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I commented on Kee's, More than Words, blog about stealing music. The post really got me thinking. I too love music and frankly cannot live without it. And, is sharing my music with my friends or even saving a copy of their music really stealing? I'm not sure. I don't think it is actually, because they did pay for that song or that album, and they have given you the permission to use it right? Then if they have ok-ed on it, it wouldn't be considered stealing. And I agree with their last point quite a bit. I have thousands and thousands of songs in my library on my iTunes and if I were to be forcd to pay $0.99 for every song that a friend of given me via CD, I would be in a debt that I could not even fathom.

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I commented on More than Words' Blog on A Skinny Campus and the insanity of body image. Our body image is so important to us and in a way haunts our every movement. We think twice before doing anything frankly. I was watching the Haunting of Molly Hartley today and throughout the movie I recognized a lot of familiar faces. There are a lot of actor in there from other T.V.show's such as 90210 and Gossip Girl. But while I was watching the whole movie, I kept thinking to myself how skinny the girls were. And I remembered the controvesy that practically all the girls on 90210 are less than 100 lbs. I completely agree with her point and see exactly where she is coming from.

The Great Movement..

The Immigration rate to the United States is probably the highest it’s ever been in the past few years, and probably higher than any other country. People migrate from all different countries to live and have opportunities that they wouldn't have other places. My family itself migrated here about thirty years ago. Both my parents went to college here as well. But is it wrong from immigrants to come to the U.S. just in hope of a better life? Just so they, too, can give their kids a brighter future with maybe some meaning and hope? That was my parent's plan and so far, so good. I believe that legal immigration should be welcomed and made easier for immigratns coming to the U.S. and not it should not be frowned upon by citizens.

In recent studies, there has been evidence that English has become sort of the "second" language in Texas. In Brownsville and El Paso, the immigration of Hispanics is much greater than the population of Anglo-Saxon Americans itself. And Key West, in Florida, is anywhere between 50-90 miles away from Cuba. Even though immigration is harder than ever in the U.S. people still go to great lengths to maybe just maybe try to make it here.

America is known as the "melting pot" of all nationalities and all cultures. Then why frown upon other races trying to make it here and live in the U.S. People just want a better home and environment for their kids and a better education for the future. Once upon a blue moon, the Anglo-Saxon Americans were immigrants too. They migrated here all the way from Great Britain, remember?

And the economy..

Lately, everything is economy this, economy that, what will the government do etc. But really, what will the government do? Everyone in the world, mostly, seems to agree upon the fact that many countries, if not all, are going through a serious recession. I agree on that point.

The American people know that that is one of the first topics on Obama's desk, to cure the economy. But how? That is the million dollar question, how and when are we going to come out of this recession?

Just recently, when listening to the radio, there was talk about how Obama is planning on putting in more money into the economy but priniting more and trying to "jump start" businesses and increase spending, hence the bailout plan. Hilary commented on this notion and believes it is a good a effective way, a democratic way, to get the economy going. And once we have become stable, the government will tax American dollars and squeeze the money back out. Makes sense, right?

The argument here is that should be trade-off a short term fix for the inflation of our American dollar. Yes, the economy will get a boost, but the value of our dollar will be severly decreased. If we don't do this, what is our other option? In my opinion, by the looks of businesses in the past few months and the stress many people are facing, anything that the government can do, it should do.

Rock-umentary!

I had been looking forward to last Friday for a long time. Last Friday the Jonas Brother 3D concert experience came out! If you know me, you know already that I loved the movie, and Joseph Adam Jonas is my favorite brother! I was singing along and cheering throughout the whole film. The movie is a documentary of the boys' lives and passions. Just like, a rock-umentary!

The cameras follow the boys around all over: from waking up in the morning, to hair and make-up, to before concerts, to at the concert on stage with them, and to the end where they head back on the road. The movie also shows fans a brand new music video from the boys, "Love Is on It's Way."

The movie is great and an awesome past-time. However, to make the opening weekend even bigger, the boys decided to do a tour all over the U.S. to theaters to see their fans watching the movie. They started at midnight in L.A. then went to New York, then to two theaters in Charlotte, then to two theaters in Atlanta, then to a premiere in here Dallas in Grapevine, then to Austin, to Las Vegas, and finally to San Franscisco then back to L.A.

In Dallas, at the Grapevine premiere, fans were not allowed in to see the boys. They were encouraged to wait out in the freezing cold to see the, or really catch a glimpse of them, but you could not go in. Sadly, I could not even wait outside the event to see the boys nor was I allowed in as the others. I still haven't seen them live or even met them. The Rock-umentary was as close as I've gotten to seeing these boys: Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas. And you know what, apparently they live in Dallas!