youtube wars

Have you ever been in the mood for one type of music? I go through that ALL the time. Most of the time all I want to listen to is techno, but SOMETIMES I'll be craving my TSwift or the Veronicas. Or even classical. Yes, I love classical music. Actually, one of my favorite songs is Clair de Lune by Debussy, and very sadly I don't have it on my ipod, so I decided to look it up on youtube.

Well well well. Oh youtube. Oh youtube users. You couldn't possibly just leave a beautiful song like Clair de Lune alone, could you? You just HAD to come in and bring up Twilight. How Twilight and Justin Bieber end up in every single youtube video in some form is BEYOND ME. Oh, you know what I'm talking about. "Thumbs up if this is better than Twilight" or "obviously those 600 people who pressed thumbs down were listening to Justin Beiber." The usual.

But Twilight was brought up in Clair de Lune for a very different reason. See, I hadn't remembered that apparently in the first book or movie or whatever, Edward or Bella, can't remember which, brought up Clair de Lune. So obviously all the Twihards went and looked it up on youtube and became obsessed over it because it is AWESOME. And that made all those people like myself, who knew Clair de Lune and Debussy before Twilight, very angry. They were all, "I KNEW THIS BEFORE THAT CRAPPY MOVIE CAME OUT" and "YOU DON'T DESERVE TO LIKE THIS BECAUSE YOU HEARD OF IT FROM TWILIGHT." Really guys?

Okay, I get that you want to let everyone know that you knew about this before Twilight, but come on! You're worrying about the wrong thing! You should be happy that so many people now can appreciate this music, instead of being all pissed because it now has a connection to Twilight! If you really thought about it, you'd be ECSTATIC. Now people can finally see the awesomeness that is Debussy and this song! In what other circumstance would thousands (or millions?) of preteen girls love classical music like this? I can't think of any, unless you are really special (like me!).

The same goes for Yiruma, who is a modern composer/pianist, and also has created some really beautiful songs. One of these songs is called River Flows in You. It is a really breathtaking song, so one day, some Twilight fan decided that it would be the perfect Bella's Lullaby. And it stuck. So now all of these girls consider River Flows in You to be the perfect alternative to the Bella's Lullaby in the movie. And then what happened? All of these fans of Yiruma got mad, and started bashing Twilight. What else is new?

To these people I have the same thing to say to what I said to the Debussy people. Get over it. You should be happy that these girls can appreciate good music. Because it is really great music. No matter where you heard it from.

anti-status quo

I hate people who feel like they have to be against the status quo. It's like, can't people make their own decisions anymore? For example, Twilight. I'm not saying Twilight is the best series of books in the universe, and although I've read the books and seen the movies, they aren't really my favorite. But is it necessary to hate them and make fun of them like you have nothing else better to do? If you didn't read the books then you can't hate them, or think they're stupid, or anything like that because YOU DIDN'T READ THEM. So stop saying "ew" when you hear the word Twilight, or refusing to read/watch anything vampire related, or making fun of Kristen Stewart because you don't know what you're talking about. And I'm not saying you have to like Twilight, or even read the books. But stop hating them just because a million people happen to like them, or because you think its somehow "cool" to not like them. Because that's stupid.

And it doesn't just go for Twilight. What about Justin Bieber? Now, I don't personally like Justin Bieber's songs, but give the kid a break for once. He didn't do anything to anyone. He's not like Miley Cyrus, who can't even sing, and smokes who knows what when she's supposed to be a role model for 10 year olds. I'm not saying I don't make fun of him occasionally, but why do people hate this kid so much?

I guess it just annoys me when people are so immature that they just don't like things because they're popular (especially when these things are popular with teenage girls). Just make your own opinions about things. Don't not watch the movie because Zac Efron is in it, or refuse to read a book because it stars vampires, and vampires are in Twilight. If you don't like vampires as a subject matter, that's fine, but I hope you've at least attempted to read a book about vampires before you make your judgments.

And stop saying hating Abercrombie & Fitch. Unless you have a specific reason for hating it. If you hate the clothes, fine. But don't hate it just because it's "cool."

So that is my conclusion. Stop trying to be anti-status quo because it's stupid and immature.

the math rant

I've decided that Calculus is the most pointless subject in the history of the universe. When am I ever going to use derivatives in my life? I guess if you're a physicist, maybe then you will, because I can't think of any other real life application for the calculus I'm doing in school right now! Like not even one! It's so pointless and stupid, and the ONLY reason I took AP Calculus was because I was told it was something good colleges just expected you have. I guess I didn't expect that I would have a terrible teacher that contradicts himself and makes absolutely no sense! And then when he gives us quizzes, he puts stuff on the quizzes that he never taught us, so we tell him when we get the quizzes back and we all fail, he doesn't do anything about it! Sometimes I just wish that math didn't exist! Grrr! Okay rant over.