Put on your war paint!

Everyone heard about Paula Deen right?  If you haven't.... the queen of butter herself hosted a party with a plantation theme.  It was dressed to the t, complete with real black people dressed up as slaves.  It is said that she also proceeded to use the n-word.  Now she is in a civil trial for racism.  She went on tv to talk about it and pulled (out of her ass) one friend she has that is black and made it a point to say that she can't possibly be racist because she has this black friend.  That is so ridiculous.  You are not innocent by association.  That's like saying it's ok to call your friend an ugly bitch because you are friends (newsflash: after saying that, I bet your relationship will go a bit downhill). If Paula Deen was really someone who had nothing to worry about, then she shouldn't have to explain herself like this, it would just be common knowledge.  Ever since this she has been going out of her way to make sure her one black friend (I'm not intending to be rude by calling him black by the way, it's just a fact of the story) is in all her screenshots.

On racism? On not being racist?  I think that it's ok to be different, in fact it is a wonderfully beautiful thing, but the problem is that we all think we are right and try to "fix" everyone else and this causes conflict.  When really we should learn about others and their differences and allow them to be who they want to be and just be grateful that the world is so interesting.  Why would we want everything to be the same?  Should we all be white, land owning men? Well there goes the whole human population and talk about boring! Oh, and if that were the case the number of homosexuals would increase tenfold and they would all be trapped right inside their little bigoted mindset of discrimination all over again.

Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell and T.I.
I think they want you to hashtag Thicke haha. I love this video, it's so fun.  The funky beat just makes me wanna groove.

I'm diggin this funky thing that music is getting back into.  Puts a bump in my step and makes me want to dance around.  Some stuff is kind of throw back.  There is a new Mariah Carey out there in the form of Ariana Grande. When I first heard this song, I thought that Mariah had made a new song, but the little scroller on my radio said it was this Grande person.  had to look it up.  This is the only song she has out.  Flash in the pan material.

My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) by Fall Out Boy
Not only does this song rock, but Fall Out Boy made all their videos line up to form a story that goes along with the songs on the album.  The videos can be found on YouTube (of course) and I have provided the first one here.  There are 11 videos all together. So definitely go and check them out, great way to spend an hour (or more if you wander off into other FOB amazingness).  Such as I've Got All This Ringing In My Ears And None On My Fingers.  The chorus of this song makes me wet it's so hot.  I could listen to this song over and over just to listen to that one sliding note Patrick Stump sings. Listen and you will know what I mean.  This is the kind of thing that separates artists that become nothing and do it for the money and artists that do it for the love of the creation of awesome music.

Bleeding Out by Imagine Dragons
These guys kind of just popped out of nowhere and were amazing.  This is one of my favorite songs of theirs.  What I love about them is how they span all types of music.  I hear them on every station.  I'm sure almost everyone has heard their song "Radioactive".  It's their most famous, but "It's Time" is bouncing around out there too.  Give them a listen, check out their other stuff.  Enjoy.

Music is bliss and the background of life.


Wanderingly,
Mav

"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity."

PS: I got a new tattoo!!

PPS: I know that I've been putting up a lot of songs lately and less thoughts.  Don't worry, my mom's wedding is this weekend so I'm sure I will have plenty to say.  I will take notes the whole time and relay all the gritty details afterwards.  It's sure to be interesting.