Uh, I love that song. "Something" by the Beatles. I just got home from watching "Across the Universe". It was so amazing. It was beautiful, just beautiful. Afterward I was talking to my mom about some of the things in the movie and asked about them and if she ever experienced any of those things. It was really touching, the way she related things.
You see, the movie made me really realize how the Vietnam War was really THE turning point in our society. That was when we made the change from a nation of happy, suburban, working people, into a nation of thinkers with true feelings and opinions that we were no longer afriad to speak up about.
My mom related it to the war in Iraq. Nobody wanted it to happen or agreed with it, because no one even knew why it was happening. It was the point where people realized that the government wasn't perfect and they noticed the corruption there in.
She told me a story about her high school boyfriend after she left for college. My mom broke up with him because he stood her up, so he decided to "punish" her by enlisting in the national guard to "go get killed in the war." She said that that was her first really lesson on not letting others blame her for their own stupid decisions. Meanwhile, the guy didn't even get hurt.
She was talking about how, during the last election, people where making in a big deal about Kerry trying to skip out on the draft. But she sympathized saying,"Anyone in their right mind was trying to escape the draft. No one wanted to go fight for a cause no one believed in or even knew of."
It's really amazing to hear those stories about times past. It really helps me understand the problems of the present.
Anyway, if you haven't seen "Across the Universe", you need to. Open your mind. "Love is all you need"
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