Of open source journlism , the pope, and spring

First up. My sentiments on the the passing of the pope. A buddy of mine just called me terribly diabolical for admiting that i felt worse for Terry shiavo's passing than i do for the Pope now. I have no apologies to make. I appreciate the fact that he has played a massive role in defining the catholic church and religion in general for the last 2 something odd years. I also appreciate his contribution to the poor, etc etc. My take is that this all comes with the terriroty. This in essence, is his Job.

What I DONT respect, is what this massive outpouring reflects. I asked my workmate the other day why she wass so sad about this..(this was a few hours before his passing). Her response? Ati He's the pope! he's not supposed to die. And no, she did not even realise the folly of her emotion. am i the only one? Am I wrong to say that this summarieses the general feeling of sorrow worldwide? Even if I am, my point is that it is this Worship of a MAN thant bothers me. Not his papal role, nor his works, but this MAN. I have heard many catholics , and non cathoilics depend on him for the fervor in faith. Is that faith in God, or faith in the pope?????? Last i checked faith was a belief in the unseen. Whenever i hear people speak strongly about their sentiments on the pope, one line from the John Chap 14 rings in my head like those very bells in Vatican:

"I am the WAY, the the truth and the life - no man cometh unto the father but by me".

I struggle to see this in any other sense apart from its literal one. Easter just passed by. Easter is a time to commemorate the brutal death and sacrifice of Christ, and his un-manly renewal. Comparatively, the celebration of the Pope's passing makes Christs pale in comparison, and THIS makes me sad, and often more cynical about humanity that i like to be.

Spirituality (or the depletion of it in my case ) aside , I began thinking about blogging. With all this talktalk about blogging, its easy to get tired of hearing about it. But I think i'm finally starting to get the overall picture. Amdist the continual cries of blame against ain stream media - it is only a matter of time before somethings gotta give. Think of all great establishments in history: the church, the strictly authoritatian gvt(still a few left actually) , etc - with once a firm grip of control, this crumbled under public srutiny and revolution. The next establishments on the line of fire: The Media and the Corporation. The many-to-many relationship nature of public , empowered watchdogs aka bloggers seeks to render these establishments wield on society invalid. With the phenomenal growth of the kenyan blogosphere I am starting to feel the grounds trembling...I am eager to see shushu's in cyybers blogging away with help of their grandkids. THese politicians are soon to find out how many people really have an opinion that they can voice. This text area i type in is really like a loudspeaker - someones bound to hear me. Let the organized mob rule(aka democracy) begin!

Not sure what to make of it..but i think I am undergoing clinical 'stress'. I find no excitement in the things i used to before..(such as blogging - hence my protracted silence). It just feels like this vicious cycle of crunch time at the uni will never end. 2 weeks to my final FInals. projects up my thutha, Presentations and plans to build on, critiques to research on, jobs to pursue, profs to suck up for grads school...can someone remind me why i signed up for this?? And what a time to steal back an hour ..frigging daylight savings.

Glad he spring is here. It speaks to me that all trying things come to an end. even those that you never figured u'd make it through. I apologise if the post is riddled with typos, i wrote it in a flurry of inspiration, and now i have to run for one of the many group meetings.
Ressurect VI..ressurect!!