mashups

I've been listening to the new Girl Talk record tonight, and hearing so many combinations of music makes me think about different parts of the world. I don't know why, but it's like everyone's creative freedom has been stripped from them and made into something else, almost better in some cases.

I thought about the homeless teenage couple hanging out in the subways of Kiev. I watched a movie about the underground world in Ukraine...super freaky.  I thought about the Persian Princess sitting in her luxury sweet in Saudi Arabia, and how her biggest problem is that her cell phone is getting crappy service.  I thought about the Middle American husband coming home late from a low paying job, trying his best to support his family but he gets home to a house of chaos. I thought about the Lower Manhattan Yuppie with nice clothes and a regal wristwatch, which I covet, and how he's going for sushi tonight with his girlfriend. I thought about a small family village in Central America, where they have humble surroundings, but they are most satisfied with life. I thought about the mom dying of aids in Sudan, and her children mourning from the pain of inevitable loss, and how that breaks my heart too.  I thought about the Japanese family of three, living on the 67th floor in a chic apartment in downtown Tokyo, and how they all finally sat down for a meal together amidst their hectic lives.

All those things together make me think that this world isn't that big. It means that I still have a lot of time to travel it all and share Christ. Preach the word, is all I have to do, even without language if possible.

I'm also freaked out how much IBM wants to make this planet smarter. That seems dangerous, but necessary for the end things to start. Just don't put chips in me, for fear of waking up like a robot, and seeing I never had a heart at all...which would explain a lot.  Oh and also, I have taken a liking to Cherry 7UP with Seagrams or Absolut.