12 days. No Water.

We Are The World-25 is an updated version of We Are The World written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson. Proceeds from the single benefit the Haitian relief effort. I have to say, I really love this song. I love the original and I strongly like this updated version. In all honestly, I could have done without the "rap break" and T-Pain's "soulful" autotuning but all-in-all I believe the original message is quite intact. Stand out soloists for me were Pink, Celine Dion, and Jennifer Hudson. I've always been a Pink fan from afar, but her parts in this remake just sound so sincere and from the heart. She's got an amazing voice, too. Also, when Kanye says: "12 days. No Water. Where's your will to live?" It puts it all into perspective for me.

I've tried to do as much as I can to help contribute financially to the Haitian relief effort. I text'd the Red Cross. I went to a Haiti Relief event sponsored by the Law School SBA and now I've downloaded We Are the World-25. Its quite humbling to think one minute you're living your life (in one of the world's poorest nations) and in an instant the ground shakes, opens up and changes your reality FOREVER. I just hope that 6 weeks, 6 months, and 6 years from now we don't forget what happened to the people of Haiti and we make a commitment to offer them our prayers, love, and support.

Hope for Haiti

Last night the telethon in support of Haiti aired on like EVERY network. I've already donated $10 via text to the Red Cross and after last night I donated again to hopeforhaitinow.org. A lot of celebs came out to man the phones, share information about the disaster in Haiti and to perform. There were some INCREDIBLE performances last night. A few that stuck out were Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris [an artist on JT's Tennman Records whose kind of AMAZING] performing a soul-stirring version of "Hallelujah". Jennifer Hudson performed a cover of The Beatles' "Let It Be" and lastly my boo, Jay-Z, Bono and Rihanna performed the song "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" a charity single in support of Haiti. There were other great performances, but these stuck out to me. All of the live performances will be available via an album, January 25 on iTunes. I definitely plan on purchasing it.

The death toll in Haiti has crossed 111,000 people. Search efforts for survivors have been called off. I read today on CNN.com that a mother gave her daughter urine in hopes of keeping her alive. If you haven't donated to the relief effort in Haiti, I urge you to do so...