things i don't understand. (part one)

You guys, it has been a WILD week. I survived an earthquake AND a hurricane. *pats self on back*

Thing I don't understand #1: The Media.
I am so horribly disgusted with how much the media has all its priorities out of whack. Why do I need to know the details of Kim Kardashian's wedding when there are people still fighting for their freedom in Lybia, or while there's a famine in the Horn of Africa and thousands are dying? Why is it that we all know what happened with Tiger Woods but yet we aren't all aware that "third world problems" like hunger, poverty and corruption are painfully alive and relevant in the U.S and abroad as well? Why is it that the media caters to celebrities and the elite and forgets about all the real issues that have potential to be fixed if we were made aware of them?

I find it interesting that in the Bible, Hosea 4:6 says "my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge." I think about the mental state of America these days...it's not that great. Let's be honest. America is a nation that is sickeningly obsessed with celebrities, fashion, sex, commercialized romance, Lady Gaga, etc. We are all so concerned with being up to date with all these things because THE MEDIA GIVES IT SO MUCH ATTENTION. Are our lives seriously so pathetic and underwhelming that we're obsessed with the details of the lives of others? Like, please let me treat you to some books. My life is by no means like OMG AWESOME(by pop culture definitions), but I have more important concerns.  Perhaps if the media focused on more relevant issues, ways to get involved, etc, then our mindset would be different. We have no idea how influenced we are by the media.

We got rid of our cable about a year ago...it's done wonders for me.

/rant.

square one.

Well, it's been quite sometime since I've blogged. I have no problem admitting that I'm pretty bad at it. Or maybe it's just that the past 5 months have been pretty bleh and uninspiring. 

So I'm gonna give this whole blogging thing one more shot. I need a place that forces me to write well. Somewhere to spit out the thoughts that everyone else deems too 'deep' or 'serious' or 'nonsensical'. Ha. 

These next few months are going to test me, try me, and push me harder than any other time period of my life. My life is on a countdown really. And it will all come down to determination, time management, and my ability to really trust, listen to, and obey God. So if you want to join my journey, feel free to read. If you do read, please pray for me cause I still have no idea what God wants. Sometimes I feel like staying here is what He wants. Sometimes I feel He's pushing me to New York City. He's probably thrown and flashed a million signs at me, but I'm still pretty illiterate in that sense.

Here's to learning to be fearless.  

Love and rockets, 

Yutsil.