Another week finished.

[silveradept]

Well, the real fun begins in earnest next week, as the second internship kicks into gear. There's still a little time before all hell breaks loose, but it's maybe two weeks. Two weeks at most and then we get to see the real fun of a library internship.

I spent most of today enjoying time off by watching Serenity, then Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (both of the movies were visually stunning, plotwise, both could have been better. Although, with two exceptions, namely the fight in Aeris's church and the big brawl with the Bad Dude, the Turks stole the show. And that was entertaining enough. I think Rude spoke more in that movie than he ever did in the game.

And then I played through one level of Chain of Memories, after finally grabbing all of the rare and interesting treasures from the levels that I skipped. So eight stages down... looks like eight stages more to go.

Sustainability may be a lot of small steps, rather than one big one. Of course, why we've been waiting this long is still a little bit of a headscratcher, but at least people are making progress.

More suggestions that Iraq is resembling Vietnam. It depends on whether soldiers start fragging their COs.

On a lighter note - Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham, Qabalistic. Yep, how Sam-I-Am is really the divine will. Enjoy.

Yep, so not much from me tonight. I suppose that's a good thing in some ways, it means that things are keeping quiet. Anyway, it's well past bedtime, so see you in the morning, where I plan on watching some Hare and Guu.

Comments

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

M) *smiles at the movie-watching*

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

N) *finds the Qabalistic Dr. Seuss very amusing, and wonders about the details of the term 'sephiroth'*

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

Didn't bush say "this is not another vietnam" back at the beginning? Or am i confusing him with his father during the persian gulf war? If he *did* say that, he needs to go back and examie things. The idea of just randomly killing innocent children...it reminds me of something I had read about WW1 that stated that in many of the european countries there was not a single child under the age of 8 alive. They had either died from being bombed, or starved to death.

I remember the Desert Storm/Shield/Persian Gulf war. I was in middle school and my interpretation of things is that no one was overly worried about it. We'd watch CNN everyday during Social Studies, and discuss the war so we understood it. We wrote letters to the soldiers, and got replies back that were largely patriotic and you cold almost hear the pride in the soldier's writing. This time around? to me, things seem far less "friendly", if you know what I mean. Soldiers are being forced to go, discharged military personell are being called back...you don't hear the news stories about the classroom of kids who did such-and-such for a group of soldiers they "sponsored".

I thikn my train of thought got derailed somewhere, I can't remember what I was going to say...

Energy Conservation - Wind is an EXCELLENT way to go. Out in western PA there are fields of windmills..the Amish around here have been doing it for centuries. I remeber when I was younger I wanted a windmill (and solar panes) installed at our house, and then my dad made me investigate the cost. Perhaps if doing things like that were less expensive, more people would choose those options. I also think that ALL modern/new homes ought to come standard with solar panes on the roof or a windmill in the backyard. Even if you can't convert all the Old homes to run with solar/wind power, think of the difference if these new larger than life houses did?

*eyes the seuss article* Right. someone has too much time on thier hands....

[silveradept]

You were noting, along with much of the country, the rather sinister turn that things have taken since the current administration was elected and went to war. While I don't think anyone on the staff is willing to admit that things may begin to resemble the feared Vietnam, more and more of the people in the country are starting to draw parallels.

[saxifrage00.livejournal.com]

Wasn't there a soldier who'd tossed a grenade into his CO's tent about a year back?

Advent Children

[droewyn.livejournal.com]

I saw it for the first time a couple weeks ago, and I liked it... but I think the main flaw in it was bringing Sephiroth back. If they hadn't jumped through all those hoops to try to make everyone's favorite uber-bishie's return from the dead kind-of-sort-of-semi-not-really plausible, the story wouldn't have been anywhere near as much of a stretch to believe.

I think it would have been a lot better had the Sephiroth clones simply tried to carry on their original's work. Perhaps the leader could have had delusions that he was channelling the original's spirit, but he should have been his own villain.

Of course, if Sephy *hadn't* been in it, the fanboys would have screamed even more than they are already. There probably wasn't a way for Squeenix to win here.

And... the bit in the church with the battle fanfare? That was hysterical. I giggled for five minutes.

[urbankotq.livejournal.com]

Loz is in really big trouble, you know. No one steals Samus Aran's Speed Booster and gets away with it.

Also, Rufus for President in 2008. Yes, he'd probably be a Republican, and a little biased toward Big Business, but his tremendous lying skill would make him a great politician. Also, he's a man who isn't afraid to stand up to the issues. And then throw them off the edge of a building. And shoot at them. (Pro-gun. Definitely Republican.)



...And Reno would be Secretary of State. This looks better by the minute.

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

There's still a little time before all hell breaks loose, but it's maybe two weeks. Two weeks at most and then we get to see the real fun of a library internship.

and of course, my interview week is right after all hell breaks loose, is'nt it? Oi. Yeah. I thikn i'll be lucky if I see you at all other than "ok, i'm going to bed in 10 minutes".

[silveradept]

Rufus would run as a Republican, if he couldn't get elected as a Shinra.

Tseng is secretary of Defense, Rude is the White House Spokesperson, Elena is a flunky on the other side of the country, Reno... yeah, I suppose he can try being Secretary of State.