So whats everyone think of me using song lyrics for post titles?
Keep in mind they most likely won't have any relevance to the post, they're just taken from what I'm listening to while I write these things.
So on with it as they say...
Today is the anniversary of MTV's birth. What an underwhelming occasion. I celebrated it by posting The Buggles infamous video to Facebook. I haven't watched MTV in years. Mainly since Beavis and Butthead days. I do remember when they liked to be on the cutting edge with shows like "Liquid Television". Now it's been relegated to vapid crap like "The Hills". Perhaps one day, Mike Nesmith will atone for this shit sandwich he birthed on us. More likely not as he hasn't atoned for the Monkees yet.
From time to time I like to lay back and contemplate moments in time. Moments that not necessarily defined me or the rest of the "Gen-Xers" I grew up with, but perhaps molded us into what we are today. I remember seeing Star Wars in the theater. What a mind blowing experience for a kid. I also remember being in school and being herded into the auditorium to watch the Challenger shuttle flight. Still mind blowing, but not in such good ways. It's this comparative thinking that makes me feel like I'm making progress on my human sensibilities and perhaps even my ability to cope with change.
What moments in time do you like to contemplate? It doesn't matter your age, there is always something that molds or defines every generation. My mom had Elvis, the Kennedy's, Vietnam, and possibly Nixon. You could have Columbine, the Columbia, or 9/11. Do you learn from them? Do you take what's happened and try to educate another person similarly? Perhaps you could.
Lets face it, we're all able to do something.
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