Relief

These past few weeks have been so hectic. Staying up till 1 AM on most weekdays has basically destroyed my will to even attempt schoolwork. From what I've heard from almost all previous seniors, senior year is supposed to be one chill year. Where is all the free time and lack of homework? What happened to "Let's party" instead of "Let's finish this math homework?" To be frank, I am beginning to believe that senior year is overrated. Ok, you say 2nd semester will be different. But really? Isn't it more like 3rd quarter, after we get into college? I gotta say that this year has been almost more stressful than any other year.

When will rain come to end the drought? I believe the answer is next Tuesday, November 10th. Why November 10th? Only one word (or rather title). Modern Warfare 2. Probably the best release this year I gotta say. The gore and sheer violence will definitely release some of the pent up stress, if not all. There is just something about shooting things repeatedly that excites the minds of most teenagers. But most can't even imagine holding a gun to someone else. And this new game questions further our obsession with guns and death. In a dramatic battle, or rather a massacre, the gamer is forced to team up with other terrorists to brutally kill all the civilians in a an American airport terminal. What if one were to be kind and shoot the terrorists? You lose the level and have to start over. Why has Infinity Ward chose to include this bloody and even offensive scene? The intentions of Modern Warfare 2 was to broaden the horizon of the gaming experience, so that players would get a good view of what soldiers of other nations (and even "terrorists") think about the current situation in the world, or so says Infinity Ward. But does forcing the players to play America's terrorists really help them to understand why these people do what they do? Or does it just make them hate these people more, and obscure the vision that could potentially allow them to understand the actions of so called terrorists. Regardless of the intentions, I think that this game will still draw me into the mindless destruction that always seem, ironically, to lighten my mood.