Half Way Point/2012

Half way done to the semester, and half way to finishing my film portfolio. This year is moving fast, and I'm glad! I'm getting anxious to see what the rest of my college career holds. Because of my reluctance to join the film program sooner, I've basically scratched off every single GE I need, with the exception of a few classes and a speech class (I still feel terrified to this day to speak in front of a class).

This means that the remaining 2 years at CSUN will be majority Film/After Effects classes, which sounds like something that will keep me on my toes creatively. I'm also looking forward to an increase of my GPA because so far in my college career I have never received anything lower than a B for any Film related classes. I just have to keep pushing forward. 

Besides the realm of academics, it seems like the world is going crazy. Libya, Egypt, gas prices, dead anchovies/birds, and the tsunami and quakes in Japan. Altruists will say they're just a normal part of life (political rivalries, mother nature, and natural phenomena) and pessimist will say its nearing the end of the world, which they imply is 2012.

Why do people have to turn to such a retarded answer to things that have been happening on Earth since the dawn of man? Just because some Mayans decided to end a calendar doesn't mean that that will be the end of the world. It's even noted that the Mayan "Long Count" calendar was made to go as far as the year 5000 AD. And even if it is predicted to be some sort of significant date, why would people first run to it being the end of the world? I've read articles that 2012 won't specifically be the end of the world but some sort of radical change. Now my question here is why aren't people opting for maybe 2012 being the day world peace is attained, or the start of a new renaissance of man? And even if you do think the world is going to end, why the hell are you still sitting around moping about how your life sucks? Don't you want to live the last moments you have?

My assumption is that people are using the "prediction" of 2012 as a scape goat for their lives. My life is terrible, I have a shitty job, I haven't finished school, I didn't get what I wanted. Oh - It's alright, the world is going to end on 2012. I just don't mix well with pessimists. I'm guessing these are the same people who have been opting for a "dislike" button on Facebook for years now. I'm already tired of seeing people post negative statuses on my newsfeed. Do I really want to see a string of "thumbs downs" and "dislikes"?

Here's a comic from Kiwis by Beat called "Minus". I've used this before in my old blog, but this seems appropriate for this post.

I don't know where that rant came from, but I'm just tired of all the negativity. Is it that hard to tilt your head up and keep it up?

Okay, got that off my chest. Here's the original "Sleepyhead" music video by Passion Pit. This version was made by lead singer Michael Angelakos and friends. I feel this version is way better than the Columbia Records version.