Glam Pop

Glam Pop - this is the new music movement that is slowly getting more and more popular - and im IN LOVE with it. In reality, Glam pop really isnt new. It originated in the 80's with Madona & Micheal Jackson music videos. Now a days, we have artists like Lady Gaga & Adam Lambert. Song's and Video's are very ornate and abstracted. It's very art-sy and VERY up my alley. I love music that has meaning and you have to really listen to the lyric's as to just a random chorus of words that were clearly just thrown together. This kind of music makes me feel better about myself and how I am artistically. It shows me that I'm not the only "out there" avante gaurde artist my age, and that I have artists I can look up to who are close to my own style.

School Newpaper

Sometimes its kind of frustrating to think about all of the things you put so much effort into, and nobody ever takes the chance to pay any remote attention to them. I'm the editor of the challenger clubs page, and I'm reminded on an almost daily basis on how my page is never payed attention to. How they didn't understand why I took my job as an editor so seriously. It take it seriously due to the fact that I love everything clubs oriented. I love that family-esc feeling you get from participating in a school function. For some people, that's all they have ever had when it comes to a family setting. I write for those people, and for the sake of informing others, and getting the info out there. Many clubs never get any recognition for anything that they accomplish in their meetings and activities - I try to do my part in making sure they have something to stick in their scrapbooks one day, as I know the feeling of being able to see my name in print - I would like to give other the chance to feel that as well, and share it with others. Maybe one day the newspaper will be appreciated as much as ENL or the Blue House Players are. When that day comes, I'll be very proud to say I was a part of that.

Advocating for things Unknown

January is the year for the second annual national drag history month. Drag, more commonly known as "Drag Queens",if you dont already know, are men who are female illusionists. I'm a huuuuge fan of drag, but this artistic style of preformance art is critized allot by more popular media. Hence why this "history month" in my opinion was an awesome idea.

I have always had this quality of advocating things that lotts of people find either clishe or taboo. So far, I havent had any questions about my "Drag History Month" buttons on my bag, but I feel its coming. But, thats the whole purpose...soo...its all worth it. The same thing happend on the "day of silence" for gay rights last year. I love it how people know about what we're doing...then want to critisize it by asking dumb questions to get you to talk. Sometimes I wish people would just understand that there will always be things out there they wont like - and they just need to live with it.

And its not just gay rights associated things, it could be anything. You could be protesting for the rights of your fellow students and could be made fun of by it - by the people you are tyring to help. It's kind of frustrating. But....never the less, I'll keep advocating, and maybe one day we will be heard by those who refuse to listen. I never said they had to agree - but they could at least hear us out. I do for them.