand myself. Maybe I could only understand you. I don't think any of this is possible though without continuing your anger towards me. I suppose I can only hope that patience can take a hold of you, and that at some point when today has become the past, and we are both able to see this situation with 20/20 vision, you will enlighten me as to what I did to cause this, and how I should avoid these kinds of things with you in the future.

I suppose the reason I'm writting this is so that perhaps if someone is feeling the same way I am, due to a similar situation, they'll be able to see that someone else has gone through that before. And that we are not alone in our experinces.

Every Generation needs a new revolution

The title is a quote by Thomas Jefferson. And it seems to be ringing true to a lot of young people today in this country. A lot of free-thinking individuals who question statements and ideas that are stated by the mass media and our government have thought of the possibility of a major revolution in the United States. This idea is not an old one at all. Through out the United State's history there has always been the threat of an overthrow of government. This usually implied with the idea that the people should keep the local, state and federal governments in check. But it always seem that their are so many more causes of this type of thinking. Many of these causes come from conspiracy theories such as the motivation behind the assignation of President John F. Kennedy. Another such conspiracy is that of the theory of the United States government organized the attacks on the world-trade center in 2001. Some conspiracies are taken to a degree outside of government. Some people may consider pop-culture a product of their governments’ views and opinions that are being pushed at the time. The same idea could be applied to fast food restaurants. Some people may think that McDonalds was made to make the American public unhealthy and unfit to fight a revolution against their government. Fast food and Pop-Culture have one concrete thing in common; both drive the United States economy on a massive level. On top of all these conspiracies there is the economy. The past two years have been some of the worst economic experiences that we have seen in almost a century. A lot of this recession comes from an enormous amount of spending by the federal governments. This has caused an increase in taxes and cuts in federal budgets. And those raised taxes had caused part of the reasoning for the politically motivated group called "Tea Parties." On top of all of this, we have the war that we have been fighting for the past eight years, with no evidence of our original reasoning for going to war. Our refusal of legalizing gay marriage or marijuana is not exactly making the government seem as though it is for the personal freedoms of its citizens either. All of these have seemed to be thrown at the American public in a very overbearing manner. This should be more than enough reason for many people, especially young adults, to seriously consider the idea of a new American revolution.

Matrimonial Liberty

It is disgusting to think of gay marriage as being illegal in this country. I think that the biggest driving force behind this is religion. In the case of christianity, there is a point in the bible where it lables homosexuality as a sin. This would make sense then for someone of the christian faith to be against any type of homosexual behavior. This being said, marraige is not legally reconized by the state unless there is other legal documentation signed by both parties. In this sense, there really is no grounds for any type of religious group to have a say in polotical matters except as indivisuals. And through this type of reasoning, it should be clear that the government would not force any religious group to marry a gay couple. My second point is that, at this point in our nation's history it would make sense to not hate the idea of legalizing gay marraige. How is it that we have hate crimes for not allowing blacks to vote, denying a woman a job, and yet denying someone of marrige is considered legal? Is denying anyone of any personal freedom not a hate crime commited by our government? And if we must wait until congress passes laws that allow gay marriage, than why is the american public not arrested for not taking action on this issue? My third point is a quote from the Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." This quote alone should be a driving force for any american on how to live their life. That we all have the God given right to pursue happiness even if it is not achieved. I say that the american public should stand for that pursuit of happiness within the gay community. To give every human their right to happiness in marriage.

Who in the world is Blu Lorn?

Who is Blu Lorn? Until that very sentence it is quite possible that the majority of 

the American public has not even imagined who this person could be. Why would anyone 

think about it? I would say though, that this soon will change. The alien known as Blu 

Lorn is a personal friend of mine. In some ways it could be said that him and I are one at 

times. With similar thoughts on people, government, emotions and art the provocative 

writer named Blu Lorn has been flying across lit computer screens for the past couple 

weeks. Blu has created Blogger, Facebook, Twitter and Formspring accounts online. All 

of these forms of information-age communication is the very way I had been introduced to 

Blu. Sparks are the best way I could describe what I have seen in Blu's writing. Though 

grammatically incorrect on so many occasions, I can understand what is being said in an 

infant like manner.What is the goal of Blu? I suppose it is hard to comprehend. Especially 

when Blu does not have an idea itself. To even see a picture is difficult in the simplest of 

circumstances, let alone understand Blu's point of view. Evading the public eye while 

criticizing them in such offensive ways, that even the most open minded person would be 

taken aback as far as three generations of reasoning thought.

"Define love. Define why there's not a single person who doesn't feel its effects on 

the youngest levels of human society." "What makes any religion perfect? If there is a 

perfect god of any sort, how can there be a single perfect book to describe such a being?" 

"Why do you need to know who someone is, in order to answer their question?" "Who 

gives people supposed natural rights that are easily taken away on the basis of security?" 

Only a few examples of this type of thought provoked text given in Blu's blog. "Why ask 

what gender I am? Ask yourself what it matters to you who will never be effected by any 

type of attraction I find." Another disgraceful question asked by Blu to a confused 

traditionalist young mind. This insane list goes on. The idea of questioning a person's 

society based biased beliefs seems helter skelter.

All of these disgusting quotes seem to have sparked an angered response among 

the people who have experienced Blu's wrath. Who is Blu Lorn? There are many 

opinions. Most of these are attached with confusion. Though who can blame anyone for 

confusion on such a indecent person? Who has given this Blu Lorn the right for such 

audacity? Who dares to be such an individual questioning the very basis of our precious 

human existence? Apparently this alien has taken it upon itself to behave in such a way 

that has many people questioning these very questions. Although looking at this person 

from a personal knowledge point of view, I could see almost a new-born babies mentality. 

The idea to question, even me, is particular to Blu. But I do not see how I lived all my life 

without such a friend. 

Good Boy

Bernard Malamud’s, “A Summer’s Reading,” is a short story written in the 1950s. In this story we meet a young man named George Stoyonovich. Being a high school dropout, George goes on a, “Hero’s Journey,” in order to find his place in society through conformity. The author seems to use a couple different writing and story methods, in order to subconsciously persuade the reader to be a good boy. Some of these methods come in the form of; his sister Sophie, the neighbor Mr. Cattanzara, and the, “Hero’s Journey,” that George embarks on.

The first Manifestation of conformity comes in the form of his sister. The idea behind the bribe Sophie offers George seems to emulate any external gratification in society. But Sophie seems to also manifest an illusion of conformity. Everybody should work hard, come back to a happy house hold, and be bombarded by advertisements from the same system that everybody works for. All of the advertisements in the magazines that Sophie brought home are most likely aligned with the ideals and morals in the books she occasionally read as well, the illusion of perfection in consumerism and capitalism. And of course after Sophie thinks that George is reading, she starts rewarding George like a dog, almost as if to give the good dog a green papered treat.

The second noticeable character in this subliminal messaging is that of Mr. Cattanzara. The part in the story where Mr. Cattanzara warns, “George, don’t do what I did,” is the most obvious sign in the authors meaning. If Mr. Cattanzara were analyzed at for even a second, a functioning alcoholic would come to mind. This perception of just being one of the heard is another picture. To take the full symbolic meaning behind this character though, it would probably do best to look at Mr. Cattanzara’s wife. The wife continually staring down at her husband and the newspaper seems to give a “big brother” impression. Because Mr. Cattanzara is a bad dog, he must be watched. Because he commits the sin of becoming drunk, he is punished by his big wife.

The third and most important mask is one outside of any visible character. The Hero’s Journey is a concept where a character goes through hardships in order to become a hero, much like Batman. The type of heroism that this short story glorifies seems to say that it is heroic and brave to become like the rest of the system. It is glorious to be another good dog who listens to big brother. That only a perfect society can make perfect people. Anyone outside of the social norms must be lazy and unmotivated, like a dead beat dad, and people will suffer if they do not join in with the rest of society.

Conformity of individuals into society seems to be how one finds their place. The author seems to do this through putting George in a state of disability throughout the story making George this unmotivated, unemotional, narcissistic doglike person. To me this is a direct attack on any person, specifically those in countries with extremely religious laws, who does not immediately accept society standards. I think that the author is saying to get with the program deal with the consequences. I think this piece probably did its job extremely well for an entire nation moving at an alarming rate towards an overly biased ideal of what the perfect America is.