Music Version Television is dead. It's been dead. Long since forgotten.
Michael made you, Spring Break made you naughty, TRL was iconic (CARSONNNNN), and all your stupid, trashy Jersey Shores, Teen Moms, The Hills (even Real World is lame now) and whatever other shows DESTROYED YOU.
You told us never to turn our back on the music. Look what you've done.
I have no where to go to find new artists. I have no idea what a music video is anymore. WHY IS THERE EVEN A VMAs since there is NO OUTLET TO VIEW THEM ON? (sorry BET, CMT, VH1, you've never cut it).
MTV, you were the last remaining hope for a music generation. You weren't taken over by disgusting reality shows and you kept it real and true to musical roots.
John Norris and Sway kept music education alive. Carson kept videos alive. Artists could make it with MTV.
Now, there is no platform and no voice to good tunes.
Real music fans have no where to go.
If I wanted a trailer park, I'd go find one.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Why Does Love Need A Holiday?
I've always disliked Valentine's Day whether it be because of the chocolate coma leading up to and the let down after, the bitter and cynical nature of my ways since I've never had the conventional Valentine (single's awareness day!), or knowing it's not simple anymore like in elementary school where everyone made a box and everyone received a cute Disney-themed valentine.
Year after year I've watched the mania and over-hype. Husbands and boyfriends freak out about finding a dozen red roses (let alone the price of them) with a box of chocolates or some fancy dinner and weekend getaway. Not to mention, he better propose (how cliche!). Wives and girlfriends expect to be pampered and showered with all of these things and maybe a little extra.
Because....why?
Because that date on the calendar says so? Since when does love include expectations and pressure to outdo last year's surprise?
Honestly, Valentine's Day is a joke and a scam.
Love is not a holiday and there should never be so much emphasis on one day. If someone I'm in love with has to wait an entire year to do all these nice things for me then forget it, don't waste your time (more so mine).
If it's really, truly love then there is no price tag and it is no trouble to surprise me with flowers any old time just because. If it were real then I'd be swept off my feet just by seeing and spending time with him after a long day (of course, a few actual scenarios of "being swept off my feet" wouldn't hurt every now and again).
Real love does not feel obliged to show it on a "holiday." It doesn't demand or expect. And it surely does not take all this effort to show someone they're loved.
Sure, I am a hopeless romantic (who isn't, honestly), but I also know it can't be everyday. If anyone wants to surprise me then do it on a day other than February 14. It would mean so much more to me just as it would to the other person.
If I ever find love, there will be no Valentine's. I want to relax with him all night, have a home cooked meal, and remember why it is I love him.
Really, why do you have to show someone you love them? Isn't looking them in the eye and saying "I love you" enough?
How beautifully simple is that?
Love is the little things. It's simple, kind, and not meant for an over-commercialized holiday (get your stuffed heart bears, candies, and sickening red, white, and pink whatevers...such keepsakes).
The injustice of it all.
Year after year I've watched the mania and over-hype. Husbands and boyfriends freak out about finding a dozen red roses (let alone the price of them) with a box of chocolates or some fancy dinner and weekend getaway. Not to mention, he better propose (how cliche!). Wives and girlfriends expect to be pampered and showered with all of these things and maybe a little extra.
Because....why?
Because that date on the calendar says so? Since when does love include expectations and pressure to outdo last year's surprise?
Honestly, Valentine's Day is a joke and a scam.
Love is not a holiday and there should never be so much emphasis on one day. If someone I'm in love with has to wait an entire year to do all these nice things for me then forget it, don't waste your time (more so mine).
If it's really, truly love then there is no price tag and it is no trouble to surprise me with flowers any old time just because. If it were real then I'd be swept off my feet just by seeing and spending time with him after a long day (of course, a few actual scenarios of "being swept off my feet" wouldn't hurt every now and again).
Real love does not feel obliged to show it on a "holiday." It doesn't demand or expect. And it surely does not take all this effort to show someone they're loved.
Sure, I am a hopeless romantic (who isn't, honestly), but I also know it can't be everyday. If anyone wants to surprise me then do it on a day other than February 14. It would mean so much more to me just as it would to the other person.
If I ever find love, there will be no Valentine's. I want to relax with him all night, have a home cooked meal, and remember why it is I love him.
Really, why do you have to show someone you love them? Isn't looking them in the eye and saying "I love you" enough?
How beautifully simple is that?
Love is the little things. It's simple, kind, and not meant for an over-commercialized holiday (get your stuffed heart bears, candies, and sickening red, white, and pink whatevers...such keepsakes).
The injustice of it all.
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