Happy Birthday Kaelanne Jordan!

And everyone in our house claps and sings the Happy Birthday jingle. Marie Hull brings that price smart cake from the fridge. And Akiela and Thalia dig in head first... Somewhere in a corner, Ken ignores his consistently avaricious appetite. He gazes out the window, his vision transfixed beyond this Corner House Birthday  Party. What does he see?

According to the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records, "Happy Birthday to You" is the most recognized song in the English language, As such Birthday Celebrations have served as the prime opportunity for the climax of a year of work, or a chance to smile when nothing else gives one reason to, or a reason to appreciate another year of life or just a reason for the self centered to feel more self centered. Whatever it means, where did Birthday Celebrations come from? Ask yourself, is it biblical? Is it cultural? Is it national? Just what type of celebration is a Birthday Celebration?


So I did a google search, some basic research and came up which some eye opening results. The website: "http://www.truthontheweb.org/bdays.htm" offers a biblical view point, pointing out that the bible may beg to differ as all its references to birthdays involve deaths. It also points out that the customs may have had pagan (non Christian origins). Wikipedia says under "Birthday" that The early Christians did not celebrate Christ's birth because they considered the celebration of anyone's birth to be a pagan custom. 


So wait, if Birthdays were so terrible back in the day, and involved murder and festivals to Gods made of stone why do we celebrate it today? Has the media brainwashed us again? It seems to me that much of this is a product of commercialism. What better sales push than to create a reason for Celebration and rampant spending potentially all year round. Or Maybe I am just looking to hard out the window an dover analyzing everything... Maybe I should just go eat the cake and say thanks to Marie for buying it... 







 See Video above! Is there anything wrong with the this? Isn't that just clean fun!


The facts do dictate that somehow Birthday Celebrations as a routine dropped from the sky, do you think it possible that the Mass Media has blinded us to the facts about Birthdays? 
(I didn't ask if you think Birthdays are wrong or right! I asked you think it possible that we have been blinded to the facts -- keyword -- possible)

Is Social Media a Fad?

Ken walks from the living room into the study... taps his foot to the rhythms of Kid Cudi's Maniac and it strikes a chord in his head. He decides to write a poem and post it to facebook and tag his friends. Before he could even begin tagging, several people comment and praise his piece. Flattered, he shakes his head and rehashes to a friend that this all began with one poem on hi5 he wrote for some girl he missed... and he had no idea that his words flowed so smoothly in and out until everyone commented and told him so.

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This video always hits the spot with me. Its like what some of us have been saying for the longest while.

Like Kanye West said in his song "Power". We all don't have to be the next american Idol anymore...

All we have to do is get a camera and "shoot a viral". Viral videos have taken center stage and the unique thing about them is that you probably simply need $1usd to walk into an internet cafe and use a computer with a webcam. This webcam can be used to record your speech and actions and with another 10 mins to create an email address and youtube account a caveman following instructions can have a "viral video" online. This is actually so easy, even a caveman can do it. And it is not car insurance, but its the assurance that the power openly available to all willing to harness it can have a resounding effect on almost anyone anywhere. It is my opinion that this is what makes our modern society truly free. No longer can the media moguls with the huge cameras and expensive equipment fool us into believing what ever they choose. Some one was there, and it is probably on youtube already. Google it and verify!

Now singers, song writers, men and women of talent have no excuse, no reason even to complain about lack of opportunity. Justin Bieber and Soulja Boy were both discovered on social media sites. Justin youtube and Soulja myspace. Amazing that the projected net worth of these two singers in the next 5 years should they continue their current income is just about equal to the monthly budget of Trinidad and Tobago's government.

Enjoy the Video Below. - It says what I can't say in so many words! Social Media runs the world.
Are you about the money!? STOP READING THIS AND START A BLOG! And be about the money!

- Article written by KEN SAMBURY, Video posted from youtube.com by MARIE HULL