I Just Don't Understand

I can't wait till summer.

Aside from the fact that it's summer, and basically the greatest time of the year, I can't wait to have a life again! 

Only one job is going to be a [breeeeze] after this semester.

And it'll give me more time to blog.

I miss blogging.

So many times I'll have moments where I'll think to myself, "I'm going to blog about that..." but then never get the time to!

Soon enough, I'll be back to my old blogging self...


Anywho, I don't have to be at school today because of a workshop on campus later this afternoon, so in the meantime, I shall write you a blog.
Well, that is until I'm going to meet my hubby for a nice lunch date. 
Anywho, my story...


We start every class day by talking about current events.
On Mondays and Fridays, we watch CNN Student News - a ten minute online clip that runs through the daily news, geared toward...you guessed it...students.
The kids really enjoy it.
So it's a Friday, and we're watching Carl Azuz give the daily rundown. 
At the end of the show, they do a quick "Before we go" segment that's usually uplifting and funny. I guess to lighten the mood for those days where all the news is depressing.
Well, on this particular day, they talked about an art auction that had gone down, where a painting broke the record for most paid for it or something like that. 
Wanna know how much some crazy person paid for [one] piece of artwork??
Brace yourself.
One. Hundred. And. Twenty. MILLION. Dollars.
$120 million.
A HUNDRED AND TWENTY!!
{MILLION}!!
For a single painting. 
Previously, the record was $39 million.
Another ridiculous amount, but not nearly as ridiculous.


So, naturally, after that clip was done, what did I do??


I got on my soapbox, of course.
And preached to the class about the anger stirring in my gut.
You see, a previous news story on that particular show was about the slums of Manila. 
Where people are living in cardboard boxes, walking in feces, and eating out of garbage cans, rotting food from days ago.


It makes me so incredibly {angry} how unfair and imbalanced the world is. 
How there are people who can, without hesitation, drop ONE HUNDRED-TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS on a single flippin' piece of artwork, while there's people living in such extreme poverty. 


Why doesn't that person spend their $120 million on something {worthwhile} and {life-changing}  like giving that money to go towards helping the slums. 
Why don't billionaires do more?
Why don't millionaires do more?


I don't understand why people who have more money than they know what to do with don't do something beautiful with their money.
Why don't they change the world?
Because they have the [power] to.
The world runs on money - use it in a positive way!!
Fix the balance!
If billionaires and millionaires lived modestly, and gave their money to more important things, pieces of this world could be better.
I'm not saying give all of it, just part of it.
Who really needs all that money?
Do something better with it!!!!


Don't call me naive.
Don't call me a dreamer.
I understand the realities of the world.
But the realities of the world make me angry. 


Like war.
I will never understand war.
When two politicians of opposing governments are ticked off at each other, they send thousands of other men to go fight to the death for them.
Stupidest idea on the planet.
The leaders should have a duel.
Like back in the good ol' days.
Let's reenact Hamilton and Burr.
They had a disagreement and did they have thousands of men fight their battle for them??
NO!
They had a duel.
Let's have duels instead.
I will never understand wars.


Anywho, that's enough ranting for the day.
Time to go beautify myself.
I'm meeting the hubby at his work for a quick lunch together before my meeting on campus.
It'll be a nice day.