The Many Happenings

Crowded entities, the sidewalk speaks a name
Lights flood the wind, what is spoken does not know how to exist
Leveling out the difference of life, listening to the cry of politics
Sipping on the truth and realizing it is growing cold

The container grows empty, the sidewalk laughs
Memorizing names that eventually take the ride
Visualizing names that eventually become permanant
Forgetting names that the sidewalk makes favorite
The jacket doesn’t help
Laughing does.

Besides answering questions, providing Americans the insight of what change really means, and even connecting with us on a more personal level, Joe Biden didn’t only win the debate; he showed us that he couldn’t have been a stronger vice presidential candidate. This highlight, perhaps the moment when Biden won the debate, shows how “real” this man truly is.

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Lately, it seems as if the newest and greatest pop sensations are not drug guzzling blonds in their mid-twenties, but teenagers who have been overly exaggerated, used, and massively published by Disney and their partners. It seems as if they try to make a pop music star out of each of the characters from their TV shows, and oddly enough, they seem to do a damn good job at it. (I’m glad Shia Labeouf from Even Stevens didn’t start a music career, or the latest Indiana Jones might have been a lot worse than what it was.)

If this is all new to you and you feel out of the loop, just walk in to a Wal-Mart and look directly in front of you to marvel (or not) on a large buffet of Hannah Montana plates, forks, plastic bags, purses, hats, shoes, pants, shirts, jackets, toys, dvds, video games, and practically every other tangible piece of gibberish known to man. It is quite amazing, actually.

Now is Hannah Montana a bad thing? Well, yes and no. Hannah Montana brings positive life image of a young rock star to hundreds of thousands of young fans worldwide, and it makes Disney a ton of money. The problem however, is that hundreds and thousands of young fans can’t all be rock stars because their dads aren’t Billy Ray Cyrus. Thus, the hundreds of thousands of young fans worldwide become excited and happy from her music but then depressed sad because they can’t be remotely close to Hannah Montana.

This brings me to my next point. Disney purposely knew that Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) was going to be a huge hit with the youngsters, the way that it is now, so they pushed what they call a fictional Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana “two worlds”, or two lives rather so that the viewers won’t only be brainwashed by her fame and beauty. Though her alternate unpopular life isn’t much different than her rock star ego, it still adds some variety to her true but fake life that everyone now watches. But to me, due to some of the content of her songs and how she acts in her show, her two different lives are actually non-fictional. I believe that Hannah Montana doesn’t live in two different worlds of her choosing, she just has two different uncontrollable personalities.

Let’s take the titles of some of her songs from her first album. A huge majority of them provides evidence to the theory that the 17 year old Disney superstar has multiple personality disorder. Nine of the fifteen titles make this a stronger point:

The Best of Both Worlds - Probably her most famous song, and the theme song to her show. “The Best” refers to a single thing, so “The Best” of “Both” can’t exist. Miley Cyrus is obviously a confused person.

Who Said - Does she hear spiritual voices too?

Just like You - This shows that there is a conflict between the two personalities, one wants to be like the other but one wants to be dominant.

If We Were a Movie - This title scares me. The joint between two fighting personalities wanting the same thing? Not a good idea.

The Other Side of Me - This one explains itself, and creeps me out.

She’s No You - Perhaps sometimes the personalities make up and like to defend the other one? This disorder must be a lot worse than what we think.

Find Yourself in You - Hannah Montana is trying to direct her listeners to not be like her, and that they should find themselves within themselves; something she cannot do.

I Learned from You - One personality has taken the ways of the other so that they can easily counter it when they fight in her mind. Things may get messy.

And of course,

Nobody’s Perfect - Another one of her hit songs, showing that the true Miley Cyrus, or whoever she is, knows that Hannah Montana, or whoever she is, has faults just like real human beings.

Hannah Montana uses the words “Who” “Me” and “You,” but never says “I” by itself, not even in the song entitled “I learned from You,” which obviously shows that both of her personalities affect the other in ways unknown. Because she can’t use “I” without another term of “Who” “Me” or “You”, shows that the internal conflict of the battling egos is something uncontrollable.

In her TV show, which I have viewed only a few times, shows that her two personalities never clash with one another and she tries to hide them from people besides her closest friends. Think of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; in the terms that one alias wants the other gone. This is just like how Miley Cyrus wants to live her life in a normal way but her rock star identity, Hannah Montana, wants to live a life of fame and luxury. It is only a matter of time before one becomes more powerful than the other, and there will be either Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana shirts at Wal-Mart, not both.

It is hard to tell how they film the TV show but it is most likely difficult. Her personalities are uncontrollable, and when she is Hannah Montana they quickly shoot those scenes and when she turns into Miley Cyrus, they quickly shoot those scenes. Miley is oblivious to the fact of her disorder, and only abides by the lines that the TV show crew and Disney give her, (much like how she has others write her song lyrics for her.) If they were to tell her of her condition her ego in control would simply not believe it.

Miley’s condition is not a laughing matter, and her producers and writers are trying to tell the public that she needs help. It is perfectly fine to continue to buy her products, but just know, that one day, one of her personalities may be gone forever and that your product will become worthless and stupid, (Like Billy Ray Cyrus.) I vote for the Montana personality, her music is really good.

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I know it has been a while since I have updated my blog, so I decided to partially keep things going with LCD Soundsystem’s All My Friends music video. It has been out for a long time, but I just decided to recommend it to you all, especially if you haven’t seen it yet. It’s awesome.

Sorry for the bad quality but this was the only embeddable version I could find on YouTube. Enjoy!

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Occasionally I like to go to the local Barnes & Noble bookstore to read, write, and just relax in the coffee shop within the store. It is usually the same deal - browse the magazines, browse the books, select some temporary reading, buy a coffee, open the laptop, and then sit and enjoy myself. However, last weekend, as I exited the store, I was greeted by a tall young man dressed in a suit.

His name was John and he was holding a manila folder. He had a worried look on his eye, so when he signaled my attention I decided to listen to what he had to say.

“Hello, my name is John and I need to ask you for a favor.”

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