Takin' It Down A Notch

I feel that recently, this blog has been very straight-faced, serious topics. Tonight's entry, therefore, will...in reference to the title..."take it down a notch" in seriousness. Speaking of lowering standards, let us discuss the awards that were the 2007 VMA's.

Um. Who the hell let Britney open the show? Sure, it was a good publicity stunt.."mother of 2 will bare all, shakin' her thang..." But honestly? We knew the show was going downhill the moment her lips quite obviously missed some words and her not so hot body graced our (thankfully only 13 inch) screen. I guess I was expecting a little more of her. Maybe a little introduction of "Oops, I did it again," to note on some irony. But the audience received a less than half-assed performance. I could do those dance moves. I can lip-sync better than that. You are on drugs girl, go crazy with it! Looking back at it, and the crowds reactions, I figure that MTV must have been joking. That could not have seriously been an opening act. Too bad her wig didn't fly off and hit 50 Cent....who was watching with a painful expression. Hopefully Sean Preston and Jayden James can look back some day at the oh-so-talented mommy. Let's take a look...

Classic. And the comedian's opening comments? Please do not EVER put your lips together and speak of gross things on national television. And of course Kid Rock's little fight during Alicia Keys was top notch. Amy Winehouse anyone? Who knew she was such a hit.

I won't bash the entire evening. I got giddy when my girl-crushes of The Hills came on. Loved their dresses...did not love the glam red-lips LC was sporting. It's just not a favorite look for me.

Chris Brown is the most talented 18-year-old alive, and I did my best to not jump on the TV screen as I watched him dance to Michael Jackson. Justin is always good to watch, giggled a little when he mentioned he was getting old...(sigh)....

Overall...VMA's get (in honor of MSU)....a 2.0. That high because of Chris, JT, and of course LC, Audrina, and Whitney.

Step up next year MTV, get yours.

The Great Debate

Even though the topic has been hot for years, my recent IAH class makes me think more clearly...well, makes me think more at least, on the subject. Creation versus Evolution.

[First and foremost, I have to say that I did not realize Darwin was not all about the monkey to human thing. Not him...that was just us apparently, using IDEAS of his and making them into the truth.]

Maybe it's because I attended a Catholic school my entire life until college, but I'm still for the theory of creation...in a way. I may not be the most devout Catholic student ever, but I at least hold strong to a few of the main points here, creation obviously included. My IAH professor, though makes an extremely interesting lecture, he kind of pisses me off a bit. He is really all for Darwinism and the ideals of evolution. Which is fine, but when anyone makes a comment about religion he sure as hell has his science book answer ready. And an article he just made us read actually included the phrase..."we call our ignorance God."

Wow. Talk about bold.

For me, it is a struggle on what to believe. You want to be considered intelligent on the topic but it's hard. Faith or science...is it distinguishable? The debate now of course, is that of Intelligent Design. The theory makes it clear not to ever mention God or a supreme being, but rather an, well, intelligent designer. But in a world so fast and full of discoveries and so-called facts, it's hard to stay true to your kindergarten religion classes.

Take this picture for example. This is Lucy. "Evolution's daughter." This is the oldest skeleton of a person yet to be found, dating back to some 3.6 million years ago. Darwin-lovers debate...if the Book of Genesis stands true, humans were only created around 8-10,000 years ago. So how is this skeleton possible? Right.

I suppose it is hard to argue with such FACTS. I was getting pretty irritated in one particular IAH class when students were laughing about the entire Noah's Ark deal, bread and wine, etc. So, I raised my hand and told the class that there were two different types of Christians. Those that took the Bible literally (God DID create the world in 7 days, etc) and those that take it symbolically. (Props to sophomore religion class). Isn't it possible, that Genesis is a symbolically created story, projecting the idea of evolution through this so-called intelligent designer?

I like to think that God created evolution. This way, God is still involved...but certain "facts" of science are not ignored.

Then this answer also makes me feel a little guilty, maybe just setting and example for those atheists who think God is only there for Christians to set a conscience, or to make us feel better about our lives. That something is actually greater and a heaven is waiting, ie. God as a convenience.

I hope that's not what my conclusion of the topic sounded like. Wherever you stand, let's not debate that this Great Debate will last for a very long time. Perhaps until the next Charles Darwin comes along, or until perhaps God himself makes an appearance and sets all questions aside.

Random

So I have been a terrible updater, even though in my first post to this thing I promised to be good. It's not that many people even read this, it's just that I have to do this for my job. And I'm beginning to suck at it. This post might be borderline old-live-journal-post, just because I have no topic at hand that is going to be a full on read. Let's stick with school.

This is going to be one hell of a semester. I'm not sure if college junior year is supposed to match or even up scale high school junior year (in the sense of being a bitch) but I feel the load is already too much. I have realized that professors believe their class is the ONLY thing we have to do. The only thing we have to spend money on, the one thing we LOVE to spend all of our time with, etc. I spent.....$300 on one class. In books and supplies. ONE CLASS PEOPLE. So forgive me for not updating as much, my life has been hell. In short, goals for this semester: during the week, study hard get that grade. Weekends - all hell breaks loose. Only two years of college left...I do not want to be the one who studies on Saturday night if I can get around it. Saturday night studies will amount to learning how to bong a beer with ease.

Maybe.

Work is as difficult to find here as it was in Saginaw. Not because of lack of jobs, but because of my lack of time. Class schedules are at an all time low this semester making it almost impossible for me to land on some cash. I'm sure many feel the same way. (That was me trying to make this blog less personal...because this is not the purpose)

Anyways...I'm going to make another promise that this week will hold an entry rid of anything too personal (aka boring) and maybe not so much on the deep side. Keep reading, it will get better.