Blue aliens, a dream world, humans trying to destroy it, and a love story all equal one fabulous movie: Avatar.  But, when I first heard that people were getting depressed from this movie, I thought it was ridiculous. While the majority of fans walk away feeling happy and satisfied with the movie, some have done just the opposite.

Last week, we all heard surprising news: President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian committee in charge of selecting the winner said it picked Obama because of his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

One minute, life is going normally and then the next it can all be taken away quicker than things are built. That is exactly what happened in Haiti last week. This is what all the news networks have been centered around lately. Many people across the world have already donated money and supplies to the country in order to aid recovery efforts.

Ever since becoming elected last November, President Obama and his administration seem to be constantly stealing the political spotlight. First there was the outrageous, outspoken, (arguably out of his mind) Reverend Wright, then an Air Force One photo op gone awry, next a controversy regarding the “green jobs” advisor, a multi-billion dollar bailout plan, scrapping Bush’s missile defense plan, all the while balancing the recession and scrutiny over health care reform.