Call It A Lesson Learned

Let me just start things off by letting anyone and everyone know that if you have not seen I Am Legend yet then head over to fandango.com and buy your tickets right now. It will keep you on the edge of your seat without a doubt. To plainly put it, the movie was awesome.

Anyways.

Every now and then I'll probably end up bringing something a little more on the serious side of conversation, just cause I tend to think about this stuff from time to time, so here it goes;

I am increasingly more surprised at the arrogance and selfishness of my generation as the weeks go by. The things I read and see online, the things that go on at school, the ways that the kids around me conduct and carry themselves really confuses me.
For example, in Vernonia, Oregon, the city has been nearly destroyed by floods and extreme weather conditions. The highschool there was completely unsalvageable and as a result, the students have to go to a highschool 40 miles away every day. A few students from the Leadership class made a video when they drove down to Vernonia just to put into the perspective the state that the town was in. The video was shown a couple times on different days, and not that Im some kind of saintly samaritan, but I mean I tried to think of maybe something small I could do to help out- donate to a drive for something the kids need that went to the school. Little things.
I was in the bathroom after the video had been shown again, and overheard a conversation that went something like this,
Kid A "Dude why do they keep showing that Vernonia video?"
Kid B "I dont know, its so annoying, I mean what are we going to do. They just need to chill out, somebody will help them or something I dont care about whatevers going on."

And I sat there washing my hands wondering how these guys couldnt feel like even a little sorry for those people. Honestly? Their homes and lives have been shaken by something they had no power over.

I've seen things like this more and more as I've started paying a little more attention to whats going on around me. Im not trying to say I've never done anything like this, because I know I have. I've just made it a point to try to be a little more aware of the world around me and act accordingly. I feel that the moral decline of my generation as opposed to that of my parents and grandparents is absolutely appalling. I dont understand it. We're selfish and lazy, we hate doing anything that requires work, even if its better for us in the long run. Im speaking for the population of kids my age in general, obviously there are exceptions. There always is. But dont you think what Im saying has some validity? Im not trying to rant, its just something I've been seeing, and its bothering me. If we're supposed to be the future, how bleak is it looking at this point?
I dont want to be a downer. We just need to pick it up yafeelme?


Since I enjoy music I think I'll put up a song of the day every post I do, Ryan might do the same if he feels so inclined. For today it will be a song of Alecia Keys's newest album. The track is called 'Lesson Learned' and features none other than my personal musical idol, John Mayer. Happy listening.


(I couldnt find just the song so I had to get the youtube version hah)




-lando