The 99%.

I’m pretty sure everyone is aware of the "Occupy" movement going on in around the globe. Most major cities, and even smaller towns, have those small camps where people put up tents and signs to protest against the economy and social inequality. Their slogan "We’re the 99%" can be seen everywhere in the medias and on the web, referring to the vast concentration of wealth among the 1% of income earners compared to the other 99%. The first Occupy movement in North America was in Wall Street, New York, and got lot of attention of the media and since then other sites appeared everywhere in the United States and Canada. At first, it seem like a good idea in my opinion and I was happy to see that young people like me were still interested in politics and economy, and that they were for peaceful protestation and open minded discussions.

But four months passed since the first Occupy movement in Kuala Lampur and two months since the now famous "Occupy Wall Street", and I changed my mind about it. The movement doesn’t seem to mean anything for those who are still protesting in the camps. It’s all over the news now that they only seem to bring problems instead of solutions to our world. From altercations with the police to drug overdose (a young girl even died in Victoria), the remaining protesters aren’t the peaceful young people that wish to change the world, but mostly people that saw opportunities to cause trouble and homeless people. Like here in my town, there’s still a small Occupy camp each Saturday full of hippies and signs full of spelling mistakes. I went to the camp once because some girls were doing a gumboot choreography and I wanted to discuss the movement with them. I had a hard time finding someone who wasn’t too drunk or way too high in the camp. I finally found a group in a wild discussion. I was disappointed when I understood that they were discussing about what they should eat at the canteen next to the camp. One of them had puke all over his shirt. I ended up playing soccer with them all the afternoon. I had a great time, yes, but I think it is now time for this movement to end since it ain’t going anywhere now before it gets even worse.



Hehehe. He's ''Shellfish''. And he wears a hat.



Wut.

Hey I don’t know if there’s any fans of Francis Cabrel reading this, but I am. I heard something strange some days ago, and I couldn’t believe it. So I checked on Internet and the rumors ended up to be true. Shakira made a cover of Cabrel‘s song “Je l‘aime à mourir”. My first reaction was to be somewhat angry that she did that (not that I have anything against Shakira, I think she’s very hot) but after listening to the song, I changed my mind. I think it was a good idea to sing it in spanish, even if I am a german student, but for a song like this one, I have to admit that spanish kept most of its strong feeling. I am not sure that english or any other langage could do the same for this specific song. But that's just me.

So check it out and feel free to comments. (I’m looking at you spanish students).