Halloween is a rare chance to leave your normal, boring self behind. Piling on enough costume and make-up to make yourself unrecognizable to your own parents, you're free to act with social impunity. But as you're strutting around wearing little more than underwear and angel wings, or rocking the look of a celebrity before the ink on his or her death certificate is even dry, remember that dressing up and acting out might really betrays what halloween is all about. It will never be more than a gratutious day of partying.
I'm not one to believe halloween is another good, wholesome holliday. It seems to me, Halloween is just a reason to get tanked. That's all it really comes down to. Even as a kid, we'd run around door to door like cranked up salesmen, demanding candy, just to get our sugar high. All in all, halloween is debauchery and the mass consumption of candy, booze, and drugs all rolled up into a nice, clean, sexy nurse outfit.
[On an awesome side note: I think I have come up with the greatest costume idea ever. You get a door frame, fully equipped with a door-bell. Walk around and when people give you a ring, YOU GIVE THEM CANDY and tell them how awesome their costumes are.]
[If only my girlfriend had that many "C"s. I'm just kidding, ladies... I don't have a girlfriend. Wonder why? Yeah, Neither do I.]
Today I was asked by my teachers to write about the current issue of global cultural integration. To be honest, I'm not really to sure
how to approach this.
On one hand, we have the bleeding heart liberals who focus on human rights issues. I myself am focusing on individual cultures and how they are affected by globalization. Overall, it is a very detrimental force in third world societies. For example, it may sound extreme, but recent studies are showing parts of culture can and do disappear for forever. One study supposes that 90 percent of all the world's languages will disappear within the next century and another predicts that China will be the no. 1 English speaking nation in the world by 2012.
Altogether, there's nothing wrong with this in theory- the world will be a better place when everyone can communicate with each other. It's just, for some, this is an inherently evil sort of idea. It's like sometimes it seems as if a tidal wave of the worst Western culture is creeping across the globe like a giant spilled strawberry milkshake- oozing over the planet, with a flavor that is distinctly sweet, sickly and manifestly homogenous and no one wants that mess. However, on the other hand, you have people who see nothing wrong or evil about globalization. They really couldn't care about culture since globaization is a mostly economic issue and as such should be treated in a business-like manner.
These people can only see gains in the current crisis. To them, the world is now in a position to do nothing but profit. They love to preach about the trickledown economics theory and embrace the thought of an english-speaking world. Everything is a product now and we're in control, what's not to like?
I didn't gather much from her story. Nevermind anything pertaining to culture. I was more touched about her faith struggle... and even that's blurry to me. I know something's there, though. I could feel a dull ache in my chest when she said, "God gave me no where else to stand."
I can identify with that. My upbringing has been unsatisfactory to me and my faith. And now I realize I either have to stand or jump. Either way, thanks Mrs. Micikas.
I made a resolution. I was going to run. I was going to live life. Start something. But night after night, I just play army men on the couch... and I'm godzilla.
