So here's round two on blogging. Why am I crawling back to an arena that I completely gave up on before? First: I've found that writing consistently makes me better at it. I learned this the hard way when I sat down to start writing my Senior Thesis paper a couple weeks ago and forgot how to begin typing words. Secondly, I'm working on a new, positive approach to life, and I believe that reflection is important for putting events in perspective and expressing gratitude for all that good shit that does exist.
With this being said, I'm as angry as ever, but, for a nice change of pace, its not directed at anyone who actually participates in my life. Right now, I'm mad at Obama, NYPD, and the mainstream media, just to name a few. You can probably guess whats up. Occupy Wall Street yo! I'm completely and totally bummed that I'm not in New York for this. If my school didn't have the strictest attendance policy in the world (and probably out of it,) I'd have bought a plane ticket and been there in a second. But hey, if they're still occupying when winter break comes around, I'm there. Yeah, we've got Occupy LA, but its a little, errr... disorganized. Also we can't chill outside Bernie Madoff's house.
This whole movement makes me so happy, and, dare I say it, hopeful. For too long, the richest 1% of the country has controlled the majority of it's wealth. And I've had it. Whats awesome is that everyone's had it, and they're making their voices heard. Check out Global Revolution for streaming coverage of peaceful protests around the world. Fair warning, its inspiring at some points, and downright awful at others. Footage of NYPD officers punching girls in the face at random? check. But hey, the truth hurts, right?
Tomorrow, October 15th is being called the Global Day of Action. I can't wait to see what goes down on Wall Street, I have a feeling it'll be huge. Guess what, fellow 99%ers? We're the ones that are too big to fail.
Right Here All Over (Occupy Wall St.) from Alex Mallis on Vimeo.
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