D’Arvit!

I have to agree with Maddy. The title is my least favorite part.

Coming up with titles is an art form. It should be.

When writing these blog entries, I always write down the title first. However, I often come up with a long title that would pretty much sum up my blog entry, then later on realize how inappropriate or how off-topic [off-tangent ] it actually is.

For this case, I’m afraid that I’ll be doing that again. XD

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Spanish II is fun. I’m currently serving as chauffeur to two more people [my brother and a Filipino friend living in the same area]. I’m not complaining, though–at least I’m actually doing something to stop Global Warming. I don’t think that holding energy-consuming and resource-draining concerts simultaneously would actually save the world. I have nothing against the music on Live Earth–in fact, I love most of the artists and I just had to watch when Bon Jovi, the Smashing Pumpkins, and the Foo Fighters started playing–but I hate the irony that comes with this Live Earth thing in general. It centers along the blissfully pointless–pointless, yet fun, nonetheless. Pointless and painfully ber-commercialized.

Yesterday, they interviewed two kids who were around the New York concert area. One of the kids said something like, “I’m so glad to be here, saving the world!”

Yeah, and I bet that you didn’t walk to Live Earth New York, right? How can you save the world by holding a concert? All the rock stars have arrived in their gas-guzzling limos and jets. Scientists have been telling us that we should all cut down on our carbon footprints, yet, we still think that consuming megawatts of energy all at the same time would actually save the world. Brilliant. It’s just effing brilliant.

I just hate the fact that they’re using Global Warming as another excuse to cash in on the market. Of course, it’s good that this time around, there’s a good cause involved, but then again, it’s still crass commercialism in disguise.

Green is in. It’s just another marketing trend pulling at the consumers’ eco-heartstrings–it’s genius, if I have to say so myself.

I hope that these people are actually serious. Global Warming is a real problem, not just another eco-friendly status symbol.

Meh, whatever.

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