I Don't Get It

I know I haven't really written in here in a while, but I decided to come back and try and post more regularly.

My little pet peeve for today is....well, I'm not too sure how to really describe it in one or two words, so I'll just go straight into it.

I don't really understand why nudity is considered such a bad, terrible thing here in the States. Movies are rated much higher if just a single unclothed female breast is shown. Any nude body part is instantly censored on television, as if the sight of such a thing would have the same petrifying effect as Medusa. If our children are caught viewing something containing nudity, even accidentally, or for educational purposes, nothing but punishment ensues. I don't see why nakedness is a thing to be ashamed of.

Over in places such as the U.K., nudity isn't quite as big of a problem. From what I know, nudity is often seen in television and movies (correct me if I'm wrong about that, please), and isn't considered such a terrible thing; rather, the worst thing for a child to view would be violence: anything involving guns, killing, or torture aren't meant for childrens' eyes, which is understandable. Personally, I'd like to follow the U.K.'s approach to this, and focus more on censoring violence from a child, rather than nudity; violent movies and television can seriously effect a child in their younger years of life, and exposure to gore or such can come as a very scary shock.

On the other hand, nudity is just a part of life; everybody is born naked, so why try and hide it?

I understand the act of being decent in public places, and I'm not saying people should just go streaking everywhere, but what I'm trying to say is that I wish people didn't make such a huge deal about it; people in other countries don't make such a fuss, and they're no different from us.

Nudity is everywhere, right under your clothing. It's there when a baby is born, when you shower, and even in school. It's not like you're going to die or be badly influenced if you see something; after all, it's just some skin.

How Time Flies

There comes a time in everyone's life when you've got to look back at your life, and try and remember everything you did that made that period of time worthwhile for you. It could be anything; maybe you did really well in school, or on a sports team, or maybe you just thought you were super popular. For me though, it's a bit different.

One year ago, on this day, I started to date a girl whom I like very much. She had everything that I liked in a girl; she was funny, silly, super nice, and very good looking; not only all that, but I had also considered her as one of my very best friends; it was just so easy to tell her everything that happened in my life; I trusted her with all of this information. Eventually, "like" turned into "love", and the feelings that I had for her became stronger and stronger with each passing second that we had together.

From then on, things have been great. I haven't been able to see you her too often, because I don't really have a car, and my parents aren't always so happy to let me out of the house whenever I'd like to go somewhere; that, along with the fact that they don't know she exists (Indian parents don't like interracial relationships D: ). Regardless of these facts, I'm still able to see her every once in a while, and I treasure all the times that I am able to see her.

12 months with a person really is quite a bit of time to be in a relationship with somebody; but when you really think about it, it goes by really quickly, just like school or anything else; you remember it starting as if it were yesterday. I wish time would slow down, so I could enjoy the time I spend with her even more.

I've gone through so much with you Alice. I've been happy all this time, and I can say it's thanks to you. I love you more than anything else; you mean more to me than anything.

Happy One year, buddy. Let's look forward to next year :)

Free Speech? Eh?

Well, I've been keeping up with the whole Opie & Anthony story for a bit now. If you don't know what I'm talking about, allow me to explain.

Opie & Anthony are the DJs of an XM radio show. The show is very vulgar; think of something like Howard Stern. Anyway, they made a joke about raping Condaleeza Rice, and this has offended many people, and as a result, their show may come off of the air.

Now let me set this straight: rape is BAD. In no way do I condone it at all, and those who commit it should be punished.

That said, I absolutely believe that O & A should get in no trouble at all; I believe they did nothing at all. While it may not have been the best thing to say, they were completely allowed to say it. Something important to keep in mind is that they said it as a JOKE, not something they were actually planning on doing; that is, they were trying to be funny. Some people may have laughed, others may have not; it doesn't really matter who does what.

Here's a quote I found when I was scouring the internet for more information on the matter:

"Rape is funny, it's all in the context. Picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fud." - George Carlin

Continuing onwards...

For some reason, the people who were offended by this seem to think it's their responsibility to save the population from these dastardly fiends, and get them off the air; I just don't think this is right at all. Not only did they have complete freedom to say what they said, but nobody should be able to take a situation like this, and turn it however they see fit. If I was watching television, and saw a story on the news about some guy getting stabbed in the head with a fork, I wouldn't call them up and say "Your story about the fork stabber offended me SO MUCH, that I'm going to destroy your news station, and make sure other stories about utensil-bearing murderers never make it on the air again." That's just silly.

Let's think about this in a more literal perspective; is some psychopath really going to go hunt down the nation's Secretary of State, and perform unspeakables upon them? Seriously now. What kind of bum is going to have the ability to do something like that. The guys who mentioned the rape joke never meant it, so why get upset to the point that you want to completely kill the show?

I understand that people may be offended, and that's just fine with me; they're free to think absolutely whatever they want. But if they're really that offended of something they hear on the radio, they're free to just change the station.

Procrastination rears its ugly head once again

It's 12:19 AM here, and I should be studying for exams right now.

But that isn't going along so well.

Perhaps it's just because there's too much to distract me? After all, I'm usually listening to music, or talking to someone through whatever chat client I'm using.

Maybe I'm just tired? People do generally sleep at this time, after all.

Or maybe I just don't really care? I've already gone through a year of this stuff; I just want it to end, so I can let summer come and envelope me in its loving embrace.

I can't wait for this week to end.

Whatever happened to school?

I've been thinking about this for quite a while.

Let me ask you a question: Why do you want to go to college?

A lot of you are going to have the same answer: so you can major in a certain field of work, and use that information to make money in order to support yourself and your future family. That's fine and all of course, but why do we all think like this?

Isn't going to college for one thing: to gain knowledge? Whatever happened to people going to school, just because they wanted to LEARN something, not necessarily so they could get a degree in something?

This is one of the things that I hate about how the world works. You can't really enjoy life, not matter how hard you try. The fact of the matter is, you have to do what the world wants you to do in order to be successful; the world doesn't NEED any musicians, or artists, or poets to keep itself running; instead, it depends on doctors, lawyers, and stock brokers in order to thrive.

Personally, I'd love to be a musician; to grow up, with music around me at all times, would be bliss; there's not much more I would ask for. However, the sad truth is that if I decided to approach a degree in music, I would do so knowing that I would very well end up having to flip burgers just so I could support myself; being successful in the fine arts is hard work, and making it big rarely ever happens.

In the real world, I'm going to have to pursue something that I don't necessarily want to do; for example, being a doctor (I'm not very fond of blood, which is my main reason why I choose not to go into medicine). This isn't really something I like at all, but I know that there's not much of a choice but to live my life like this.

This post seemed to ramble a bit. I just wanted to say how I feel like most of the world's people are probably living their life in a huge lie, doing something they don't really want to do, and refusing to allow themselves to pursue what they really enjoy.

It sucks, but that's how the world works, I guess.

So I've been thinking

What should I start to write about?

There's just so much on my mind, but I can't really pick just one thing to start on. I want to do everything. I want to tell the world as much as I can. I want to show everybody something new.

But, the problem is, I just have no clue where to start. It might help to get some readers first, since, at this current point, I'm basically just writing to myself; sad, eh?

Hopefully the future will bring new ideas and new thoughts to my mind, but right now, I need to just sort all of those out and set them straight.

So Now That I'm Here...

I might as well tell everyone a bit about myself.

My name is Simran Singh, and I'm from Dallas, Texas. I'm Indian (as shown from my name), but I've been living in the U.S. my entire life.

I'm a big fan of music; not just one specific genre; every type of sound that can be made appeals to me (well, maybe not every single audible noise in the world, but I like most of them). I play the electric guitar, electric bass, violin, sitar, and classical guitar as well. I'm also really interested in synthesizers, but the only ones I've been able to play around with on a regular basis would be software synths; hopefully in the future I'll be able to buy one.

I'm trying to get into DJing. It's something I've considered doing for a really long time, but I've never had the money to go out and buy some turntables or anything. Hopefully I'll be able to start that soon.

I'm a big fan of computers; I actually originally wanted to major in computer science when I got up to college, but now I don't know what I want to do. I'm really interested in all of the latest tech industry news, whether it is about software or hardware.

So why am I starting a blog? Fame? Fortune?

Of course not.

I just figured that people may or may not be interested in the things that I'm into. If they are, then that's great; if they don't really like what I'm into and what I decide to say, that's perfectly fine too; this blog isn't for those people. This is a place where one can learn about the things that I care about in my life. It may be a bit bland, but I can assure you that it'll eventually grow and prosper.

I hope if you're reading this right now, that you'll come back and visit every once in a while; I'd like to think that there are people that actually read this :D

First Post

Boy is this going to be fun.