Captured Thought: everyday routine

It starts with waking up at exactly 6:30. If I wake up earlier it either has to be 6:15 or 6:00. Then it's a shower with only half the lights on in the bathroom. Then, I brush my teeth to the rhythm of a song from Riverdance that has been in my head for 9 years. I get dressed, race down the stairs and put make up on in a specific order; foundation, eyeliner, eyeshadow. I never really thought about why I do these things in a specific way, but now I think I know why. I'm an extremely superstitious person for alot of things, and one of my weird quirks is that I believe that if anything is altered in my routine, the world will be off balance. This works for me, because when this order is successfully completed, I tend to have a good day. But now, I realize, the reason I have a good day is not the luck the routine gives me. I have a mindset that the routine will make me have a good day, so I have a good day because I think I'm supposed to. It may be confusing, but it's true. What's funny is that even though I know about my issue, I'm not going to stop doing the routine; it helps me in more ways than one.

Connection: Post Modernism and Music with meaning

Yes, I am quite aware that I write about music alot. Now, that we've got that cleared up, I believe there is a connection between music with meaning and post modernism. One of the components of post modernism is the reasoning that "Since you can’t escape the system (get outside of it), one may find a strategy within the system to create space for oneself that could lead to something different, meaningful". A good example of this is of music that expresses ones disdain for the "system" or just lets a person break free. There are many different songs that express anti-government, war, certain laws, and more things. This would be by an artist in hope to let out his/her anger and possibly gain some followers or people who agree with them. A great example is Green Day, with the songs "Wake me up when September ends" and "American Idiot". It is no secret how anti-American they tend to be, but their accusations and frustration is ok, because they let it out in song. Music is one of the only things that the "system" has a hard time getting to, and hopefully it'll stay that free.