World Peace (literally).

My first blog.

I thought that it should be something of importance, and something worth thinking about. It's easy to say that we live in a peaceful place: Orange County. Nothing much goes on except for local clubs, rich kids spending parents money and maximizing gossip. Every teenager either owns a cell phone, has a Myspace or spends their time watching MTV/VH1. I'm not sure if anyone has been noticing what's been going on around the world...but I believe we should be watching, especially now.

If you've been taking notice, Iran just had an election and the country is currently going through a revolution. To be honest, I do not know the full details, but it's just as bad as the Middle East can be. Protests against the new president has been resulting in violence from the government officials AND the opposing side. To clear things up, there's always two sides of a story. There will always be opposition. It's sad to read and watch about the deaths that's been occurring...when I'm sitting here complaining about how "dark I am," or how I need to be the skinniest bitch alive.

Neda.
Twitter has been explosive about her story. There's always death occurring around the world every day, but to see her life slip away in a matter of minutes on YouTube, just brings violence to another level. The clips that are posted online are pretty powerful. They say that she is probably now, a symbol of freedom. As I watched, I couldn't help to feel saddened. Feeling like a helpless person all the way across the world in Orange County where freedom is obviously, taken for granted. She was just a woman living her life, hoping for the best, doing what we do everyday, LIVING.....and then, she's dead?

It sucks to see the footage of someone literally dying on the screen. But it sucks more that death happens everywhere for not a good enough reason. I'm really going to do my part by trying* not to be so angry & violent. And to take notice of the things going on around the globe, not just the gossip that goes on in the OC bubble.

Sticks and Stones
Men hurl rocks at Mousavi supporters at Tehran University on June 14.
(from Time.com) Imagine this happening at OCC or CSULB, too crazy.