The world we live in

[sigmastolen]

About to watch DVRed House while I make (late, late) breakfast. It's "House vs. God," the one with the teenage faith healer, and the channel actually put a warning just before that said, "Viewer discretion is advised. This program may contain religious sensibilities." And I was like, "Seriously, TV?"

I cannot stand the way that Americans seem to have made a national sport out of being offended.

One of my music ed professors told us a story about a well-respected school choir director in Sacramento who had to scrap an entire winter concert program because a parent, who is a well-known atheist, made a stink about some of the songs celebrating religious holidays (diverse religious holidays, btw, not just "christmas, baby jesus, yay!" but representing different belief systems according to MENC guidelines). The concert wasn't ruined because the choir was fortunately also working on some other songs, but honestly.

p.s. re: my last post about our crazy world and the iPod being a favourite musical instrument, apparently there are apps that simulate different musical instruments? So I am told, anyway, by people who own fancy new Apple products (my beloved Apple products are quite obsolete). So maybe that six-year-old girl was just way more tech savvy than we realise. Hmm.

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[wolfieziri.livejournal.com]

I'm offended that they had to screw up a choir's concert lineup. So there. But in all seriousness, this is just retarded. Am I allowed to reserve my right to have the freedom of speech? I think this is still a free country, so.

Now what's all this about you kids and your crazy Apple products?

[sigmaforsale.livejournal.com]

I related the favourite instrument story to my music ed class (well i mean there are a few of them but it's the same people in every one) and someone who has an iPhone said that there are apps to simulate musical instruments! He has the trombone app, and I guess you move it back and forth like you're moving a slide and it makes the equivalent sounds? There's probably a trumpet app where you tap your fingers on the screen like you're pressing the valves. But I don't know how it would figure out what partial you wanted to be in. Weird.

I'm full of obsolescence, though. My computer is 5 years old (and dinged up and abused and the disc drive doesn't work), they don't even make the kind of iPod I have anymore, and my phone is Samsung and while it has e-mail, I can't figure out how to use it (and I guess I probably don't want to have to pay for using the internet on my phone). After two? three? years, I still don't even know how to get pictures I take off of my phone and onto my computer, which is why I carry around my (also ginormous and obsolete and dinged up and abused) digital camera.