Stuff I Do

I thought about what I do with my days and evenings and whether or not I enjoy my leisure time. To be honest I have very little leisure time. I do watch television; however, I don't watch that much as there is very little on that interests me. Except this month, as I love Halloween and there are a lot of shows such as "Haunted History" and "Weird Travels" that I try to watch when I can. But, excluding the month of October, weekly I would say that I watch a maximum of ten hours of television. The shows that interest me are not shown on t.v. here in the United States.

As for internet use, I do use the computer or surf the internet a decent amount, but again weekly it adds up to ten, maybe fifteen hours as my mother uses my laptop daily and I don't have access to it that easily. Because school has been a bit of a challenge this session, I usually go on simply to check my emails, my Japanese homework assignments and blackboard for any other assignments, like this blog. I don't use the internet as much as I used to. I used to watch various shows from overseas that I like, but as I am playing catch up with a lot of my classes, I haven't been able to watch any of the shows, or anime I enjoy watching.

When I do have leisure time, I usually spend it writing my thoughts or ideas down in one of my books or listening to music and relaxing in my room. I do like spending time with friends on occasion, mostly just walking around outside because I'm not big on shopping except when it's necessary. The one thing I do love shopping for is more books to read. I used to love buying video games, but as I no longer have time to play them, I don't go shopping for them anymore.

In short, my time is spent studying, listening to music and writing. I would love more time for writing as that is one of the careers I will have in the future. I am continuing with college because I feel it's helpful as far as writing and it gives people the tools to question and research what they hear. The main problem with the world is the fact that a college education is not available for many. I was in shock when my teacher said that only 1% of people worldwide complete college. In order to prevent a lot of the problems with corporations and politicians who don't care, we need the future generations to attend college. In order to stop global warming, we need to take a global initiative. Starting in whatever state or country you are in is the beginning, but it has to be taken further than that.

Our teacher also showed us two videos, one was "The Story of Stuff" which upset me, particularly the part about a neurotoxic flame retardant being used on some of the pillows and mattresses that we use unknowingly, and a piece of "The Company" which shows how crooked corporations can be. Those videos left me feeling extremely angry by what we allow simply because it's not information right at hand. You won't see these lawsuits and payouts these companies were forced to make on the front page of the newspaper. I mean, after all, these are "big issues" not worthy of gracing the front page. It's astonishing how much pertinent worldwide information does not make it into these papers.

Watching these videos also reminded me of a video I saw in another class that caught my attention and I found it very interesting and, at times, even a little creepy. I've added it below for people to watch if they so choose. It was created by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod. Enjoy and let me know what you think. After all, shift happens.