Plastic Surgery...

We were talking about plastic surgery in a class or two, and it's certainly a debatable topic.  Personally, I feel that if you want to use plastic surgery as a means to change yourself or for art, and not for injury related reasons, then you're probably insecure about something.  No matter how brutally honest you might be, you are subconsciously insecure about your looks.  Could be due to past trauma or experiences.  Just my quick two cents.

On a related and rather interesting and funny note, I mentioned in class that Koreans have a supposed high rate of plastic surgery.  A quote straight out of the article: "In a 2009 survey by the market research firm Trend Monitor, one of every five women in Seoul between the ages of 19 and 49 said they had undergone plastic surgery."

I mean, look at their stars and singers...

The women are.. "too perfect".

(*They're Korean, but this song is their Japanese debut.)

And the men have some... "feminine" undertones...

Not hatin' or judgin', but analyzin'!!

Crash Course World History

All this talk about art and its historical backgrounds has made me want to review and refresh some topics...  Here's a great weekly web series that touches upon various world history topics.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9

Their channel also has videos on biology/chemistry.  Hilarious, yet somewhat effective (if not more), way to learn and review!