Today, I dropped Chemistry X after much debating, frustration and meeting with school counselors. I definitely feel inadequate and unintelligent. Even though, rationally, I realize this is not in fact the case, I have never felt so confused by a subject before in my life. Usually I can collect myself enough to fudge my way through anything and at least pull off an average grade, and being exposed to the content of that class was like being thrown in the middle of 494 in rush hour in a wheelchair. I really hope this is the best decision for me, and that I am not just giving up, something I would not be proud of. I just could not handle the stress that class brought upon me. Tonight I really wanted to just stay home and stew in my own self pity, but fortunately my friend Jon convinced me to go out, and it was a good decision. We went to Uptown and the Electric Fetus, which is an epic record store. I bought the 500 Days of Summer Soundtrack (an awesome indie movie you need to see) and the soundtrack to Accepted. We went to dinner at Pizza Biga, and it was delicious to say the least. The margherita sauce on my pizza was superb, with the perfect amount of basil sprinkled on top. Stephen ordered a weird pizza with egg on it. Open topic blog was the instructions for this assignment... Uhm... That is complicated and very broad.
Music. It's importance and international fame. Music is something we can all relate to, enjoy, and recognize. All cultures share some form of music. The music can speak where words would fail. Without music, many people would probably become very dysfunctional citizens of society, unable to express their innermost thoughts through the beats and rhythmns that music provides to us.
Music provides a mode of connection, a way of building relationships. It can be attending concerts with friends, blasting the radio and singing in the car or sharing a specific "song" with a special someone. It gives people similarities in regards to taste, and something to discuss and converse about.
Music heals. It provides those who are hurting with assurance that they are not alone. It provides those who are missing someone with an escape from the haunting thoughts. Music naturally boosts our mood and helps free us from our problems, worries and stresses.
Music is an outlet for some, for others it's an enjoyable indulgence, and for certain folks it's a way of life. Disreguarding the magnitude of its impact, it is impossible to argue that music does not impact someone's life in some way. Like heartbeats, it's a trait that all humans possess, almost like a gene that is not only passed down through families, but across cultural lines, social barriers and economic obstacles, for all people to participate in and belong to.
Valerie Streif
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