Blah, blah. Blah. Life.
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Been a busy week - job interviews and job applications are such fun, aren't they? Bah.
The world has had quite a week, too. The UN bombing in Baghdad, the Hutton inquiry contiuing in Britain, bombs in India, bombs in Israel, rockets in Palestine, North Korean talks start and the Columbia report gives NASA a good kick in the bum. Iraq's a bloody mess - almost all the worst predictions have come about. Of course, there is still the chance that the US can pull it off and make Iraq a stable, democratic state, but it's looking very hard. And I think we can more or less forget the 'roadmap to peace'. I fear there will be no peace until there is no more blood to spill - or just one people left. It's like Northern Ireland, only worse. Two people, one land. And once you throw religion into it too, things tend to get very, very complicated. Funny, that. Religion can bring out good in people - but it sure can bring out the very, very bad as well.
Then again, I see things as a non-believer (unless I decide to reinvent Asatru with feminist values - Valhall for women. Hot men in black leather keeping us women happy. Think of the possibilities) and then it's easy to see the bad religion brings. Good old-fashioned insider vs outsider contrast - I had a very interesting chat with a Christian scholar about that some months back. Speaking of insider versus outsider views....
'Can American rule the world?'
Interesting article, that. It's a bit choppy, but interesting.
Oh, and about the rant I left in my last entry - didn't actually refer to anyone on my LJ friends list, for those who wondered. Least I think so.... I'm horrid at rememerbing names, so I'm also horrid at remembering who is on LJ and who is not. And not all of it was Internet-related, anyway. I'm having a minor 'wear down' again. I tend to get them every now and then. It comes with - well, caring and paying attention to what happens in the world, I guess. I was raised by two passionatly engaged and political active people, so I cannot imagine not doing it. And as a journalist, a lot of it comes with the job. But because the world can be very gloomy, now and then it wears you down. The best thing to do is to take a break and think happy thoughts and then get involved again (of course, I'm horrid at taking my own advice).
So, happy thoughts of the week:
TTT is out on DVD
The Norwegian election campaign finally gets out of 'boring' (Hee)
Bodø-Glimt is second in the football (or for you Americans, 'soccer') league
Gigli has bombed
Bush is down in the polls
Weather is looking up for the weekend
I finally get to play Diablo II
My laptop does not have Sobig or the Blaster virus
Pauline Hanson is in jail (I know. I'm such a bad person for sniggering with glee over that)
I'm fed, clothed, fairly happy and I have a multizone DVD player
Babylon 5 season 3 is out on DVD (soon, my preciousss. Soon we shall have its)
Saz liked the icons I made
And...
Been a busy week - job interviews and job applications are such fun, aren't they? Bah.
The world has had quite a week, too. The UN bombing in Baghdad, the Hutton inquiry contiuing in Britain, bombs in India, bombs in Israel, rockets in Palestine, North Korean talks start and the Columbia report gives NASA a good kick in the bum. Iraq's a bloody mess - almost all the worst predictions have come about. Of course, there is still the chance that the US can pull it off and make Iraq a stable, democratic state, but it's looking very hard. And I think we can more or less forget the 'roadmap to peace'. I fear there will be no peace until there is no more blood to spill - or just one people left. It's like Northern Ireland, only worse. Two people, one land. And once you throw religion into it too, things tend to get very, very complicated. Funny, that. Religion can bring out good in people - but it sure can bring out the very, very bad as well.
Then again, I see things as a non-believer (unless I decide to reinvent Asatru with feminist values - Valhall for women. Hot men in black leather keeping us women happy. Think of the possibilities) and then it's easy to see the bad religion brings. Good old-fashioned insider vs outsider contrast - I had a very interesting chat with a Christian scholar about that some months back. Speaking of insider versus outsider views....
'Can American rule the world?'
Interesting article, that. It's a bit choppy, but interesting.
Oh, and about the rant I left in my last entry - didn't actually refer to anyone on my LJ friends list, for those who wondered. Least I think so.... I'm horrid at rememerbing names, so I'm also horrid at remembering who is on LJ and who is not. And not all of it was Internet-related, anyway. I'm having a minor 'wear down' again. I tend to get them every now and then. It comes with - well, caring and paying attention to what happens in the world, I guess. I was raised by two passionatly engaged and political active people, so I cannot imagine not doing it. And as a journalist, a lot of it comes with the job. But because the world can be very gloomy, now and then it wears you down. The best thing to do is to take a break and think happy thoughts and then get involved again (of course, I'm horrid at taking my own advice).
So, happy thoughts of the week:
TTT is out on DVD
The Norwegian election campaign finally gets out of 'boring' (Hee)
Bodø-Glimt is second in the football (or for you Americans, 'soccer') league
Gigli has bombed
Bush is down in the polls
Weather is looking up for the weekend
I finally get to play Diablo II
My laptop does not have Sobig or the Blaster virus
Pauline Hanson is in jail (I know. I'm such a bad person for sniggering with glee over that)
I'm fed, clothed, fairly happy and I have a multizone DVD player
Babylon 5 season 3 is out on DVD (soon, my preciousss. Soon we shall have its)
Saz liked the icons I made
And...
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Date: 2003-08-26 10:48 pm (UTC)You're not the only one who's sniggering.
Have fun with the multizone DVD player. I know that I've put mine to good use. Hehe.
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Date: 2003-08-27 06:18 am (UTC)"TTT is out on DVD"
TTT! I saw it yesterday, which is nice as England (and probably the rest of Europe) is almost always behind America when it comes to film & DVD releases. The ten-minute preview of RotK looked..amazing. *Jaw drop, gasp*. I nearly got booted out of the room while viewing it 'cause my mother (who started crying when Haldir died) got so fed up of my threatening PJ. Oops ^^.
"I finally get to play Diablo II"
How are you finding it? I've had it since this time two years ago, and it's alright-there are better, but there's a LOT worse.
You don't have that damn virus? Lucky you! I had the blaster...Since my computer crashes anyway, I didn't know that *this* crashing was caused by a virus. I managed to wipe it, but only due to my broadband connection enabling me to download the patch in the minute I was given before my computer shut down.
I hate programmers sometimes. *Kicks*
*Thinks happy thoughts*
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Date: 2003-08-27 09:41 am (UTC)*swings her chainlink fence and grins*
My news in brief:
Luke fixed my car today
Performance of King Lear (with me playing "attendant", yay) postponed (some silly person thought we could have it ready in a month. No.)
Learned 2 dances for our Musical "The Third Dick" (i.e. Richard III); haven't broken my neck despite extreme uncoordination, and am actually beginning to *like* dancing. A little.
Have a solo song for Dickie III! Go me! *vbg*
Discovered due to re-allocation of readings that I am not quite as behind in my stuff as I thought! (2 weeks behind instead of 4.)
CG's in heat, and Elijah's taking advantage of it... ergo we shall prolly have new kitties in a couple of months.
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Date: 2003-08-28 03:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-08-29 05:50 am (UTC)("You could sue me for using Tolkings and Jacksons ideas but I haven't got any money to give you!")
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1461926&chapter=2
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Date: 2003-09-01 04:35 pm (UTC)And aaaaw, kittens!
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Date: 2003-09-01 04:38 pm (UTC)Happy thoughts is indeed the key.
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Date: 2003-09-01 04:40 pm (UTC)And it's gotten the Liberal party into hot water, too. It's like an unexpected Christmas gift - you think the box looks small, but inside is the key to a room full of gold and riches. *wipes away a tear*
*coughHowardissuchalargegitcough*
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Date: 2003-09-01 04:42 pm (UTC)Minis are best reported via e-mail, though. That way I add them as I'm making an adoption batch and am updating the list anyway. Easier to not lose them then.
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Date: 2003-09-04 09:26 am (UTC)