Megan Geers- Democracy in Danger

I just came back from the panel and it was very informative. I particularly agreed with the part of the argument that money takes a higher precedent than the land itself. It does seem like the new and improved religion is the "almighty dollar" rather than praising of the holy land or even just appreciating one spot for its beauty or splendor. If this is so, have we all lost our souls? Do we really have no appreciation for anything besides our own self gain anymore? Did we ever have that appreciation to begin with? Its a sad thought...Along with the thought that everything we believed to be true and just will eventually collapse around us to be replaced by a different and possibly better regime. What if this new form of rule doesn't even need us, the people? Then we'll really be screwed...I hope this never happens while I'm still alive, but it will eventually happen whether it's during my time, my childrens, or my children's childrens and so on. It's a real downer. I guess that's why we have to escape into our imaginations every once in awhile. We have to get away from this sad reality.

Megan Geers-The Damn Rain

On the regular, I usually enjoy walking in the rain and dancing around outside. Just feeling the mud sqiush between my toes and slapping my wet hair across my face as I move. I feel totally connected to everything and at the same time free and uninhibited, unafraid of being judged by anyone. But this Friday I was so looking forward to going to Halloscream at Busch Gardens and getting the crap scared out of me. The stupid, wonderful, freeing rain prevented me from it though. The park closed at eight o clock because there was no one there. The campus was completely covered with water, flooded. This made me think about how we underestimate nature, we can't control it. In more ways than one, it controls us. It's scary to think that nature decided my plans of getting scared out of my mind were unfit for this friday night. So I just stayed in with my guests and watch a horror flick, damning my favorite part of nature for being my enemy that night.