Post 237 | Relax

Why hello there. Been a while yes? What can I say? Life takes over sometimes!

I'm back at school, back to the grind of classes, back to working on the paper, and back to my friends here. Loving the apartment life (for the most part) and excited to be a senior. Which is really crazy to think about. But now is not the time for reflection. I have a different topic I want to talk about today, and that is one called relaxing.

Tonight we had a class competition which involved performances from groups from each class. One class used a song some deem inappropriate, Blurred Lines, and the other a parody of Miley Cyrus's performance at the VMAs.

Now, I go to one of those crazy conservative Christian schools, so them doing this was kind of a surprise, but hey, it's a bunch of people having fun so why worry about it?

They didn't even play Blurred Lines, they just played the beat to it, and wow is that a catchy beat. I just spent some time listening to some parodies and damn I like that beat.

The Miley Cyrus thing? It was a dude dressed as a girl but with shorts on and his wig fell off and he didn't even grind against his foam finger. They were just having fun! But nope, people had to get all worked up and angry about it. I am willing to bet that there will be quite the backlash from some of the crazies here.

People are totally entitled to their own opinions, and while I respect them, it does not mean I have to agree with them.

I like the idea that people here are willing to push the envelope a little and get some attention instead of being perfect little precious people all the time.

I honestly do not think it was a big deal. I think it was just people having a good time and everywhere I looked in the audience people were laughing. It was funny! It was good! I enjoyed it. Maybe I just hear from the people who get worked up about it because I work on the paper, but I think that the overarching response to it was positive.

People like to have fun, and if their image of fun isn't the same as yours, oh well. Sometimes you don't have to take life so seriously and just have to enjoy it. Relax a little friends, it'll all be ok, I promise.