A typical weekend... Friday night with the juniors, then a birthday party... Saturday night yet another Harout Barahantes (AYF's 71st Anniversary)... Sunday church (a new church in Glendale), then meeting in the evening. At the beginning of all of this, my room was clean... now, not so much. (random info)
So I know I shouldn't be commenting on people's comments.. but I read something interesting and I just HAAAAVE to comment on it. Someone had written this.. "For us as students of Europe and the West to come back to our homeland and bring with us ideas of what works in another parts of the world is quite risky". When I read this statement, I was somewhat confused. Confused because haven't Armenians (among a lot of other countries) been doing that for yearrsssssss? For example, didn't A LOT of our writers and intellectuals (mdavoragans) in the 1800's go to Europe and America to study and bring their ideas to Armenians back home? Isn't that how the ideas of revolution began? (tying it into my previous log about revolutionaries). I disagree with that statement, A LOT. Bringing the ideas to Armenia is not risky at all... in fact it is VERY healthy. What happens with those ideas? That's the important part.
Back to life.... Today I went to the new church that has opened in Glendale. There was a hokehankisd for the soldier who was murdered in Budapest. After church the UYA (United Young Armenians) had organized something in the hall where different people spoke about the massacre. It was kind of sad that there weren't a lot of people there, which made me wonder... did they all go home because it was too hot? are they not acquainted with the tragedy? do they not care? I mean, how could someone do such a thing? And what is being done about it.... what can WEEEEE do about it? .... ???.... I think there should be more activism about it.
...jumping topics...
The AYF's 71st Anniversary dinner dance was a huge success! I don't think the Pasadena Armenian Center has been THAT full in years! There was seating for 650 people, and imagine all those who just came and stood against the wall the whole evening. The night ended in the morning, at 5am! Now let's see how many of those people who sang "hoora hoora" will be there working on projects.... ???....
I also saw the Jesus movie today. I felt like I was the last person on earth who hadn't seen it. But I finally did. I don't know what to say... I think I needed to see the visual, and a lot of people needed to see it. What did it REALLY mean for Jesus to die for us... how did He pray for His persecutors when they were torturing and killing Him... His teachings... how did people feel when they realized in the end that they killed Christ.... Some things that I wondered... How come all of Jesus' followers didn't just come together, revolt, and free Him? How come people just stood there and watched? I really liked the importance of Mary in the movie. Mel Gibson REALLY shows us that what kept Jesus going was His mother! Everytime He was down, He would see her, and He would be able to go on again... I liked that. I had never thought about her importance in that way before. I also wonder about the relation with Mary Magdalene... so was she like one of the disciples? just a sister? My view on this is somewhat tainted, because as a senior in high school I read "The Last Temptation of Christ", in which the author portrays Mary Magdalene has Jesus' biggest temptation, and how they had a DIFFERENT relationship... Who knows! All I know is that this movie helped me realize how REAL all of that is. I think maybe that was Mel Gibson's point.
And about all the anti-semitism stuff... Mel Gibson only showed what REALLY happened. Did the Jews kill Jesus? YESSSSS.. Did the Jewish majority demand Jesus' death? YESSSSS .. Did they torture him? YESSSS .... So if I walk out of the movie thinking, "Mannnn, what barbarians those Jewish people were", I'm in my right. But that doesn't mean I'm going to call my Jewish neighbor-- Hey, "jesus-killer"! Come on.
Anyway, that's all now... the heat wave continuees in LA....
TSUH! :)~
So I know I shouldn't be commenting on people's comments.. but I read something interesting and I just HAAAAVE to comment on it. Someone had written this.. "For us as students of Europe and the West to come back to our homeland and bring with us ideas of what works in another parts of the world is quite risky". When I read this statement, I was somewhat confused. Confused because haven't Armenians (among a lot of other countries) been doing that for yearrsssssss? For example, didn't A LOT of our writers and intellectuals (mdavoragans) in the 1800's go to Europe and America to study and bring their ideas to Armenians back home? Isn't that how the ideas of revolution began? (tying it into my previous log about revolutionaries). I disagree with that statement, A LOT. Bringing the ideas to Armenia is not risky at all... in fact it is VERY healthy. What happens with those ideas? That's the important part.
Back to life.... Today I went to the new church that has opened in Glendale. There was a hokehankisd for the soldier who was murdered in Budapest. After church the UYA (United Young Armenians) had organized something in the hall where different people spoke about the massacre. It was kind of sad that there weren't a lot of people there, which made me wonder... did they all go home because it was too hot? are they not acquainted with the tragedy? do they not care? I mean, how could someone do such a thing? And what is being done about it.... what can WEEEEE do about it? .... ???.... I think there should be more activism about it.
...jumping topics...
The AYF's 71st Anniversary dinner dance was a huge success! I don't think the Pasadena Armenian Center has been THAT full in years! There was seating for 650 people, and imagine all those who just came and stood against the wall the whole evening. The night ended in the morning, at 5am! Now let's see how many of those people who sang "hoora hoora" will be there working on projects.... ???....
I also saw the Jesus movie today. I felt like I was the last person on earth who hadn't seen it. But I finally did. I don't know what to say... I think I needed to see the visual, and a lot of people needed to see it. What did it REALLY mean for Jesus to die for us... how did He pray for His persecutors when they were torturing and killing Him... His teachings... how did people feel when they realized in the end that they killed Christ.... Some things that I wondered... How come all of Jesus' followers didn't just come together, revolt, and free Him? How come people just stood there and watched? I really liked the importance of Mary in the movie. Mel Gibson REALLY shows us that what kept Jesus going was His mother! Everytime He was down, He would see her, and He would be able to go on again... I liked that. I had never thought about her importance in that way before. I also wonder about the relation with Mary Magdalene... so was she like one of the disciples? just a sister? My view on this is somewhat tainted, because as a senior in high school I read "The Last Temptation of Christ", in which the author portrays Mary Magdalene has Jesus' biggest temptation, and how they had a DIFFERENT relationship... Who knows! All I know is that this movie helped me realize how REAL all of that is. I think maybe that was Mel Gibson's point.
And about all the anti-semitism stuff... Mel Gibson only showed what REALLY happened. Did the Jews kill Jesus? YESSSSS.. Did the Jewish majority demand Jesus' death? YESSSSS .. Did they torture him? YESSSS .... So if I walk out of the movie thinking, "Mannnn, what barbarians those Jewish people were", I'm in my right. But that doesn't mean I'm going to call my Jewish neighbor-- Hey, "jesus-killer"! Come on.
Anyway, that's all now... the heat wave continuees in LA....
TSUH! :)~
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