Maybe this is crazy but I feel that we are on the cusp of some kind of wonderful. Call me the perennial optimist but I believe the struggles that America is facing are just the precursor to a greater shift in consciousness. We are sick and tired of being sick and tired. We want more meaning from life, not more things.
So it may be that we are still inundated with the same negative campaign advertisements, same negative discourse amongst pundits or negativity in our own backyards but we cannot deny the fact that there has been an influx of hope into our psyche. We will still have our own opinion about the current political climate, but we are changed because the general conversation has changed. (more…)
For the past couple of weeks I have been checking out Guy Kawaski’s “Alltop” which is a site that features all of the top stories, websites and blogs – much like a magazine rack would. If you haven’t checked it out do it right now (but be prepared to be distracted for a while) because there is something for everyone there. You will find some good reads or at minimum, something to pique your interest for 2 or 3 hours.
So as a fledgling writer/blogger I started to wonder how I – the little blogger that could – could get picked for placement on Alltop. And since I am woefully unsophisticated I figured I might was well cut to the chase and just ask the folks who put this thing together instead of trying to figure out another method to get attention. Can’t hurt to ask, can it? Right?
Wrong. Yesterday morning I started writing what was supposed to be a clever and witty email to Guy and his partners about how they should feature “Bacon Is My Enemy.” However, midway through my email I got interrupted and had to stop writing to deal with something urgent. AND instead of pressing “save draft” – in my haste I clicked on the “send” button instead.
I don’t like to make wide-sweeping generalizations but from my own familial experience, Korean-Americans have been known to be racist against African-Americans. This is widely discussed in the media and there have been a variety of articles on this topic – just read here and here. Heck, in some circles darker skinned Koreans are shunned upon – so as you can imagine anything darker than white is pretty much too dark.
Imagine my delight when CityMama “tweeted” about this YouTube video. If you can convince a 68 year-old Korean grandmother to change her mind about something, then you’ve done something remarkable.
At around 2:26 is where she gets all pensive about the whole Sarah Palin mess.
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