10:55 PM / 25 November

Cool shit. Meteor lands in Canada a couple of days ago. Damn, it was almost as bright as day...Take a look here.

12:28 AM / 11 November

So after some time, I thought I should do another music post. New vid from Protest the Hero. This one's for their song Palms Read. Again, it questions the concept of evolution vs creationism, which has pretty much been the theme of their album Fortress. I've actually been waiting for this one for quite long. Well, here it is.

Palms Read by Protest The Hero

As often as always evolution comes crawling from the sea
Alive with urgency like suicide convinced the grass is greener on dry earth.

The march of serrated utterance like a soft cough
Muffled murmur sneaking through the lecture hall.
The crawl across the island, the sound of waves
Embodied water sprouting legs as loud as gallop

All the young people who took a leap without faith into a riverbed
That drowns about as much as it saves
Cuffing down on ground against the cries of gravity

Belly-up, half buried in the sand.
Extend a hand to the smallness of death
Understand that only dying is this colossal
Creation shedding skin to find a perfect equilibrium like fossils

All the young people who took a leap without faith into a riverbed
That drowns about as much as it saves

All the young cowards acting out for the braves forever hurled
Into the waters of their indifferent graves.

For a million years raise your glass in cheers
We will never answer where we came from
Only how we got here.

12:30 AM / 8 November

Well, Obama has won. You know what the funny thing was? Everyone expected him to win, but when he did win it was much bigger than expected. I mean, just remembering Dr. King and his words, Rosa Parks and her actions, it seems like dream come true for Black Americans everywhere. I'm no historian or even an activist for that matter. But there was always that feeling that it was gonna be a turning point in modern history.

And I was looking through the poll statistics and there were some points to note. This was the largest voter turnout in quite some time. I guess all the vote registration campaigns paid off. And that was important. If you have an opinion, it's important to voice it. Especially when it comes down to choosing your nation's leader. But the diversity of his voters was also quite surprising. From what I heard, there was everyone from old people, young people, college-educated white males, people from the reddest red states (i.e. Ohio).

But imagine the scrutiny. He's young, supposedly inexperienced AND the first Black President. The world's in a financial crisis, there are 2 wars going on that is sapping strength from their country, foreign ties are mixed at best. One wrong move and that could be his end. I'm no American, but I just hope the people there just give him a chance.

There is one thing I do know however, he has to take care of his own country before taking care of the world. He may be the leader of the free world, but the free world needs America. Enough blabbering, here's his victory speech. This is what a real rallying speech should sound like.