Not much to report. Pretty much just updating to clear out the link to my crappy vacation pics that I left in my last update.
My conversion to a fan of manga continues. I've been to the store every day this week, but can't seem to catch up with the pink-haired girl who works there. Every time I see her in the store, I'm running late and don't have time to stop. Then when I come back, the dark-haired girl (who is nice, but doesn't make me weak in the knees) is there instead. I will track you down one day, Heather the pink-haired manga girl... She worked last Monday, so maybe I can catch her this Monday.
Went to see Farenheit 9/11 last night. It was a really good film. Technically very well done. But it makes me sad. I mean, it's supposed to make me angry, but it just makes me sad. I mean, a world that allows this to happen? *shakes head* Another thing that makes me sad is the crowd that showed up. I mean, you could tell walking down the line of people waiting for seats that these people all knew that they were going to agree with what Michael Moore has to say. It all seemed like an exercise in self-congratulation. Like a little "we-know-better-aren't-we-so-smart" party. In the polarizing aspect I find Michael Moore's films to be very masturbatory. He's preaching to the choir 90% of the time. One last thing about it that made me sad: every time someone personally attacked Bush, the crowd cheered like crazy. Now granted, I am an ardent Bush-hater like the rest of people. But the crowd seemed to think that Bush was the problem. George Bush is not the issue. The issue is a system that allows someone like Bush, with severely limited experience, qualifications, intelligence, integrity, or insight, but near-unlimited political access and financial resources, to run the country into the ground, duping the American people and alientating the world along the way. With enough money, you can convince this country of anything. The problem is much more severe than people realize. It's the systemic infection of capitalism that has destroyed and continues to destroy the intellectual and moral fabric of society. All that which is humane, reasonable, and just is abandoned for the endless pursuit of profit. George W is just the fever. Corporate dominance of the system is the virus.
Well, enough political tirade. I've decided to shamelessly rip off xAtreyUx by starting to end my entries with a mood and the current music I'm listening to.
Mood: Ambivalent/lazy/afraid
Album: Sigur Ros, "()"
My conversion to a fan of manga continues. I've been to the store every day this week, but can't seem to catch up with the pink-haired girl who works there. Every time I see her in the store, I'm running late and don't have time to stop. Then when I come back, the dark-haired girl (who is nice, but doesn't make me weak in the knees) is there instead. I will track you down one day, Heather the pink-haired manga girl... She worked last Monday, so maybe I can catch her this Monday.
Went to see Farenheit 9/11 last night. It was a really good film. Technically very well done. But it makes me sad. I mean, it's supposed to make me angry, but it just makes me sad. I mean, a world that allows this to happen? *shakes head* Another thing that makes me sad is the crowd that showed up. I mean, you could tell walking down the line of people waiting for seats that these people all knew that they were going to agree with what Michael Moore has to say. It all seemed like an exercise in self-congratulation. Like a little "we-know-better-aren't-we-so-smart" party. In the polarizing aspect I find Michael Moore's films to be very masturbatory. He's preaching to the choir 90% of the time. One last thing about it that made me sad: every time someone personally attacked Bush, the crowd cheered like crazy. Now granted, I am an ardent Bush-hater like the rest of people. But the crowd seemed to think that Bush was the problem. George Bush is not the issue. The issue is a system that allows someone like Bush, with severely limited experience, qualifications, intelligence, integrity, or insight, but near-unlimited political access and financial resources, to run the country into the ground, duping the American people and alientating the world along the way. With enough money, you can convince this country of anything. The problem is much more severe than people realize. It's the systemic infection of capitalism that has destroyed and continues to destroy the intellectual and moral fabric of society. All that which is humane, reasonable, and just is abandoned for the endless pursuit of profit. George W is just the fever. Corporate dominance of the system is the virus.
Well, enough political tirade. I've decided to shamelessly rip off xAtreyUx by starting to end my entries with a mood and the current music I'm listening to.
Mood: Ambivalent/lazy/afraid
Album: Sigur Ros, "()"
oh god no! catnip makes them even crazier!!!