It seems as though I haven’t posted a REAL log in almost FOREVER! Well, here i am....i am back!!! :) I know you guys are all very excited that I have some time to write my thoughts down in here so that the rest of the world can read it...but please, control the enthusiasm! :)
Let me first say that my winter session Art class is going GREAT! I AM AN ARTIST!!! It turns out that I do have SOME talent and well, you’d just have to see and judge for yourself. :) Other than that, things are still hectic... trying to juggle class everyday, work everyday, and other responsibilities I’ve managed to get myself into..but "I will survive!" :)
Alright, one thing I’ve wanted to talk about here....which is REALLY important to me (as it should be for everyone)... is how UN-United we are as Armenians. It just so happened that I had to type up a list of all Armenian Organizations in the area, and OHMIGOD...you’d be amazed at how many exist. Every 5 Armenians coming together form an organization with a different mission...actually their missions seem to have a common denominator which someone needs to highlight with a BIG yellow marker for them. You know that William Saroyan quote that says, "For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia" ....should be changed. The new one should say, "....see if they will not create a new organization". I know I make it sound a little funny, but in all honesty it’s SOOOO not! Ok, let’s forget for a second about all the different organizations we’ve managed to come up with. Let’s look at one of the reasons for the above problem.....
After the Genocide, Armenians were scattered all over the world. Sure, even before the Genocide, there were Armenians going to different parts of the world (Europe, America, etc.), but now it was on a much larger scale. This was the beginning of DIASPORA (spyoork). All of us are in different parts of the world, and NOT in Hayasdan...where we belong. We're all in the wrong place. And yet....with that in mind, some of us seem to think we are MUCH better than other people. Ok...REALITY CHECK!!!!!.... you're not any more armenian than someone just because you are born in a particular place, speak a particular dialect, look a certain way - etc. I just don't understand how someone, ANYONE, can come to the conclusion that they are better than someone else. I am absolutely disgusted with the reality that Armenians constantly have these misconceptions about each other.
Sometimes I visit voice-chat rooms on a program called "Paltalk". Of course there are A LOT of Armenians on there, and tonight, I turned it on and entered a room to listen to conversation or music they play while I finish up my drawing for tomorrow. What I heard in that room was absolutely SAD. Armenians were arguing with each other about issues like "I'm more Armenian than you because I'm from Armenia" .... or "I'm more Armenian than you because I know this this this"..... And instead of these people discussing ways in which they - the 28 people present there - could do something to CHANGE something for Armenia...they were sitting there arguing about an issue that should not even exist!!! All someone had to do is visit www.groong.usc.edu and pick an article at random and discuss the issue presented in the article. All they had to do is open a newspaper and discuss how that particular current event affects us as Armenians. .... I could probably name a 100 different more productive things they could have been discussing. But no....they were telling each other how this person is a sorry excuse of an Armenian because ---blahblahbalbhalbhalbahlblahblahblahblah ....
Come on guys! When are people going to just stop and look at what they are actually doing!? As Armenians living in all these different countries, we have SUCH potential to become something SO big and healthy! Why aren't we learning from our current environments, and implementing what we learn in our OWN corner of the world? How come we're not learning from OTHER people's mistakes - instead of making our OWN...and not learning at all!!? I know that it is easier said than done....but to tell you the truth, just SAYING it alone would make a huge difference.
Well, there's something to think about.... The solution is easy - but UNLIKELY... "Miasnaganootyoon" - Unity!
The generation before me wondered if they'd live to see an Independent Armenia..... IIIII'MMMMMMM just wondering, "Will I live to see a United Armenian People?"
Tsuh!
p.s. - Ara....i'm copying you .... ShooshigAvakian@hotmail.com
Let me first say that my winter session Art class is going GREAT! I AM AN ARTIST!!! It turns out that I do have SOME talent and well, you’d just have to see and judge for yourself. :) Other than that, things are still hectic... trying to juggle class everyday, work everyday, and other responsibilities I’ve managed to get myself into..but "I will survive!" :)
Alright, one thing I’ve wanted to talk about here....which is REALLY important to me (as it should be for everyone)... is how UN-United we are as Armenians. It just so happened that I had to type up a list of all Armenian Organizations in the area, and OHMIGOD...you’d be amazed at how many exist. Every 5 Armenians coming together form an organization with a different mission...actually their missions seem to have a common denominator which someone needs to highlight with a BIG yellow marker for them. You know that William Saroyan quote that says, "For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia" ....should be changed. The new one should say, "....see if they will not create a new organization". I know I make it sound a little funny, but in all honesty it’s SOOOO not! Ok, let’s forget for a second about all the different organizations we’ve managed to come up with. Let’s look at one of the reasons for the above problem.....
After the Genocide, Armenians were scattered all over the world. Sure, even before the Genocide, there were Armenians going to different parts of the world (Europe, America, etc.), but now it was on a much larger scale. This was the beginning of DIASPORA (spyoork). All of us are in different parts of the world, and NOT in Hayasdan...where we belong. We're all in the wrong place. And yet....with that in mind, some of us seem to think we are MUCH better than other people. Ok...REALITY CHECK!!!!!.... you're not any more armenian than someone just because you are born in a particular place, speak a particular dialect, look a certain way - etc. I just don't understand how someone, ANYONE, can come to the conclusion that they are better than someone else. I am absolutely disgusted with the reality that Armenians constantly have these misconceptions about each other.
Sometimes I visit voice-chat rooms on a program called "Paltalk". Of course there are A LOT of Armenians on there, and tonight, I turned it on and entered a room to listen to conversation or music they play while I finish up my drawing for tomorrow. What I heard in that room was absolutely SAD. Armenians were arguing with each other about issues like "I'm more Armenian than you because I'm from Armenia" .... or "I'm more Armenian than you because I know this this this"..... And instead of these people discussing ways in which they - the 28 people present there - could do something to CHANGE something for Armenia...they were sitting there arguing about an issue that should not even exist!!! All someone had to do is visit www.groong.usc.edu and pick an article at random and discuss the issue presented in the article. All they had to do is open a newspaper and discuss how that particular current event affects us as Armenians. .... I could probably name a 100 different more productive things they could have been discussing. But no....they were telling each other how this person is a sorry excuse of an Armenian because ---blahblahbalbhalbhalbahlblahblahblahblah ....
Come on guys! When are people going to just stop and look at what they are actually doing!? As Armenians living in all these different countries, we have SUCH potential to become something SO big and healthy! Why aren't we learning from our current environments, and implementing what we learn in our OWN corner of the world? How come we're not learning from OTHER people's mistakes - instead of making our OWN...and not learning at all!!? I know that it is easier said than done....but to tell you the truth, just SAYING it alone would make a huge difference.
Well, there's something to think about.... The solution is easy - but UNLIKELY... "Miasnaganootyoon" - Unity!
The generation before me wondered if they'd live to see an Independent Armenia..... IIIII'MMMMMMM just wondering, "Will I live to see a United Armenian People?"
Tsuh!
p.s. - Ara....i'm copying you .... ShooshigAvakian@hotmail.com
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