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I wrote in my new journal last night, and while I normally do not share paper journal entries with the public... I thought this harmless, and certainly pertinent, enough.
Excuse the poor handwriting... I was propped on one shoulder, and tired as hell. (It was seven or so in the morning, right before I hit the sack)
Cheers.
What wretched tapestries we of the beau monde weave... drinking, dancing, partying, fucking, smoking...
It really all seems to blend into one never-ending smear on the edge of something truely beautiful.
Hmm.
I'm almost tempted to slap myself for being melodramatic.
This site is getting spammed up the ass by spambots. It's rather annoying.
Something in me finds it hilarious (and very, very odd) that there was pornography on the television last night despite it being Christmas.
Last night was interesting... I went to Mass with my family (my family is Anglican) and it was very odd sitting amongst wasps again in church, especially when you knew most of them never actually went (I can still recognize most of the regulars at the church).
Not that it makes a difference, it's just weird being in a place of worship when I really can't say there was any ... spirit... behind it. And it was funny that I recognized most of the readings, either from my own studies or from school.
I wasn't all too happy about going, though it afforded me an oppurtunity to sing, it seemed phony for me to go to church and pretend to worship. And most people can't sing worth shit in church, though this one girl behind me sang rather well, which was nice.
I did, however, see a cute effeminate (and quite probably, from his mannerisms, gay) boy taking communion, and it was possibly the greatest thing I've ever seen among a bunch of religious (or claiming to be religious, Christmas service is one of the few times people will go to church out of some sense of obligation, which I find stupid as hell) wasp-y types. It made me happy.
My father got a Mamiya medium-format camera... I think it's an RB67 but I could be wrong. In any case it's a beaut, for the fifteen minutes I got to play with it today.
Mmm.
I haven't really opened any presents yet... despite it being 6 PM. I mean, I used to open presents on Boxing Day back in Hong Kong anyway... So I might as well do it then.
Though I have to say some of the presents from my friends make me super happy, because they're awesome. Like cookies! A friend gave me cookies before I came home and I'm finishing the last of them today after dinner. They were awesome... good good cookies. =)
Dinner soon so I'll go.
Lots of thoughts. Talking to some people about them.
I hate Christmas sometimes. So many bloody people buying shit, making money, talking about the economy at Christmas sales time... yada yada fucking yada.
And I hate it when people, looking at it, say that there were more innocent times. There are no innocent times.
Every decade, as we refer to cultural trends as the 20s, the 30s... etc... sucked. Get over it.
These days it's just a whole different kind of suck. And I don't know which I prefer.
There's no honour, no sense of identity or brotherhood in international or domestic politics now. It's all about faceless fucking entities.
Everyone's just so fucking polarized. I just want to scream.
It takes... a well thought gift... not some expensive toy or something, from a friend who really cares, for me to think that maybe it's not all bad this time of year.
*le sigh*
So, Christmastime once again.
To those of you that celebrate, merry Christmas.
I had a lot of thoughts to share. But then I've lost them all lying in my bed reading.
Maybe something about girls.
Cause you know, that's what all boys think about.
Constantly.
Hah.
I should probably sleep soon, but right now, I'm enjoying a small break. Drove back from the 'loo today after picking up Dave and Rushika, and did some swimming, some drinking... good stuff all in all...
Talk about tiring out though.
I miss my Ottawa friends already. *le sigh*
And oh yes, I'm sorry if these posts at home are pretty short... but that's the way it is when I'm here.
I like the time I get to read though. I believe that you should always read whatever you can get your hands on, even if it's biased as hell, you get a feel for how some people think... and perhaps how people in general think. Just need to take something good away from it all.
Just caught House Of Sand And Fog, or at least the last half of it, on the telly. It occurs to me that Jennifer Connelly has had a lot of scenes in which she's standing at the end of a pier alone... this film, Requiem For A Dream, Dark City (?)... etc.
Hmm.
Oh Requiem. No other movie in existence can make you feel so miserable... while being happy about it, because the film you saw was actually well done.
Heh.
I have to remember to pull out our copy of The Unbearable Lightness of Being (the movie, not the book) to actually watch it sometime.
I go to the 'loo tomorrow to pick up Dave and Rushika. When a friend calls and needs a ride, why not? It'll get me driving and enjoying some travel time, I don't mind that at all.
I hate it when I get a load of spam comments I have to deal with on the blog. Just a pain in the bloody arse.
Being home is good for me, I think. I need the rest.
Going to go read some more, catch up on readings I've missed, listen to Radiohead... mmm.
But sometimes, I just want to wrap my arms around her, take in her sweet scent... and be truly happy.
Television is rotting my brain now that I have access to it. But... it's only been two days, so I suppose I shall be fine.
I did enjoy that one Mythbusters episode that confirmed that it would've been possible to escape from Alcatraz in a boat made of rubber raincoats and cement glue.
Quite enjoyable indeed.
I had a thought I wanted to get feedback on... how would you define virginity? Or... the loss thereof?
Curious question, if you think about it enough.
Anyway... I'm glad to hear that intelligent design got shot down in US Courts. Very glad. It would've been bad news if it hadn't.
Get back to me on my question, if you're reading this. Comment or e-mail, either or.
For I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
When I am home I have little to do but lie in a bed and think for hours. If ever I cease to think as endlessly as I do...
Well, I suppose I wouldn't be myself.
I just caught most of Head In The Clouds on the telly after some Enter The Dragon (Bruce Lee is teh shizzitz). It was okay. Far too... scattered, and somewhat disappointing... though the acting was above par in most instances. Most, anyway.
The plot went from interesting exposition to... well... boring. The ending was... uhm... abrupt. And shitty. Nearly thought provoking... but not really.
The only reason I mention it... is because I seem to catch a lot of these movies while I'm at home. They seem to while away the time while my mind whirls on away about something else.
And cheesy romances make my mind less thinky and more mushy, which, when I feel like I really just need to stop and just let things be... isn't really a bad thing.
Plus, it seems to me that some of my tales of romance could be made into cheesy movies if they were so... simplified.
It isn't exactly a pleasant thought.
*le sigh*
Between waking at 5 AM to clean the apartment, having a communist taxi-cab driver chat me up about Marx and Engels (he's read more than even *I* have!), mad Toronto traffic on the way home from Union Station, and seeing Steph again today... I'd say today has been a pretty eventful day.
Steph and I had a long chat. Mostly about little nothings. Though we did have an interesting talk about the difference between true artists and pretentious art-fucks... talking about people we knew once does that.
I didn't have the same... distaste as she did back then, I think because I never thought of them as all that special. I mean... I appreciated ______'s art/photography (to use one example) for what it was, but it wasn't the most amazing stuff I'd ever seen. Happens when you've had friends from around the world.
So all their artificial superiority was pretty lost on me, and I took to the better sides of them (if they had any) and went from there...
It's a thought.
I had forgotten how brash Toronto drivers can be. It's not that they're overly fast (I'm pretty fast myself) or that they're aggressive (though there are some aggressive fucks on the road)... it's that a lot of them just never really learned how to drive PROPERLY. And... are generally impolite jerks.
I'll say this though, for a city of its size it's not that bad.
Better than Philly, New York... Boston might've been better. But Boston's small and filled with rich Harvard/MIT/etc folk.
San Diego drivers aren't that bad. They just... don't know how to drive. They're generally not mean-spirited. Just... really, really bad drivers.
REALLY bad.
Like... it rains a bit and I see a lot of accidents bad.
I'd forgotten how eerily quiet this house was. Even the softest background noises are freaky as hell. I guess after living just three stories above Gladstone and Bank is a totally different experience.
But then, so is living in say... Brooklyn.
Whatevs.
Ow my head.
Good night.
I'm blessed with awesome friends.
And some people who I cannot consider friends.
Well, not so blessed on the latter.
But it's alright.
Wallace and Gromit and Corpse Bride reviews to come.
I go home tomorrow.
While Isreal prepares a plan for the assault of Iranian nuclear facilities, we've got President Ahmadinejad calling the holocaust a myth.
Awesome.
In that... spider-sense tingling sort of way.
In other news A Western student strips down. How unsurprising. Oh Western.
I don't think Humanity is a whole is ready for a Socialist world.
It makes me sad.
I don't want to write any more than this... first exam tomorrow.
That makes me sad too.
Eventually the manifesto will be done. I promise.
Is it bad when I use going home to grab a smoke as an excuse to actually go home and grab allergy meds to deal with my mild feline allergy?
The good thing is, I don't derive any joy out of smoking except when I'm drinking hard anymore.
Hopefully I'll never derive joy out of smoking ever again.
Here's to not smoking.
*pours a shot of vodka*'
Now I gotta go back to Mary/Millie/Shawna's to get more of my Cicero on.
Looks like Tookie Williams dies tonight.
*le sigh*
I'm willing to put money on riots in California to follow.
In an effort to keep people from being uninformed retards, I bring you the news, in Johann-bias form (I'm including reference links so you can actually get the unbiased information, I'm not claiming any journalistic integrity here, think of it as... an opinion column):
Canada:
With the coming election, the Conservative party under political hack and right-winged bogie-man Steven Harper has hit the Greater Toronto Area, seeking to gather support by promising to reduce crime. Whether not he actually has a plan to do so, besides what has already been done, is a question I certainly can't answer. (Meaning... probably not) If you haven't kept up with election news, Harper is running against left-wing pundit Paul Martin, who was ousted by a vote of no-confidence not all too long ago.
Let's break it down:
You can vote for...
Steven Harper - There's no plan. Honestly, our running line is: Let's kick out those lousy ass liberals and do conservative things. Like... making money. And reversing any progress the last few years. Oh yes, and repeal the same-sex marriage laws and suck Dubya's dick some more. Whee!
or...
Paul Martin - We have plans! Lots of plans! None of them seem to work ever, and we can't manage our finances worth shit. When I got into office there was already scandals about how we mishandled money, so it can't be my fault, even though I was finance minister! But hey, we made it so same-sex couples can marry, and we've tried our best at everything else! But unfortunately I'm not a cool French dude with a crazy accent and balls of steel like Jean Chretien.
or...
Jack Layton - I've been running for office forever. FOREVER. We don't have that many seats, and we have great ideas. How we'll do those things... well, we've got really great plans relying on people being good people and stuff! But it could work! Give us a go!
or...
Gilles Duceppe - If I get elected, Quebec is going to break off from Canada, and we're going to have our own country. Cause we're the French. We're snooty, French, and the rest of you non-French fuckers can fry! But us frogs will get the happy benefits of our many years of experience in socialist politics, so... hey, some of us make off okay!
or...
Green Party/Marijuana Party/Christian/Communist/Marxist-Leninist... go ahead and throw away your vote now.
Toronto Star - Tories kick campaign up a notch in Ontario
The rest of the Americas:
Breaking news - Most gangstas around the world don't know how to properly shoot firearms, including the ones in Central/South America and the United States! No article, I just wanted to point that out. If I had a photo I'd show you what I meant. For now take my word on it.
Real news now...
President G.W. Bush, the son of a rich, moderately successful father (who was also president, by the way!) continues his attempts to convince the American people that the reconstruction of Iraq is making progress. The likelihood of him a Republican candidate being re-elected next term is directly proportional to the average idiocy of the American people. So... his their chances are actually pretty high.
However, while President Bush attempts to appease the dim masses that the war may end soon, thus appeasing them, the other, more intelligent Republicans are attempting to win the hearts and minds of the intelligencia elite of the country by dampening optimism and giving honest opinions on the level of improvement (improvement nonetheless) out of Iraq with their coming parliamentary elections.
The only upside to all this is the fact that the Republicans have spent so much on this war already that they cannot afford to have another one, as shown by their increasing need to placate North Korea, a curious change in stance from their "Axis of Evil" speeches when the war in Iraq seemed as though it would soon end. (Some of us who understand military logistics knew differently, but politicians normally think they know everything)
Venezuelan left-wing rhetorician-politican Hugo Chavez's party/parties allied to him have won all the seats in their parliament following election boycotts by their opposition parties. The Socialist leader, whom some see as a liberator, and other a tyrannical dictator (mostly by the wealthy), has also been invited to join Mercosur, the South American trade bloc. His anti-American politics is expected to cause trouble... but hey, the United States doesn't have the money to afford another war, and they can assassinate anyone without first putting it publically through Congress. So why not?
BBC News - Bush battles for hearts and minds
New York Times - Ambassador Says Elections May Not Lead to Withdrawal
BBC News - Venezuela 'landslide' for Chavez
BBC News - Chavez to sit at Mercosur table
Asia:
In China, people have been shot by the police. This is actually surprising, because they haven't done this (after Tiananmen) in ages. Or at least... not publically. The officer in charge at the time has already, at time of writing, been used as a scapegoat, and likely nothing more is to come of this. The likelihood of more people having been killed than the government has admitted to, however, is very high. Way to control the situation China!
While being important, it's very hard to make fun of such ridculous news... so I shan't.
On the other hand... a Japanese trader has cost his company billions of yen when, by mistyping, he sold 610,000 shares of J-Com for 1 yen rather than 1 share for 610,000 yen. At time of writing, he has probably already commit seppuku for dishonouring his famiry.
Oops.
BBC News - China official held over shooting
BBC News - Tokyo Market admits system error
Middle East:
In more global warming/pollution related news... as if we don't have enough to think about lately... a whole lot of people died/are feeling sick from smog in Tehran. Somehow, unlike Los Angeleans, they have not acclimatized themselves to black skies of death just yet. This is, however, but a symptom of a much larger worldwide problem.
The OIC has declared the majority of mujahid un-Muslim, citing that only those authorized to issue fatwas may do so. While a very huge step in Muslim thought, I think it hilarious when I remember that many of these Muslim leaders are also oil barons.
I think that speaks for itself. Good on them though, someone had to say it.
In Isreal, Sharon, having left the Likud party to form his own centrist Kadima party, is gaining a healthy amount of support. Defence minister Mofaz has joined Sharon in his new Kadima party, weakening the right-winged Likud party even more. Whether this is a move in the right direction remains to be seen.
In Iraq, elections are looming and Saddam's cronies are actually ENCOURAGING Sunni Muslims to vote in the coming election and telling Al-Qaeda fighters to back off for the election. I guess if they lose they'll just start the fighting back up and it'll be like the election never happened! What have they got to lose, really?
BBC News - Hundred treated over Tehran Smog
BBC News - Muslim leaders warn of 'crisis'
BBC News - Mofaz leaves Likud to join Sharon
Aljazeera - Saddam loyalists urge Sunnis to vote
The rest are going to be highlights from the rest of the world, since I have no time. I might get around to expanding this later if I get more studying done.
Aussies are rascist little fucks... no offense to my family in Australia, but... SEE? I fucking TOLD YOU. Source: The Age
Mugabe cracks down on critics... next move: having run out of other enemies, the ants and bees, since they have their own monarchic systems, will be crushed by Mugabe's Orkin men.
To add to our pollution problems... a big fucking oil depot exploded in England, causing widespread damage and forcing residents to flee. Oil prices are somehow not expected to jump.
Hah, it's been brought to my attention, by a good friend, of course (who else would take the time to point out your flaws and care enough about you) that I may have been revising my views on Hums-love for personal reasons.
"You're just changing your mind because you have the hots for Hums kid(s?) and are reasoning backwards to try and justify it in your mind. And be less of a hypocrite.
Only reason I know is cause I do it all the time."
While usually his reasoning might seem solid, and like something I might do, it isn't this time.
Surprising? Yeah, surprises me too. Fact is, I've revised what I believe to be true to change with the advanced situation on how well we know each other, and other reasons already listed, and for those only, really.
Whether I like someone in Humanities (and I have) has nothing to do with it. Personally, like I said before, I am still sorting out my own life and I do not intend to be chasing after such things.
As someone once put it, I'm avoiding personal relationships... at least on that level. I still, however my views may have changed upon the topic of love in Humanities and relationships in general, have an inherent fear of the stupidity that comes along with a relationship. While I may be receptive to one happening... (and I certainly would not be upset about it) I am not actively pursuing any.
In a way it's great to drop almost all other cares for a person... in a way. And I do not have any inhibitions against it, certainly, some of the best and worst times of my life have been when I have been that involved...
But to actively seek it? Or to change my views just because I like someone (or as ___ said in the quote in the beginning... some people?) would not really happen unless I had some personal gain in mind. Like getting with someone in the near future.
And while I wouldn't mind, I don't have any plans.
That was a good conversation, I haven't had one as stimulating as that in a while. Perhaps because not all too many people are intelligent (and just as importantly, caring) enough to actually provoke me to actually talk about my views and what I perceive to be true.
To that person: If you're reading this, you, unlike a lot of other people, really have nothing to worry about in terms of falling behind. Very few people can actually get more than simple grunts and acknowledgements out of me when they're discussing their views.
So long as you keep working towards the good.
I'm beat, I've had so little sleep lately... feeling rather miserable... but I think I shall get some work done before I take a nap to recuperate. Total klutz today as I spilled and re-spilled my coffee again and again on the way home.
In the end another person received presents, and I got presents, and life was made better with good conversation and a lot of thinking.
Still thinking. As I'm writing this through just... a tiny part of my attention, my mind is constantly brewing about stuff.
Smart people should visit more often. =)
Cheers for now while I go to do work and then catch some naptime...
It's become a regular occurence for me to watch the sun rise... some days it's just bloody gorgeous.
Last night was good, friends over for drinking is always good.
Now I'm just watching the sun rise as my friends sleep.
Oooo it got prettier.
I accidentally had my camera set on macro from earlier pictures. *ashamed*
But oh well.
They brought in Ante Gotovina! Holy shit!
I think I have to clarify/revise my feelings about dating within Humanities. It's blossomed a lot this year, so I thought maybe I'd think it over.
Kim and Mike count, since Kim was in the program last year, and she still chills with us. I don't remember that she left half the time.
You know what, I think it's beautiful and I wish them all the best. I mean, it's not every day you meet someone with your interest, someone you can get along with, share jokes with, have good times with, and lets face it, us Hums kids are tight.
Maybe I ought to backtrack and go back to my views first year. First year I was still recovering from a whole lot of bullcrap, and simply put, while I thought the couples we had were great together and simply worked real well, I could see (intellectually, as well by example from people I'd known in the program) that it could break us apart.
We've been together a year now. I think we could say that any problems we might have can be solved.
Not to say that there won't be problems.
A lot of that sentiment still remains. Partly from stuff that I've seen this year, partly from my own experience in the past... rumourmills are a horrific thing to behold. I've had to deal with that kind of shit before I came here on a grand, miserable scale (you can ask me about it if you like, and if I like you enough I might tell you, but don't count on it) and I know intellectually at such a small, tight level things could go straight to the shitter.
But I'm not as bitter as I was coming into University, and I'm filled with hope yet again. I guess that's part of being human, giving up isn't really something that's easy to do.
I look around, I see people going places with each other, and it's just... beautiful. Amazing. Awesome. When people work well together I feel better about the world.
Probably by now you're wondering where I'm going with this. Nowhere, really, just a thought. It's not as if I have something going on myself, I really don't as far as I know, and it'll probably stay that way for a while as I'm still figuring myself out and trying to get my life in order.
I just wanted to say it. I really love most of the people in my program, and it makes me happy to see them happy.
For the most part, we know each other all really well by now and if two people are going to get together, it's not going to be some silly ill-conceived whim.
Now to speak on another topic Mike and I had discussed over some beers (b33rz)... we (the second years) need to stop being so fucking cliquey. I don't just mean between the years... we've had that problem for a while and I think it's not really just our fault now... though, I lay the blame pretty thick on ourselves still...
But between ourselves.
Honestly.
I don't know what it is, but we haven't had a big get-together with all of our year in a while. And we don't hang out together, it's clumps of people hanging out together. I like to try to get to everything and everyone, but... it's... kind of maddening.
It's enough that Humanities really doesn't get along with anyone else. I can deal with that, I'm kind of like that too.
I can almost (not really) accept that each year sticks to their own too.
But... in our own year? Now that's just fucktasticly dumb. Some people even talk like they hate each other. Which I know they don't.
Just think about it, kay?
And to end on a lighter note, so no one's sad or anything after reading that last bit... or angry... I'll propose something entirely different.
I'm not the first to propose this.
I'm going to pull a Holden McNeil (high fives to anyone who gets that)... we need to pull together, solve all our problems.
We should all sleep together.
Rather disturbing fact: My hair is now long enough to put into a ponytail.
Those of you who understand this title will be shocked.
I'm not, though, ever going to put it up in a pony tail. That would be atrocious. It would be like... bad 80s music videos all over again.
In other news:
*le sigh*
There are people I haven't actually had a chance to sit down and talk with (in life or online) in a long while and I'd like to get a chance to see what's going on in their minds and lives. Tim, Kelly, Seth... I'm lookin' at you, kids.
Given that two-thirds of that list are people older than myself and I still used kids to describe them, I think I might be becoming socially deficient.
Photography's hit a pretty big lump lately. Problem is, the snow outside is that icky half-melted crap and it is simply ugly. Though alleyways are still gorgeously dirty. But I really want to get my winter photography on, I want to experiment with different ways to get the B&W contrast on my camera as close to a good black & white 100ISO film.
And yeah, I have an ulterior motive in wanting to see some people. Not Seth, cause you know, he's my best friend and he lives in NY, and seeing him at all any time rocks... and I didn't have any intention of giving him a gift anyway (though we're not chillin this Christmas, which is cool by me, lucky bastard gets to go across the great big pond to London) but others like Tim, Kelly, Kate (actually, now that I think of it, several Kates), Justin, etc... well dammit, there's no point making PRESENTS for people if I can't give them their presents.
Though I suppose I'll see most of the second years I know at exams. *shudder* I almost called us first years. Despite the fact that when other people do that I'm confuzzled.
And to make this a total "Dear Diary" moment...
Dear blog... I met a girl yesterday.
*laughs* Well I did. Nothing really happened, she just walked up and gave me her number as I was sitting somewhere (aka having a smoke). I guess she worked there. (well okay, there was talking somewhere inbetween, but you get the drift)
I actually lost it (I blame booze)... but it wouldn't have done me any good. I lost my phone a few weeks back, and a phone number isn't at all helpful. I actually forgot I didn't have a phone for a moment, I was so shocked.
If only she gave me her number written on my arm or something. Or an e-mail. I could've used an e-mail. =D
Anyway, that's that. My life gets interesting at certain occasions.
I'm making Christmas presents! I won't say what they are cause people are getting these for Christmas.
Some people I really need to get ahold of, I can't deliver presents to people I don't see.... =D
I'm making Christmas presents.
Yay.
So yeah, you know, I think I mentioned that I did comics with a guy named Richie-To-Mexico back in High School.
Well, he's got a new comic now called Order of the Brick.
I'd be lying if I said it wasn't cool.
Check it, bookmark it, love it.
Tomorrow I have to get back to work on finishing my essays.
I wrote 1600+ words just now about a video game in half an hour on a forum.
It takes me at least three hours to do that much about anything related to school, no matter how well I know the topic.
Maybe I should just get a job reviewing video games.
A little thing I was thinking about last night... (I really should be working, so I will make this part short)... information is necessary for correct thinking. You can be logical all you like, your thinking process can be perfect, but if the information you are basing it on is flawed (or you do not have it at all) then you're bound to come to an incorrect conclusion.
To make things short (and I was going to rant about the details, but if you're smart enough I'm sure you can figure it out... that pretty much means if I hear anyone using "I'm from a white hick-town" as an excuse for stupidity ever again, I'm going to punch them in the face. Your ignorance only perpetuates the ignorance and stupidity in these rural areas. Make an effort. Please.
With that out of the way, I'll move on to my next short point, because I really ought to get to work...
Saying that immunizations spur viruses to become more potent, and therefore we should never immunize ourselves, is illogical and utterly retarded stupid. The whole point of immunization is the introduction of said virus into your body in a crippled form so that your body can recognize it and destroy it. The fact that the virus must adapt is a fact of life, living beings on Earth must adapt to the weapons and defences of its prey and predators else be wiped out.
If we did not immunize ourselves, we might slow the progression of the arms race, yes. But at the same time, we would LOSE the arms race. A great number the people in the known world would die. Then, when we became immune to the virus, the virus would be forced to evolve. We slow the process, but point being, the process is still there, and at the same time, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIE.
I don't know, maybe that's acceptable to some people, but I'd say they're fucking idiots. A lack of immunization would not cause all viruses to be extinct, merely less effective. But at the same time, our immune systems would be less capable of dealing with said viruses.
Anyway, with those thoughts flushed out of my system, I can finally get back to work. Yay.
Note: I almost used virii, because someone said virii to me earlier today, but here's a bit of information that everyone should know... and I only remembered because virii sounded ridiculous to me; the only plural for virus in the English language is viruses. I even looked it up so I could link it here to prove said person wrong.
Even the mil-blogs don't like Bush's fishy Withdrawal Plan.
Teehee.
I'm not going to bother ranting about it. The Bush Administration has talked about pulling out of Iraq for years. One wonders if he actually wants to, or if he's just trying to appease the people.
I finally got a chance to see Batman Begins. Obviously, Christian Bale is t3h s3xx0ru in many, many ways. But what struck me most was Gary Oldman's diversity in roles. I mean... a nice guy cop? From the guy who played Stansfield in Leon and has done a brilliantly firey Beethoven?
Wow.
Gary Oldman gets hotter by the second.
The following conversation just happened.
[02:12:30] I spoke with John Lennon: Instant noodles + frozen peas (only thing I had left in the fridge) plus curry powder, plus dried red peppers, plus hot sauce.
[02:14:38] I spoke with John Lennon: = meal.
[02:14:52] Anastassia Trifonova: add some msg and you got yourself awesome food
[02:15:24] I spoke with John Lennon: yep!
[02:20:30] I spoke with John Lennon: MSG is like
[02:20:33] I spoke with John Lennon: manna from the Gods.
[02:20:42] Anastassia Trifonova: lol you know its carcinogenic right?
[02:20:46] I spoke with John Lennon: yep.
[02:20:56] Anastassia Trifonova: so like smitten manna from gods
[02:21:01] I spoke with John Lennon: hey manna had its downsides. It fed you but like
[02:21:08] I spoke with John Lennon: you had to live wandering in the desert
[02:21:10] Anastassia Trifonova: well not in that word smitten... but yes manna with smite
[02:21:17] I spoke with John Lennon: I'd say wandering in the desert is a pretty shitty deal.
[02:21:30] I spoke with John Lennon: and manna was cursed so if you tried to store it it'd go bad
[02:21:44] Anastassia Trifonova: hahhaa so the stored manna was msg?
[02:21:57] I spoke with John Lennon: Yep.
[02:22:20] I spoke with John Lennon: and so you stored manna away, it'd go bad, add flavor to your crappy regular manna you pick up that supplies you with nutrients
[02:22:43] I spoke with John Lennon: it made you sick, but it made regular manna taste a shitload better
[02:22:48] I spoke with John Lennon: that's the origins of MSG
[02:23:45] Anastassia Trifonova: omg write that down and post that on your b log
[02:23:47] Anastassia Trifonova: you just have to you bitch
[02:23:51] Anastassia Trifonova: thats just amazing theory
[02:24:52] I spoke with John Lennon: Thanks.
Much party-and-slack-on-essay-and-party-some-more.
Rockin.
To quote Emily, "C'est la balls."
Okay, for those of you who missed the Hums party yesterday, and missed the aftereffects...
You missed Karaoke and drinking.
A lot of Karaoke.
I haven't made that much of an ass of myself in a long time. And I LOVE it.
Whoo.
It's a very British winter outside, I wouldn't have noticed if it weren't for having taken someone to the bus stop earlier today.
It's wet and such, but it's also kind of pretty, in its own way.
So they made a movie out of the Aeon Flux series.
I never did watch the TV series...
I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that the movie will be good. Charlize Theron hasn't had too many bad roles... and Maron Csokas has... bad guy potential. Though he hasn't been that great thus far.
I haven't seen a GOOD mindlessly entertaining action flick in a while, whereas artsy movies I've seen a great many that I've enjoyed.
The protagonist looks FAR too much like my concept sketches of my Alternity character though.