I just stumbled onto something that makes me proud.  As of about thirty minutes ago, Google’s #1 search trend was a French phrase, “faut souffrir pour etre belle,” which translates to something like “You have to suffer to be beautiful.”

Why am I proud of this?  It proves that the quest for knowledge among Internet junkies is not limited to “Grand Theft Auto IV” or “Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards Results.”

Where did I get the crazy idea to check the Google search trends?  Most of my television time during Spring Break has been spent watching a channel called Current.  It is made up mostly of pods, short videos that are between 3-7 minutes long, perfect for ADHD viewers like me.  That’s not the best part.  Most of the pods are Viewer Created Content.  Their web site, current.com, presents assignments that their viewers/visitors can use as ideas for pods and then send them in.  The best are voted on by viewers/visitors and then hopefully chosen by current to be aired on the channel.  That’s still not the best part.  They pay.

I think I’m actually going to try this.  There are a few of the assignments that I think I could do, with my little Flip and my high tech Windows Movie Maker.  Seriously, though, I think things are looking up.  Most of the pods are about world issues and current events.

Hope things are looking up for you, also.