social constructionism (a boring one, but it's all I've got)

t's been a while since I've actually written a post. I just started a new class - Media, Terrorism and Insurgency- which has proven to be quite demanding. Also, Harper has decided that her new wake-up time is 4am. These two factors have rendered my brain capacities obsolete. Still, I feel like I have to write something so that you don't think I've abandoned you, my dear family, friends and stalkers. (Yes, I'd like to think my blog is compelling enough to warrant stalkers. It is, right?)
Because my mind is in ultra-academic mode right now, I'm finding it difficult to write about anything other than boring acadmic theories, so bear with me. In our class right now we are discussing and debating the nature of social events and whether they have inherent meaning, or if their meaning is solely derrived from the meaning that we (or the media) ascribe them. Thinking about social constructionism and reality always sends me into a wallowing bout of existential despair because it denotes that everything is relative. While I do think that most of the "truths" we hold to be absolute are socially constructed, I would like to believe that there are eternal, absolute truths (Duh. Of course i believe this. What kind of Mormon would I be if I didn't? But sometimes I can lose myself in academia and separate myself from my religious mind. Yes, that was a plug to ensure you all of my testimony despite this spiritual-less ramble. Believe it.) Anyways...I was thinking about the validity of events devoid of social meaning when it struck me: would the event of Harper's birth be any less important/cataclysmic/life-altering/beautiful/miraculous if society (media) hadn't ascribed it meaning? That's when I realized that, if nothing else, birth is an event that in and of itself holds inherent meaning which is pertinent regardless of culture, religion or ideology. The meaning of birth never has to be explained, studied, speculated, broadcast or debated. It just is what it is.


Existential crisis over (for now).