What do you suppose?

I posted a YouTube video of Mia Michaels' dance from this week about addiction, telling people they should watch it because it's incredibly powerful. Two of my friends commented saying, "I LOVE MIA MICHAELS," which was great. :D Then a third friend, who I'd never gotten to know very well, commented with, "That was neat--very creative indeed. Also kind of sad, though." I nearly wrote back something to the effect of, "Well DUH it's sad!! That's what makes it powerful!" And I stopped myself and thought about it... How some people don't think sad stuff is worth watching/reading/listening to over and over. And I had to think about that. To me, it's worth watching BECAUSE it's sad! But it made me think about my husband, and how he's always trying to get me to not like sad stuff too. He doesn't want me to get depressed. And I'm wondering what is the huge difference that makes us not understand each other this way? And not just me and Steve, but other friends who don't like watching sad stuff.

I am okay with sad stuff as long as it isn't fatalistic or post-modern. I cannot deal with fatalism and post-modernism; that really screws me up.

But sad stuff with meaning that still has room for hope in it? People don't like to watch that? I don't understand! How astounding.

I came into college being one of those people--eternally optimistic teenagers. I left college being much less optimistic about life. I feel like I need to go back to college to re-understand eternally optimistic teenagers. Or something.

I wonder if people's with master's degrees are less balanced or more balanced than people with bachelor's degrees?

-Stephanie

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