I dreamed a dream.

So because of communitychannel, I was actually on youtube. I don't spend a lot of time there. Frankly, I find many videos stupid and people are just stupid. I'm such a treat, no? Anyway I have a habit of reading the articles on ninemsn and one of the articles was about this message a 5 year old boy made about war and stuff. They clearly blew it out of proportion. It has like 20 views and they said it was a 'hit'. I have issues with the media as it is so that's why I say it like this. But the message sweet:



So while I was on youtube I figured I'd look up Susan Boyle. It's a little delayed seeing as she was all over the news last week, hence I should have looked her up last week but I'm getting to it now. And the lyrics were there and they were nice. I like classical stuff. I want to see Les Miserables, which I still don't know how to prounounce, and Miss Saigon, although that's partially coz Lea Salonga was in it. But the music is beautiful. Like when I saw Phantom of the Opera. It was amazing. Scary and creepy. But amazing.

And yeah people suck. Back to Susan's video. The way people judge beforehand, you know? I do it too, I'm human, but it's stupid. Nobody gives people the benefit of the doubt anymore. And then, the moment they prove you wrong suddenly EVERYONE supports them. Because that person is actually amazing, you suddenly change your mind. And it happens so quickly. Like in the video, I was just like wow, that group of people changed their mind in a second. They didn't even think about it!

How easily people are swayed! Not that they shouldn't have been. Ms Boyle's really talented. But people are just too... stupid. I don't know, the stuff I read yesterday about the war and how the German people were blind to what they were really doing because out of desperation they believed someone that gave them hope to restore everything back to how it was is still in my head. People are easily swayed, especially in large numbers.

But still. The performance was great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

I hope I don't forget it.

I never really knew the lyrics to 'I dreamed a dream'. And had it not been about love I'd probably like it a lot more. It's beautiful though.

I've dreamed many dreams. Hoped for many things but mostly, it's been dreams. And then you realise that... dreams belong in a separate place to reality. At least some do, and there they'll always be special, but they'd never be real. I've always liked the word dream. It sounds so much nicer than imagination, it's more mystical and magical that way. But in my head they're pretty similar I guess.

The last few lines are awesome. I like things that end sadly. They're much more brilliant that way. At least songs, some stories. I mean, some stories I get put off by because the ending is happy. Because somehow, despite everything, it's all sorted out. I mean, if Romeo and Juliet hadn't died, it wouldn't be as popular. If the dude from Nineteen Eighty-Four hadn't 'loved Big Brother', it wouldn't have been as powerful. It just makes it so much more effective. And reminds you not to let that happen.. or try not to, I guess.

"Now life has killed / The dream I dreamed".