two things that i've wanted to post for a while. but still no random-journal-writey thing that i promised and still no philip yancey quotes...but two things nonetheless:

the other week teachers in the teacher's lounge were complaining about students who were humming too much in class. and one of the teachers said something to the effect of "well they're just listening to too much music and that's all there is to it!!!" and she said it as if it was a bad thing. like watching too much tv or playing too many video games or spending too much time online or something. and it made me really really sad. no, but seriously, like, REALLY SAD. and i hope that when i'm a teacher i will encourage my students to listen to as much music as possible and hum and whistle all they can. i guess not during class and all, but still, every free moment, i want those kids to sing, and sing loud. listening to music should not be equated to watching tv. i realize this was not an eloquent explanation or argument, but hopefully you're catching my drift.

in a little writing assignment, a boy was writing about himself, but in the third person (because that was the assignment) and he wrote, "his friends think he's neat because he plays baseball, but he wishes they would think he's neat because of his imagination." and it made my heart break for some reason. like he was a creative genius trapped in a jock's body or something. but i wish that the world was taught to be a little more imaginative. and i wish people would appreciate imagination. and i wish people would like people because of their imagination.

on that note, go watch triplets of belleville and appreciate it.

wow, it's been a while since i've had a bitter vent post like this, huh?