WORLD NEWS: QUOTE

"...I do not want art for a few; any more than education for a few; or freedom for a few... "
— William Morris

Sign protesting the Arts budget cuts in England. Me too!

via BBC

WORTH YOUR TIME: Three movies to watch next weekend.

They are all similar in a way but the message is delivered in completely different ways. Enjoy!

*I got Working Girl off of Netflix and the other two from my library. Do the math. Thank me later . . . in the comments section. ; )

WORTH A GANDER: This is what's in Berlin

by Victor Ash (2007)

via thelocal.de

WORTH IT: A Letter To John Lennon

Dear John Lennon,

You would have been 70 today. Did you know that you would be such a big deal that people would celebrate your birthday they day before for no reason? You were pretty bad ass and I think it's cool that you were against a war like you were an American. You rolled with some pretty dope people too, Bobby Seale, Abbot "Abbie" Hoffman, what a posse! You have inspired me through your music and your activism.

P.S. If you had Twitter, I would totally follow you, RT you and @ mention you like we were really friends--if you ever responded, I would freak out.

Love,

Melissa T.

WATCHING THE WHEELS*
by
John Lennon

People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing
Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin
When I say that I'm o.k. well they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game

People say I'm lazy dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that I'm doing fine watching shadows on the wall
Don't you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

Ah, people asking questions lost in confusion
Well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry
I'm just sitting here doing time

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go

*AKA one of the greatest songs of all time! : )
ROCK ON!

WORTH IT: Timeless Beauty

Grace Kelly
(Princess of Monaco)

To Catch A Thief
Rear Window
Dial M for Murder

“Hollywood amuses me. Holier-than-thou for the public and unholier-than-the-devil in reality”

Have a great weekend!

Worth It: Follow @ERealForReal...

...on Facebook and Twitter. My sister has officially deemed the month of October to be "Lift Up Month". It's full of taking the time to be real with yourself and your loved ones. So far, it seems like we, the participants, are only allowed to say positive things that are only fueled by the best intentions. Follow her on Twitter, even if only for the next 28 days and see where and how you can be better for yourself and your peers.

: )

Melissa

Worth Knowing: Your Thoughts

Recently, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett invited a gang of millionaires and billionaires to dinner. From what I know, the dinner was held on the outskirts of Beijing at this swanky French restaurant. The guests were mainly (only?) Chinese business magnates and rich as HELL. The purpose was to basically convince them to give away a large sum of their personal income/profit away to charities around China and the world like many billionaires in our region of done recently. Apparently, a lot of people didn't RSVP, with good reason. They say it's because wealth in China is almost frowned upon. When the Chinese consider the amount of wealth these men (women?) have, they figure that they must have been doing something shady at some point in time to accumulate these dollars, or yuan for that matter. Many wealthy Chinese are often captured and put in prison and even more than that, rather than support the circulation of the yuan to the poor, many random people in China think that it's better/smarter for these men (women?) to give the money to their family versus giving the money to charity. I guess this comes from the idea that they don't want to upset the government. Seems like the rich and poor in China sort of "fear" (for lack of a better word) taking the shine away from the support that the Chinese govt. gives to their people, basically, they don't want to cast any shadows if they don't need to.

From what I've heard, a few more people showed up than expected according to the RSVP list and one man decided to give all of his money away to charity when he dies. (lol--that's not funny)

What do you guys think? Did you know about the view of wealth in China already? What do you make of it? What have you learned after studying/hearing about this idea? Are you proud of our Americans (Gates/Buffett) trying to move the world's most rich men to do "good"?

Worth a Gander: My Thoughts Exactly

by Elliott Scott and Christopher Doyle

"Well, watchu gone do now!? Whatever I wanna do, GOSH, it's cool now!" -- Ye West

more details here