Sky's the limit so you know I'm gonna rise and shine..

I understand the sensationalism that follows most forms of music, songs, artists and so forth. I get it. Trends come and go. A song is really popular for a bit and then it drops off. Or a following rises up and support continues. We've all witnessed this; maybe you've even been a part of it (hell, I loved "Sugar We're Going Down" when Fall Out Boy was first on MTV, but have since re-evaluated my preferences)..
I'd like to focus your attention to the hyphy movement. Can you do the thizzle dance? Because I've met and seen a lot of pictures recently of surburban white kids thizz facing like there is no tomorrow. Three weeks ago, I had a girl from definitely-NOT-in-the-hood, California try and lecture me on what hyphy is. I just saw yet another picture of three white kids (one from where I'm from in Seattle aka not the hood, another from Spokane aka even further from the hood and then a girl that went to a high school that charge 30k/year) with their thizz faces on. Why???? It hurts my brain.
My friends and I dabbled in thizz dancing back in 2006 because it was catchy and funny when not sober. But stopped (thank God) and grew out of it. I can try and give these kids the benefit of the doubt.. Maybe they're just discovering all that is Mac Dre (RIP) and the movement..? But good Lord. I would love to see an encounter of these kids and liiiike my boyfriend's high school classmates. Or even better - I'd love to plop these kids in the middle of Oakland, let's say MacArthur Boulevard and 80th. Or somewhere on International. These kids would be lost, scared, and completely out of place. I wonder what making a thizz face would do for them then. Hmmmm.

Now don't get me wrong. Sometimes I overstep my line of white-girl-dating-(half)black-boy status.. But. Even if I wasn't dating who I'm dating, I'm pretty informed on music. I enjoy most music genres (right now my Pandora is flip-flopping from the Roots (which gives me Tribe, Common, Nas, and other greatness) to Michael Franti (more reggae-ish/folk-y, but add in Jurassic 5 and Jack Johnson)). I have cousins in the Bay Area and have been exposed to the hyphy movement for a while, and have always been interested, for whatever reason. I can't say I relate to life in Oakland or other areas of the Bay that are dealing with similar issues, but I can read, watch, listen and learn.

Time to get off the soapbox again and write yet another paper.
Looking forward to being a tourist in 25 days. Woo! (Boyfriend will be visiting and we'll have plenty of time to wander the city!)

PS - Some people here do not like their internships/are just doing it because they think it will provide the best opportunity/don't even show up on time/don't have an internship that requires they show up on time. What the heck?? Why would you be here without some passion, desire and fire? I can't imagine.