deep thoughts

sometimes i see a commercial for 'save the children' or other struthersy charities on tv, showing little starving children from like nigeria or africa and it makes me really sad. on one hand, i'm so lucky to have been born into a well-off family in a first world country. but on the other hand, i'm really unlucky because i have to live in a world where hunger, famine and starvation are all major problems.

i always want to give money, but then i have heard that a lot of the money you donate goes to administrative costs, and i just wish i could reach across the oceans myself and help them plant an apple, banana or coconut tree.

another thing that makes me sad about africans is that there is an education gap. not only are their schools very poor and run down, but if they do go to school, arts education is undoubtedly a very low priority. gregory hines and sidney poitier are two examples of very talented africans that overcame these odds, but one of them is dead now, and i don't know how to save the music there. if anyone has any ideas, please e-mail me and maybe we can start a project.

i don't mean to get you guys down!! but if i could give the african children one thing, it'd be this song, from my favorite musical of all time, Rent. it's about the seasons of love.

Rent - Seasons of Love