May. 6th, 2007

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I have a love-hate relationship with ads.  As I think I mentioned before, when I was in third grade I wanted to go into advertising, because it sounded like the perfect blend of my interests in art and psychology (both my parents were psych, majors in college).  My hippie dad squashed this interest by telling me I would need to sell people things they didn't need, which was bad.  I'm still fascinated and repulsed at the same time by commercials.  A kids book I read recently pointed out that music videos really are just ads for albums, but I like to think they are more of an art form, an extension of the music.  This ad for the BBC is probably one of the best I've ever seen, mixing music, celebrity, and great visuals.  And personally, I think if you are going to watch television, BBC really is one of the better options out there.  Plus, this is just a pleasure to watch.  

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Growing up, history was one of my least favorite classes.  Part of it was because I've never had a good memory for names and dates.  But the other part was because I had a lot of trouble seeing how it fit in with everything.  Now as an adult, I can see that this is exactly the big picture I was supposed to be absorbing, but I'm not sure if there would have been a better way for me to grasp it.  Perhaps if I had read more historical fiction as a kid?  I don't know.

As an adult, I'm slightly embarrased to admit that my growing understanding of history comes mostly through teen historical fiction, and varied sources such as poetry, art books, magazine articles, all leading more and more to wikipedia.  As a librarian I have issues with wikipedia...and I have to laugh at myself when I realize my issues are with how other people are going to use it, mostly kids not understanding how to evaluate source material...but I fear adults have these problems also.  Anyways, for following my own curiosity to learn more, I find it is terrific.  Such as when I was reading a book of poetry a friend gave me for my birthday last year, and I came across a poem about Move.  I had never heard anything about this group, but was truly shocked to read that in 1985 the Philadelphia police had bombed a group of citizens, killing 11 people, including kids...and destroyed 61 neighborhood homes.  How did I miss this?  I guess at 13 I probably wasn't paying much attention to the news, but still.  It is bits of history like this that really make you think, and wonder, what else is going on in our country that the average person doesn't have any awareness about?  My own mother didn't realize the vice-president was still receiving money from Halliburton, as part of his "retirement" package.  Its stuff like this that just makes me feel ill.

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