Big news of the day in Chicago: there's a mysterious smell in the air, in this oval of space that's neatly delineated in a light computer-generated glow. People are complaining of it, because it's unpleasant--but fear not, for it is only temporary and most likely harmless, they say!
Oscars--really, it was worth watching Hillary Swank get music'd (jeez, that looks better spoken than written); and then there was the huge fashion troupe. I think Gwyneth Paltrow and Penelope Cruz won for the women, by daringly taking the typical strapless and train-billow on the floor and adding *gasp* a belt and bow, respectively! And Johnny Depp won for the men by *shock gasp choke* wearing NAVY BLUE instead of black--though the glasses from the '80s totally ruined the effect. I think he's trying to reduce his sex appeal, having finally reached the age of 40 (?).
Anyway, Chris Rock was totally awesome since I haven't seen his comedy routines in full before, and he had a good point about the awards being totally disconnected from reality. All I have to say to him, on behalf of the Academy (though they aren't paying me), is--what did you expect from the authority?
2.21.2005
In Which I Pick on Dan Brown, but Not Really
I believe that probably the best-known example of this will be Dan Brown, author of The DaVinci Code, so I'll use his name. But, really, I'm yelling at all of you filthy bums out there.
Dan Brown's characters are the kind that would seriously hyperventilate if ever they saw something as truly frightening as "The Ring" (which made me laugh, so I assume it was scary). I mean, anything even slightly out of the ordinary and they panic! In the aforementioned book, Brown tries to come off as a pagan sympathizer--but really, whenever his characters are exposed to anything unusual in terms of Christian history, as in maybe the Mona Lisa was originally painted with an Isis pendant (which I think is bullshit anyway), they freak out and get "chills". Seriously. What if they were told the earth was spherical-ish, or, even worse, that the Earth revolved around the Sun?
Would they commit suicide?
Really though, I don't see why people have to be so fucking horrified every time they hear something that doesn't go along with what they've been taught for years. This may have something to do with the average reaction to learning what Malcolm X really was about--like the part where he left the Nation of Islam--simply because it makes him look good, possibly *gasp* undermining the culture hero Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is today.
You people disgust me. Why are you so afraid of admitting that your knowledge isn't solid? Bastards.
Dan Brown's characters are the kind that would seriously hyperventilate if ever they saw something as truly frightening as "The Ring" (which made me laugh, so I assume it was scary). I mean, anything even slightly out of the ordinary and they panic! In the aforementioned book, Brown tries to come off as a pagan sympathizer--but really, whenever his characters are exposed to anything unusual in terms of Christian history, as in maybe the Mona Lisa was originally painted with an Isis pendant (which I think is bullshit anyway), they freak out and get "chills". Seriously. What if they were told the earth was spherical-ish, or, even worse, that the Earth revolved around the Sun?
Would they commit suicide?
Really though, I don't see why people have to be so fucking horrified every time they hear something that doesn't go along with what they've been taught for years. This may have something to do with the average reaction to learning what Malcolm X really was about--like the part where he left the Nation of Islam--simply because it makes him look good, possibly *gasp* undermining the culture hero Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is today.
You people disgust me. Why are you so afraid of admitting that your knowledge isn't solid? Bastards.
2.18.2005
Über-Random Thoughts of Like the Century
--I'll be updating this now and then, whenever I have nothing to do...which is pretty damn frequently.
2/18/2005: The words 'travail' and 'travel' are excessively similar...this may have something to do with what travel ultimately turns into--an excessive amount of work involving misplaced tickets, passports, etc.
2.19.2005: People have a very definite idea of what a housewife is meant to be--cf. previous post.
2.21.2005: Anything that substantially defies a person's standard knowledge--the possible 'collective concious' Jung liked to babble about so much--will seriously offend that person, and also scare them.
2.22.2005: Hang on, it was here a minute ago...
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...the main reason for the Democrats' failure is that none of them stoop low enough to join the Republican side....
2.28.2005: There is totally so much innuendo in that poem about the Queen of Hearts--I mean, it talks about a KNAVE and TARTS!
Daily Obvious: Try hard enough and you can make anything perverted.
2/18/2005: The words 'travail' and 'travel' are excessively similar...this may have something to do with what travel ultimately turns into--an excessive amount of work involving misplaced tickets, passports, etc.
2.19.2005: People have a very definite idea of what a housewife is meant to be--cf. previous post.
2.21.2005: Anything that substantially defies a person's standard knowledge--the possible 'collective concious' Jung liked to babble about so much--will seriously offend that person, and also scare them.
2.22.2005: Hang on, it was here a minute ago...
...
...
...the main reason for the Democrats' failure is that none of them stoop low enough to join the Republican side....
2.28.2005: There is totally so much innuendo in that poem about the Queen of Hearts--I mean, it talks about a KNAVE and TARTS!
Daily Obvious: Try hard enough and you can make anything perverted.
2.11.2005
Oky
So for some reason I have like this blog. And I'm writing it in my direct thinkspeak (I read 1984 multiple times, indeed) so it's gonna be like all confused and shit. But it's me.
I demand the return of 'mleh'. I use it most versatilely. And what sucks the most is, now I can't yell at XS about it because it's been...used. Sob sob sob.
Don't really care that much. Apathy, you see. Who the hell are you, anyway? And why are you reading this?
Jeez, get a freaking life.
***Right now, I have this kind of electric tension through me--Debate Team meet tomorrow. I have to get stuff. It's probably my last and omy what would have happened if I were in the right grade---?! So glad I'm not a sophomore. Class of 2007 makes me sick--they're IDIOTS. And these are the honors students I'm talking about. No real lives--at least not the majority of them.
*****Edit Feb. 12th, whatever year--I shall do this in French.
I demand the return of 'mleh'. I use it most versatilely. And what sucks the most is, now I can't yell at XS about it because it's been...used. Sob sob sob.
Don't really care that much. Apathy, you see. Who the hell are you, anyway? And why are you reading this?
Jeez, get a freaking life.
***Right now, I have this kind of electric tension through me--Debate Team meet tomorrow. I have to get stuff. It's probably my last and omy what would have happened if I were in the right grade---?! So glad I'm not a sophomore. Class of 2007 makes me sick--they're IDIOTS. And these are the honors students I'm talking about. No real lives--at least not the majority of them.
*****Edit Feb. 12th, whatever year--I shall do this in French.
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