Current mood:

lethargic

So... have to update my journal
So, Jen pointed out that I havent posted in a while, so now I need to find something to talk about.

In my life... nothing new. I'm still smitten with Erin, I'm still best defence in the local soccer comp, and I'm still trying to get people to pick fights so they get carded.

I was in the car last night, listening to my iPod on the long drive home from meadowbank, and the music stopped. Damn battery. Anyhoo, I dont know what got me thinking about it but I realised that with musicians, unless they write, play and sing at least some of their own music, I dont consider them the least bit talented. I've always kind of known this, I know I'm a bit of a music snob, but I dont usually pay that much attention to it unless I'm bagging out pop music.

So I thought about it a little more, and realised that these teen idols (or at least those few that can actually hold a note) are, at least a little bit, talented. More talented than me at least. They can sing. So should this be something I admire? At the moment, I'm thinking no. My reasoning goes this; Good singers are generally labelled as such by the quality of their voice. This is something that they have no control over, it's merely a physical set of circumstances which yes, can be trained, but if you dont have the voice to begin with, you wont be able to train it into you.

So why should we admire these people for a physical ability they had very little control over? Sure, I can be jealous of them, but I see no reason to admire them. And most of them (pop singers I'm talkin bout) certainly dont give me anything else to admire them for. So what's the point of this little journal entry? I realised that I can keep the same opinion that I've always had. So the point of the entry is... Jen has something to read. Yay!