Levels of Importance

Well, here we are. Not even 24 hours later and I've gone and changed the blog name. I must say I do prefer it over 'Music and Musings,' which, I discovered, is a massively popular blog name on the internet. Who knew!

...Obviously everyone who ever Googled "Music and Musings," but you get what I mean.

Really quick, if you're in the mood to listen to something, try out this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz4MzJTeL0c

Anyway, on to the main thing I'd like to make a comment about.

It is fascinating the levels of importance a person will put on something, while someone else will look at it and wonder why it's important at all. I have a real life example, and I would use it, but I'm fairly certain the person involved would realize who I was talking about and come yell at me.

Not a fan of getting yelled at.

Though I will say that the person involved seems to be determined to make me think less of another, lesser involved person, who is, in a way, the central issue, and has been for a while.

So anyway, here I am, thinking about this and wondering, "What are the factors that give things greater or lesser importance?" And this is where the brain gears start turning. Society plays a major role, especially in America. I haven't visited other countries, except Canada when I was little, so I can't speak for them. Society sets trends of what's hot and what's not, making people crave to have what's hot, such as the platform flip flops that were popular a few years back that I now regret buying. Media is another factor. In America, commercials, billboards, media- all of it states that "x" is incredibly important. Such as all women looking like Victoria's Secret models. In addition, media seems to be making an intense effort to dumb Americans down. Getting a college education is incredibly important, but it's not nearly as stressed upon as, say, Nike's newest line of running shoes. Out with education and in with wanton spending and materialism!

I'm going to have to end it here tonight, folks. Unfortunately, work calls.