A Video for the New Year

This one is primarily inspired by Cee Lo's butchering of John Lennon's classic "Imagine" on New Years Eve.  I think Cee Lo is a musical genius, and I love his songs otherwise, but I was very disappointed in his decision.  As someone on Twitter recently wrote:

The whole point of that lyric is that religion causes harm. If "all relgion's true" it would be a pretty bleak place.

In addition to that, this is one of the greatest songs ever written, and it's message (while perhaps overly optimistic to someone with a more realist view of the world) is something that we as the human race should always be trying to strive for.  May Lennon's words live on in the hearts of good people everywhere, and may you have a wonderful 2012.

REM: 1980-2011

RIP.  Here are three of my favorites:

Life Goes On

I have been MIA from blogging, internet, and education chat for the past few days.  I was having a pretty good week until a couple of days ago.  I can't really talk about what happened, but I promise I will eventually.  I just started my spring break, and will be off of school for the next week.  Right now, I am back in Central Missouri enjoying the company of my family and childhood friends for the next few days. I don't know if I will blog anymore this weekend (other than the Video for Sunday),  but I promise to do a fair amount next week.

As I said, I am not going to talk about what happened to me right now.  While I have been feeling kind of gloomy, I will say that at this current time, I am feeling optimistic about what the future has in store for me.   The way I look at it, I can continue to sit around and feel sorry for myself, or I can stay positive, and do what I need to do.  I choose the latter. 

The White Stripes: 1997-2011

RIP.  Rock music in the 2000s might have really sucked if it weren't for you.  A couple of songs to remember them by: