I think Valentine’s Day is dumb and here’s why

Valentine’s Day is stupid. I said it, sorry Sara (thanks for the fun dip). I’ve never really like it because I think it’s so dumb that we hype up one day for love and romance. Like why can’t you do something special for your person ANY day of the year?!? I say we boycott Valentine’s Day! Down with Hallmark! Also I realize this is a day late but I was at a ball so I forgot to blog about it hehe sorry...

very good music video

Also while I was trying to find inspiration for my "Carcass" blog post, I came across this video that should NOT go unnoticed. Great music video and song 10/10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KKYJD09qCk

Love, Laughter, and Carcasses!

Hope everyone had a great day Valentine's Day! I think the poem, "A Carcass" is somewhat inspirational because it shows that you can find love in anything, even a dead, rotting animal. So I challenge you all to find something random, horrible, maybe even disgusting, and find love in it. I'll start... Tanner, you can be funny sometimes. On the other hand, this poem takes beauty in life and turns it sour, like line 8, "Her stinking and festering womb." The thing that brings life into the world shouldn't be layered with negative adjectives!!!

The Underground Man?? ORRRRR Joe from "You"?!?!?!

There's a fairly new Netflix Original called "You." It's about a man, Joe Goldburg, who forms obsessions with women and peruses them through stalking and manipulation. He's also very jealous and believes these women do certain things for him in order to get his attention. Sounds kinda narcissistic if you ask me. Immediately when we started reading Notes from Underground, I saw a correlation between the Underground Man and Joe. Just to get a better gist of this character I attached a link with some of his moments. I also would recommend this show to anyone who likes a little drama. It's weird because he's a bad guy who does bad things, but you're still rooting for him. WARNING the show is TV-MA... Sorry Tanner... this ones for MATURE audiences ONLY!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6F-lFC94U0

Valentine's Day in Russia

So here is just a little interesting thing I found about Vday in Russia:
It is from a website called the Russian store.

"This happens on March 8th, and it only happens for women. It is International Women’s Day, and people in Russia celebrate this day by giving similar gifts to girls and women, regardless of age.

The most popular gifts being chocolate and flowers.

In America we celebrate Valentine’s Day because of Saint Valentine, or Valentinus. In Russia, they celebrate Women’s Day because it pays tribute to the indomitable spirit of women across the globe and equal rights.

Men in Russia respect this holiday, and husbands will sometimes do all the cooking, cleaning, and tending to the kids on this day to allow the women a full day of rest." 

Tech and Notes from Underground

After reading Underground Man's monologue, I found some similarities between the negativity towards advancements of the 19th century and the advancements of today. Underground Man is highly opposed to this in depth research on the human psyche being a cure all for humanity. He doesn't believe our actions can be formulated, and I think the robots of the 21st century prove his theory. Many jobs are becoming automated, and there's a general opposition to this change from the public. Humans can't truly be replicated, since we have the ability, and sometimes the desire, to deny whatever restraints are put around us. Although we like control, we hate boredom, but robots only exist to serve a certain purpose. I think I would greatly miss the human interaction involved in every day tasks such as checking out after shopping or being waited on at restaurants. Would y'all prefer if the world became more automated, since it may make our lives easier and more efficient? Or do y'all think human interaction keeps us more in touch and happier?

Liza and the Underground Man’s Want for Love

Both Liza and the Underground Man want to find true, pure love in their lives. The Underground Man fantasies about a beautiful family with kids and Liza holds onto a note from a man who loved her. However, neither Liza nor the Underground have the capacity to love.

First, the Underground Man’s want for dominance AND love are not compatible. Love is seeing one another on an equal platform. With true love, he cannot establish dominance. Due to this, he will never find love until he realizes his partner is his equal.

Second, Liza’s job as a prostitute is a profession in which love rarely exist. She is selling her freedom to others. Love only exists where freedom does. Since she cannot posses freedom AND love, she too is void of love. Liza holds onto the note from the medical student who professes his love to her. He didn’t know she was a prostitute and showed real love toward her. She keeps this letter as a way of proving to herself that love exists and gives her hope for her own future

Although Liza and the Underground Man cannot possess love, that definitely does not mean that they don’t desire it. They want love more than anything, but cannot reach it.

Do y’all agree?!