The Democratic Debates! We just saw the first two happen this past week and my oh my what a showing! I have a lot of thoughts on this upcoming presidential election as a whole so bear with me as I will have more posts on this topic. For now though, I want to focus on something very specific that I saw in the first debate, especially with Cory Booker and Beto O'Rourke. These two men are wonderful, and I do support their policies even though I would not vote for them in the primaries. However, they pulled something in the first debate that really got me mad. Both of them gave answers in Spanish to questions that in all honesty didn't warrant a second language.           I have heard arguments that this was a good move as it showed support for the Latinx community and diversity in general. In my opinion, it was nothing more than plain pandering. None of these men  seem to actually speak Spanish in their daily lives and it is not part of who they are. Speaking Spanish in

          In 2020, we will obviously be seeing what is perhaps the biggest election of the free world to see who would be the next president of the United States. But we can not forget that along with that monumental decision, we also have to vote for senators across the country which will influence the make up of Congress. People sometimes forget that not all the power rests in the president's hands and that legislature has to go through Congress as well.           Now in the last Senate election, people may recall the "honorable" judge Roy Moore, the GOP candidate running for Senate in Alabama. He had beaten out Luther Strange in the Republican primaries only to lose the Senate seat to Democratic candidate Doug Jones. Now normally Alabama voting for a democrat over a Republican is surprising, but in this case it shouldn't have been. If you remember, the people had a choice of voting for a Democrat or a pedophile. My problem is that there was even a choice at all. W

          I thought that for today, I would a write a small post about TV shows that i enjoy as well as some that I don't. I have to say that while I am a fan of a broad variety of shows, there is a trend in my viewing habits. I am of course capable of sitting down and immersing myself in a drama or a thriller, provided the acting is good and the dialogue makes sense and isn't too cringe inducing or cliche. In my opinion, a good drama doesn't have to have the strongest plot or even the best storytelling. I don't need the stakes to be that high, and I don't need there to be some big twist at every turn. The problems can be small and personalized, and the plot can go where I might expect. For me, a drama or thriller comes from the dialogue and acting. When I see actors trying instill some dramatic action  in their lines, but the best they can do is just yell the words to try and create tension, I really am let down. Of course people yell, but lets be real; they don

          Well, I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend and a pleasant Father's Day. now back to our regularly scheduled programming.           Gosh, decision making really is a process huh? It's hard enough to make decisions for yourself sometimes, and I think that the hardest decisions are often the smallest ones. The big, life altering choices I feel people can make without too many problems, mainly because they spend the time doing the research, thinking about what they want, and then going ahead and following their gut. People know the decision they're making and the consequences they'll have to live with. The smaller decisions however, are harder in my opinion. These are the choices that often creep up on you when you least expect it, the ones that aren't life changing events, but little things that initially have no effect on you. You know that these little decisions shouldn't be too important, stuff like what to eat today or what color phone case to pur

          Recently I listened to an episode of Conan O'Brian's podcast that featured Will Ferrell as the guest star. I want to start of by saying I adore both comedians, and I especially enjoy O'Brian's work in particular as this podcast has in fact brought me a lot of joy and inspiration even. But to get back on track, in the episode the two began talking about comedy critics and that moment when a critic decides a comedy is too bad because it is "juvenile, not creative, and the death of what comedy should be". To which I have to say, so what?           So what if a comedy is juvenile and makes jokes using childish pranks and insults coupled with vulgar language instead of witty quips and meta comedic bits? Don't tell me its any less funny as a movie, or show, or whatever really. It's obviously different, but to say that its straight up not funny just because its childish? Like come on man, I think its you who has to grow up. Something being intellec

          Video game culture in my opinion is just absolutely wild. It really does show the diverse nature of the human psyche and how my people can change and interact with one another. Right of the bat, the most common mainstream representation of "gamer culture" is a bunch of geeks sitting around in the dark drinking mountain dew and eating potato chips while yelling racial and homophobic slurs in a voice chat. I think by now most people know that this portrayal is false, but there is still a stigma. Video games are still thought of as childish and filled with a toxic culture that is harmful to people's self-esteem and mental health.           So lets go ahead and separate these two stigmas. Thinking of video games as childish and nerdy is just rude. Of course there are some video games that exist for children and are marketed towards them, but consider all video games only for children is condescending and plain wrong. There is of course the argument to be made about

          Something that I really want to talk about right now, is food. To be more specific. Indian food. The first issue here is that by just saying Indian food, you are talking centuries of culture and heritage and shoving it under a single genre so to speak. It is honestly insulting to hear all Indian food clumped together as if the entire country of 1 billion people with a history spanning back thousands of years has a singular style of cuisine.           The cuisine in the Indian sub continent is vast and seemingly endless. from regions such as Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, TamilNadu, and so on. The style of food ranges from exquisite fine dining to everyday street food. The important thing to consider, in my opinion, is what emotion you want to feel when you eat. Because that is what food can do, it can invoke emotions or satisfy them, and I think that Indian food does that especially well. There really is something for every mood. Pani Puri is there to satisfy your anxious craving

          On social media, one of the most shared things right now is the ongoing crises in Sudan. And what is happening right now is honestly horrific. The atrocities being committed in the country are in gross violation of human rights, not to mention the sheer lack of morality and humanity in the actions. Men and children are being killed, woman raped and murdered, people being thrown into the Nile in order to hide the body count, the actions are without a doubt absolutely horrific. But it is not the problem of the US government.           I believe that as an individual, you not only have the right to help, but should help in any means possible. Donate to relief organizations, share the atrocities to attract attention to the region, volunteer with aid organizations in that are working to being peace to the country. Offer your time, money, and services to organizations that can bring justice such as the UN and the ICC. As an individual we have a moral obligation and duty to our fel