Wasting time before pilates...
I don't think it's in my nature to stay ahead of things. Life is too much fun to be doing work ahead of time! I've been hanging out with Datura a lot on the weekends and she's been image consulting me. I bought a suit for my first mock campaign pitch on Thursday which is for the entire Creative Advertising faculty and all the students in our semester. Everyone's a little on edge about it - I'm definately second guessing my strategic abilities.
I'm the "Account Executive" for this project, and as such I've been forced to take on a leadership role amongst my friends. It sucks being the boss of your friends because you have to walk a fine line between friendship and duty. At the same time, I'm learning a lot about organizing people and inspiring them to do the best work possible. And I'm lucky because my group puts up with my sudden bouts of anxiety and is stepping up to help in any way possible.
Today, I got to see a group at their worst where the AE (Sarah McEvil) and the art director (Ali) had a shouting match in the computer commons that ended with Ali screaming "JUST FUCK OFF! FUCK YOU AND FUCK OFF!" over and over again into her face. I think they smoked and made up - cigarettes are such a bonding tool.
I just have to keep reminding myself that this is Just School!!! School has a way of sucking you in and suddenly it's like the world is going to collapse if we fail.
Outside of school, I've been reading a lot lately. I finished re-reading The Electric Koolaid Acid Test which I hadn't read since high-school when I had never tried psychedelic drugs before and most of its cultural references were lost on me. I got the basic idea of the story though which was what got me into the psychedelic scene in the first place. I'm such a hippy sometimes.
I then read The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., a fiction based on the non-fictional biography of the wife of Neopoleane Buonoparte (Neopolean Bonoparte). I got it at The Westivus party I went to with Ryan and Datura where we dressed up like cowboys and did some mighty Swear Dancin'. The dance moves included: Belly-Buck your bastard! Belly-Buck your whore!
I'm not reading Ann Rand's Anthem which coincides nicely with some recent conversations I've had with my mom and Ryan about communism and the situation in China. My mom pointed out the fact that China has been oppressed and repressed for thousands of years, and it's difficult for Western cultures to understand why the government is so slow in opening up its channels of information.
Already, the government has made leaps and bounds in opening its channels of commerce and development, and they've made significance changes to its human rights. But changing a society can't happen overnight! I'm glad that China is under pressure from all the other countries to change, but consider this: the majority of people in China are uneducated and ignorant of the world. If they're flooded with information about anything without any kind of control, the people will be open to believing anything, whether or not it's true or "right".
I just read an article in the Chinese newspaper yesterday about a bus driver in Sum Jian (I'm not sure if that's how you spell it in English) and he had a disagreement with his employers. As a result, he decided to go on a rampage in his bus down the streets and started crashing into anyone and everyone killing 35 innocent people! Recently, a Chinese immigrant man was arrested for brutally slaughtering his wife and kids in Toronto after an argument, which was so violent that the officers on the scene had to go to therapy. Chinese culture is volatile to say the least. Communism has changed their civilians' view on life and the world.
The civilization in China needs to evolve with time. I can't say I agree with most of what China's doing, but I do see a point to it - even if it seems cruel and oppressive to us. Personally, I'm very worried about China's direction because they have the power to change the world we know and they know it too.
I'm the "Account Executive" for this project, and as such I've been forced to take on a leadership role amongst my friends. It sucks being the boss of your friends because you have to walk a fine line between friendship and duty. At the same time, I'm learning a lot about organizing people and inspiring them to do the best work possible. And I'm lucky because my group puts up with my sudden bouts of anxiety and is stepping up to help in any way possible.
Today, I got to see a group at their worst where the AE (Sarah McEvil) and the art director (Ali) had a shouting match in the computer commons that ended with Ali screaming "JUST FUCK OFF! FUCK YOU AND FUCK OFF!" over and over again into her face. I think they smoked and made up - cigarettes are such a bonding tool.
I just have to keep reminding myself that this is Just School!!! School has a way of sucking you in and suddenly it's like the world is going to collapse if we fail.
Outside of school, I've been reading a lot lately. I finished re-reading The Electric Koolaid Acid Test which I hadn't read since high-school when I had never tried psychedelic drugs before and most of its cultural references were lost on me. I got the basic idea of the story though which was what got me into the psychedelic scene in the first place. I'm such a hippy sometimes.
I then read The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., a fiction based on the non-fictional biography of the wife of Neopoleane Buonoparte (Neopolean Bonoparte). I got it at The Westivus party I went to with Ryan and Datura where we dressed up like cowboys and did some mighty Swear Dancin'. The dance moves included: Belly-Buck your bastard! Belly-Buck your whore!
I'm not reading Ann Rand's Anthem which coincides nicely with some recent conversations I've had with my mom and Ryan about communism and the situation in China. My mom pointed out the fact that China has been oppressed and repressed for thousands of years, and it's difficult for Western cultures to understand why the government is so slow in opening up its channels of information.
Already, the government has made leaps and bounds in opening its channels of commerce and development, and they've made significance changes to its human rights. But changing a society can't happen overnight! I'm glad that China is under pressure from all the other countries to change, but consider this: the majority of people in China are uneducated and ignorant of the world. If they're flooded with information about anything without any kind of control, the people will be open to believing anything, whether or not it's true or "right".
I just read an article in the Chinese newspaper yesterday about a bus driver in Sum Jian (I'm not sure if that's how you spell it in English) and he had a disagreement with his employers. As a result, he decided to go on a rampage in his bus down the streets and started crashing into anyone and everyone killing 35 innocent people! Recently, a Chinese immigrant man was arrested for brutally slaughtering his wife and kids in Toronto after an argument, which was so violent that the officers on the scene had to go to therapy. Chinese culture is volatile to say the least. Communism has changed their civilians' view on life and the world.
The civilization in China needs to evolve with time. I can't say I agree with most of what China's doing, but I do see a point to it - even if it seems cruel and oppressive to us. Personally, I'm very worried about China's direction because they have the power to change the world we know and they know it too.
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