I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution...
I'm very tired tonight, so I'm just going to post a few links.
For those of you that know me, you know I am passionate about music. One of my favorite quotes that I even have hanging in my house is "One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain"... During my mom's fight with cancer I found a lot of strength through music. One album in particular was Jack's Mannequin "The Glass Passenger". I saw them in concert the fall after learning my mom had cancer and it had reoccured and I gave them each one of her support bracelets. The lead singer (previously from the band Something Corporate for those of you who are music buffs like me) , Andrew McMahon, had battled with leukemia. These are a few of the songs that I really loved, and found strength in. One was so dear to me that someone had a gift for me that went in my office that simply said "Swim". Many people didn't understand it... but it had to do with this song:
"Swim"
The Lyrics:
"You gotta swim
Swim for your life
Swim for the music that saves you
When you're not so sure you'll survive
You gotta swim
And swim when it hurts
The whole world is watching
You haven't come this far
To fall off the Earth
The currents will pull you
Away from your love
Just keep your head above
I found a tidal wave
Begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets
They fired at me from a gun
Cracking the armour, yeah
I swim for brighter days
Despite the absense of sun
Choking on salt water
I'm not giving in
I swim
You gotta swim
Through nights that won't end
Swim for your family, your lovers
Your sisters and brothers and friends
Yeah you gotta swim
For wars without cause
Swim for these lost politicians
Who don't see their greed is a flaw
The currents will pull us
Away from our love
Just keep your head above
I found a tidal wave
Begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets
They fired at me from a gun
Cracking the armour, yeah
I swim for brighter days
Despite the absense of sun
Choking on salt water
I'm not giving in
I'm not giving in
I swim
You gotta swim
Swim in the dark
There's no shame in driftin'
Feel the tide shifting
And wait for the spark
Yeah you gotta swim
Don't let yourself sink
Just find the horizon
I promise you it's not as far as you think
The currents will drag us away from our love
Just keep your head above
Just keep your head above
Swim
Just keep your head above
Swim
Just keep your head above
Swim"
AND another of my favorites...
"The Resolution"
The Lyrics:
"There's a lot that I don't know
There's a lot that I'm still learning
But I think I'm letting go
Find my body It's still burning
And you hold me down
And you got me living in the past
Come on and pick me up
Somebody clear the wreckage from the blast
I'm alive And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
Yeah, I just need light
I need light in the dark
As I search for the resolution
And the bars are finally closed
So I try living in the moment
Till the moment it just froze
And I felt sick and so alone
I can hear the sound
Of your voice still ringing in my ear
I'm going underground
But you'll find me anywhere, I fear
I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
Yeah, I just need light
I need light in the dark
As I search for the resolution
I need light in the dark
As I search for the resolution
Resolution, resolution
Tomorrow back from now Annie,
I'm almost home
And you hold me down
Yeah, you hold me down
I'm alive
I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
Yeah, I'm alive
I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
Yeah, I just need light
I need light in the dark
As I search for the resolution"
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Just in case you wondered..... YES, I actually did get a federal copyright on the photos and videos published online and dissemenated via disk. The parties who dissemenated, including photos of conversations, were informed that these were stolen prior to them releasing them. So to those that say I have a meritless lawsuit... you are wrong. Very Wrong. That includes the audio released without my consent. These were all stolen except for 2, in which they were told in writing about the copyright. (Additionally, some of the audio WAS NOT made by me, nor was I aware it was being made, and many people were mislead to think they were me so that others would continue to mock me as crazy)
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"These unclear, largely ineffectual laws have in turn encouraged a culture of victim-blaming. Certainly, the surest way to avoid ever having your most private photos shared publicly is to not take them in the first place. This is the philosophy behind the most common advice given to teens, among whom the rates of "sexting" continue to rise. Trust no one. Share nothing. Even better: Take nothing.
While we're at it: Don't leave the house. After all, you could get mugged, or raped. You'd better not fly on a jet, either, what with all the terrorism and overworked pilots. Swim in the ocean? No way: sharks!
It's ridiculous logic.
And yet much of the reaction to the most recent celebrity leak in the news has fallen prey to such logic, questioning why these celebrities would take such risqué -- and risky -- photos in the first place. For this reason, taking nude photos is most definitely a right to fight for, if only because ceasing to do so is a form of victim blaming, and far more harmful than protective.
The blame for a crime lies not with the victim but with the criminal. We've become accustomed to knowing everything about everyone. And often the message isn't that it's heinous to so publicly and maliciously invade someone's privacy but that these women who take nude photos of themselves brought their misfortune on themselves. After all, it wouldn't have happened to them if they didn't take the photos.
But the first step to protecting our privacy both online and off isn't to demand that Apple make a stronger iCloud or to start stripping our storage spaces of anything private. Nor is it to insist that women stop taking nude photos of themselves or, for that matter, stop engaging in any activity they wouldn't want to be made public. Instead, it's to take these crimes seriously and hold their executors accountable."