Soil

So I was out helping my mother move some dirt today. See, we had this giant garden for the whole neighbourhood last year, but it was turned into a playground this year. So pretty much there was a lot of soil that would've gone to waste. Now that's where the shovel comes in. All that soil was just left for people to take an use for their own gardens and stuff. It's this kinda thing that makes me feel really happy on the inside. Just that feeling of know that something has a second chance to be useful in this world, you know?

Now this concept contradicts with a lot of mainstream media these days (see, I told ya I had some interesting stuff to talk about). Anyways, I was at a friend's family party last night, and it was just a lot of fun. I spoke with people, played with little kids, ate food, etc. Now at a certain point, a few of us gathered around a computer to watch a youtube video of Miley Cyrus's new video, Can't Be Tamed. If you've seen that video, wouldn't you agree that it's a tad bizarre? Like, more so than usual? Perhaps not.

Personally, I'm not into pop music these days. I just don't find pleasure in listening to an auto-tuned voice overtop of a computer generated beat. But the music itself is only part of the "problem." The other part would be how it's used. Music often defines a generation. For example, Superstore plays music over its speakers that cater to the likes of the highest demographic: parents. I'm pretty sure I've heard the song "Kiss From A Rose" about 20 times this year. It's an older song, but it's what the shoppers (presumably) like.

But with my generation, music is a lot different. To start with, it's extremely assessable. I know I've taken things for granted, only to realize their significance afterwards. But it just makes me really sad to know that it's happening with music now. For example, you don't have to listen to pop music to know that something like "Party In The USA" was really huge a little while back, but now it's considered old. And what happens with old pop music? It just gets discarded, doesn't it? Sure, there might be a remix or two, but in the end it'll still die away. The one thing that stays a little longer than pop songs is the style of the music, which actually brings me back to the original point about Miley's new video.

I said that it was a little bizarre and strange, but that's a common occurrence in today's music videos. Granted, music videos have never made any sense, even back 30-40 years ago, but still that was just weird. I guess what I'm trying to say here is that music today doesn't have much to it, and doesn't stay for long. And speaking of long, this post is getting far too long. I still have more to talk talk aboutm but that'll be in another post.