I'm so tired, Tui, I just read this all and thought it was really cute.
Bin Laden... yeah. :/ People are partying and idk... I think of all the civilians who died so we could "get him" and how he was just one man that we trained and then built up into a symbol of everything and it's just like... was... it all... worth it? IDK. I can't get into the rah-rah American go team spirit here. I drove to the house where I'm house sitting (we're both house sitting!) that night and there was a guy standing beside the road waving an American flag and I'm sure it was because of bin Laden's death, and... he's just one man.
IDK. I guess it doesn't put me in the partying mood.
Yeah. I really feel your ambivalence. Especially because when you put it like that the whole thing seems nonsensical, to kill one man; and then if all of that *wasn't* to kill him, was for some other purpose about terrorism or terror or whatever, then why celebrate? Because that is not exactly achieved.
- Why the fuck, seriously, does Stuff have an article comparing Osama to Voldemort? Did someone get confused and think they were writing for the Onion? Our national news, people!
THIS WAS MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT OR VERY SIMILAR TO IT WHEN I SAW THE ARTICLE. Also, did you see this.
I have not as yet reached the shame barrier that requires me to update again.
Also, totally sick and depressed about this years elections. At least in Wellington you have the likelyhood that someone halfway decent will be elected in your electorate. Tauranga were hot for Winston Peters for a disturbingly long time.
:(((( well, perhaps there's a little power vacuum? new MP a little wobbly in his seat? YOU CAN DO IT AIMEE. Besides, it's the party vote that counts, you know?
tbqh I think we're guaranteed to lose this one quite badly, but.
But I feel kind of sick at the idea of voting for a party that doesn't believe in flouridation of the water supply
TBH I'm totally for voting people who don't believe in flouridation of the water supply, it makes it taste sort of like glue. And it clogs up the pipes something chronic.
Suck it up, it also reduces the cost of dental care, which is, you know, important. For poor people. Rich people can filter their water if they want. the US CDC lists it as one of the top ten public health policies of the last ... some time, I don't remember
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flUOridation is an amazing scientific advance which has probably saved me from having to have any dental work as an adult and, for all the reasons you mention, is one of the simplest and most useful public health measures around. I am a fan.
flOUridation involves putting ground-up wheat in the water, which I think we can all agree is not so clever.
(I know, it's like the easiest typo in the world to make, I just couldn't resist.)
Your description of later seasons of TWW is not making me want to watch them.
is there any show around that you think deserves to get seven seasons?
A current show? I mean, I'd say The Wire and Deadwood and In Plain Sight (oh, which actually is still screening \o/) and... then I'd run out of ideas. I'm glad Outrageous Fortune stopped when it did (well, actually I think it could have happily ended a season sooner) and... IDK. Everything goes off the rails eventually. /incoherent
Local politics is making me deeply depressed on so many levels right now. :-(
Do you own Delusions of Gender, and if so, can I borrow it sometime?
Hi you :) No, except for Josh and Donna getting together (and also CJ and Danny getting together) they haven't got much to recommend them, IMO. My favourite Bartlett daughter also got a really bemusing and infuriating makeover.
re: tv: I actually am not familiar with any of your examples (YES I KNOW THE WIRE IS THE GREATEST TV SHOW EVER) but I agree that it's pretty slim pickins.
I don't own Delusions of Gender! I wish I did. The library has it, though, or it will when I return it. :P
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Bin Laden... yeah. :/ People are partying and idk... I think of all the civilians who died so we could "get him" and how he was just one man that we trained and then built up into a symbol of everything and it's just like... was... it all... worth it? IDK. I can't get into the rah-rah American go team spirit here. I drove to the house where I'm house sitting (we're both house sitting!) that night and there was a guy standing beside the road waving an American flag and I'm sure it was because of bin Laden's death, and... he's just one man.
IDK. I guess it doesn't put me in the partying mood.
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Yeah. I really feel your ambivalence. Especially because when you put it like that the whole thing seems nonsensical, to kill one man; and then if all of that *wasn't* to kill him, was for some other purpose about terrorism or terror or whatever, then why celebrate? Because that is not exactly achieved.
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THIS WAS MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT OR VERY SIMILAR TO IT WHEN I SAW THE ARTICLE. Also, did you see this.
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Also, totally sick and depressed about this years elections. At least in Wellington you have the likelyhood that someone halfway decent will be elected in your electorate. Tauranga were hot for Winston Peters for a disturbingly long time.
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:(((( well, perhaps there's a little power vacuum? new MP a little wobbly in his seat? YOU CAN DO IT AIMEE. Besides, it's the party vote that counts, you know?
tbqh I think we're guaranteed to lose this one quite badly, but.
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Although at least working with teachers, I am guaranteed that political discussions will skew left.
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TBH I'm totally for voting people who don't believe in flouridation of the water supply, it makes it taste sort of like glue. And it clogs up the pipes something chronic.
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flUOridation is an amazing scientific advance which has probably saved me from having to have any dental work as an adult and, for all the reasons you mention, is one of the simplest and most useful public health measures around. I am a fan.
flOUridation involves putting ground-up wheat in the water, which I think we can all agree is not so clever.
(I know, it's like the easiest typo in the world to make, I just couldn't resist.)
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Your description of later seasons of TWW is not making me want to watch them.
is there any show around that you think deserves to get seven seasons?
A current show? I mean, I'd say The Wire and Deadwood and In Plain Sight (oh, which actually is still screening \o/) and... then I'd run out of ideas. I'm glad Outrageous Fortune stopped when it did (well, actually I think it could have happily ended a season sooner) and... IDK. Everything goes off the rails eventually. /incoherent
Local politics is making me deeply depressed on so many levels right now. :-(
Do you own Delusions of Gender, and if so, can I borrow it sometime?
*waves and waves*
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re: tv: I actually am not familiar with any of your examples (YES I KNOW THE WIRE IS THE GREATEST TV SHOW EVER) but I agree that it's pretty slim pickins.
I don't own Delusions of Gender! I wish I did. The library has it, though, or it will when I return it. :P
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(THE WIRE IS VYING WITH DEADWOOD, ATM, IMO, FTR!)
Noted. :-)
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