I wanna go to this so freakin' bad. Ergh, why can't Vancity have jams like this? If I had the money I would seriously go to Miami on my own. Miami always reminds me of the song "93' till inifinity" by Souls of Mischief. If you haven't heard it, go listen to it; you're missing out on some quality music. But...can someone take me to Miami for this jam? I will love you forever!!!!

Speaking of Miami, we had to write an essay today for english comparing Obama's acceptance speech to a poem Langston Hughe's wrote.(Yes I know Miami doesn't have anytthing to do with Obama but Miami is in the United States so there!) If you don't know you Langston Hughes is he was the advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. It was probably one of the harder essays we had to compose especially because we had to find similarities and differences using literary devices. But when I was listening to Obama's speech it actually gave me goosebumps and it was freaky how the two connected. Langston's poem "A Dream Deferred" talks about how the American dream was lost after Martin Luther died and how if a dream is delayed it could lead to destruction. It states how African Americans in his time never recieved the equality they've been fighting for and now 45 years later the first African American is elected president. In Obama's speech he talks about how man landed on the moon, the invention of the internet, and how a black woman could now cast a vote in an election. It's cool to see how the two contrast because Obama's tone was one of hope and optimism for a better day where as Hughes' poem was one of hopelesness and pesimism. But yeah I'm a nerd and I actually like doing these kinds of things. If you want to listen to Obama's speech and read Hughe's poem to see for yourselves, here are the links.

http://www.cswnet.com/~menamc/langston.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jll5baCAaQU