Speaking of Downloading..

After one of the groups presentations on downloading music, I've been thinking more about it. In high school I would download and also a little in college, but now I use itunes. One of my friends just had her whole computer crash, so she took it to get fixed and they had to change the whole hard drive. In doing this they had to delete all her music, pictures, and other downloaded things. When something like this happens it makes me understand more why you would want to download illegally. Who would want to pay for music all over again. I think she has most of her music backed up, so it's ok, but what if you didn't? Also I think that paying for music is good, but there are some artists who have plenty of money, and spend it on cars and mansions. Should we really have to pay them?

Buying Locally

So this is going to be kind of a random post, but I still think it's important. This is one of my favorite times of the year because things are blooming. It's so beautiful to drive around the hills of Salinas and into Carmel Valley. I know strawberries and other fruits are available at grocery stores all year long, but right now is when the season is starting. I recommend checking out local farmers, little stands on the side of the roads always have great produce and you're helping out local farmers. You gotta love the smell of strawberries in your car.

SlingShot!

Lately at work we've been getting the slingshot newspaper, and if you're interested in events that are making a change I definitely recommend it. Slingshot is a totally nonprofit all volunteer ran newspaper that has been coming from Berkeley for many many years. All kinds of really interesting activists write for it, and it lets you know what you can do. It has a calendar of events of different protests that are going on in the area. I'm sure lots of you have heard about it. One thing that I thought was really neat about it is that it delivers all the papers totally free, and the deliveries also go to different jails as well, it seems like a good thing for inmates to be able to read. A lot of great writers working towards social justice.