I Won't Try To Philosophize//Day 6 & 7

Sorry for the no post yesterday (even after I promised). I was positively glued to my TV screen watching the Chilean miner rescue. I cried, and cried some more, and my heart hurt, but I was very happy they were rescued. I generally watched it on Spanish news channels, mainly because it was annoying to hear the English translation over them talking when I could already understand them. It was quite nice how the Hispanic community was behind them as well, since usually Hispanics can be quite regional and nationalistic and have fractious relationships with other countries. But I guess, at the end of the day, we are all Hispanics and will rally behind each other when someone needs help.

I really couldn't believe how well all of them looked upon getting back to the surface. I know they all have training for this kind of thing, and they have a completely different outlook on life just because of the social and cultural situation they are in. I know that my family in Cuba, for instance, can deal MUCH better with problems of this sort than I ever could. I guess a lot of it has to do with reliance on technology and just kind of being spoiled in a country where everything is at your fingertips at any time. Maybe if I grew up in Cuba, Chile, or other countries like that, I'd be fine with it, just because I wouldn't know any different. But to adapt now? I never would be able to. If I were trapped in that mind, regardless of whether or not I could survive with the amount of food and just make do and hope for rescue, I would probably go insane.

This should probably be one of those moments where I forsake all of my worldly goods and promise that I will live simply and meagerly. But that's not going to happen. Many people go off to the Peace Corps and Doctors Without Borders and projects like that, and while I think it is incredibly selfless and a wonderful, humane thing to do, I know I never could.

Is it because I'm selfish? Maybe a little. Would I like to help? Sure I would. But I don't think I will ever be able to make that sort of commitment. Leave my home for years at a time, never knowing when I'd be able to speak or see my family and friends, go to a strange land where I have no idea how I will be received...No. Of course it is great for those that can do that...but there are also a lot of families that just can't AFFORD to do that. I help my parents out with what I can, sometimes not financially, but by running errands and helping around the house. Without me, I doubt the family would collapse, but it definitely would not be running as smoothly as it is now.

It would be nice to go and help out in some relief effort somewhere, but I really don't know how feasible that may be in my life.

~~So, I've basically been writing this post all day, and something ALWAYS comes up, so I think I'm going to end it here before I completely forget about if for a week. Though I just remembered two things:

1. Today it made a week since I went to the interview and I haven't heard anything since that day. Another week to go and if I haven't heard anything by then, I will have to start applying for store jobs because...

2. I got denied for Unemployment AGAIN. And I have tons of credit cards to pay (well not tons, just quite a bit of money) and am seriously running low on cash. Ugh, the system sucks.

*Post title form Boys Like Girls' "Hero Heroine"


DAY 6
Hmm, is Harry Potter a superhero? Because if so, then mine would be Ron Weasley (ha). If not, when I was little, I would always be Storm when we would play X-Men during recess...

Day 7
The person that has the biggest impact on me would probably be my little sister.

I think she just inspires me to be a better person, a good role model, and rarely do I make big decisions without consulting her first.