8/23/07
I'll have to polish it, though, because it's so terribly green.
Janice got this one. The best yet, imho!
8/21/07
redletterday
My hair is long enough now that for the first time ever I can wind it into a bun and ram a chopstick into it, and it'll stay up!
I've been longing to wear chopsticks on my head for years.
And now I can!
Ah, the little things that make us happy....
(On the downside, my initial experiment was completed with a pair of chopsticks I have here at work, and now that I look more closely, I think there are still little bits of rice and leftover sushi stuck to them. But it's all dried up. It's ok.)
:-)
I've been longing to wear chopsticks on my head for years.
And now I can!
Ah, the little things that make us happy....
(On the downside, my initial experiment was completed with a pair of chopsticks I have here at work, and now that I look more closely, I think there are still little bits of rice and leftover sushi stuck to them. But it's all dried up. It's ok.)
:-)
8/20/07
netflix could save the world!
I really like this quote from Mr. Popescu in The Third Man - Carol Reed's movie from 1949 set in post-war Vienna:
"...but you have to break the rules sometimes. Humanity is a duty."
Having also just watched Pan's Labyrinth (which takes place just after the Spanish civil war), I've been thinking about war in general, and the amount of cruelty and torture that are allowed free rein when people silence the voice of their own morality and blindly follow orders, or succumb to their fear of an abusive authority. When human beings choose to deny their humanity, only tragedy and evil can result.
And apathy can be just as destructive.
As we approach this crossroads in human and planetary history, it's good to be reminded of that.
"...but you have to break the rules sometimes. Humanity is a duty."
Having also just watched Pan's Labyrinth (which takes place just after the Spanish civil war), I've been thinking about war in general, and the amount of cruelty and torture that are allowed free rein when people silence the voice of their own morality and blindly follow orders, or succumb to their fear of an abusive authority. When human beings choose to deny their humanity, only tragedy and evil can result.
And apathy can be just as destructive.
As we approach this crossroads in human and planetary history, it's good to be reminded of that.
8/16/07
self-loathing dust bunnies
Sometimes the subject lines on spam emails are endearingly inspired. When I get a good one (like the one above), I will post it.
8/15/07
lotsa babies
Speaking of fashion, one thing I really don't understand is this recent obsession with empire waists. Every woman who wears one of those shirts looks like she's expecting. Soon. Even the flat-bellied 15-year-olds look pregnant! How did this style become so popular?! Creepy.
And there's something a bit Harry Potterish about all this
Ok - here's today's riddle: How is Gatorade like Puff's Plus?
Nah, there's nothing cool and clever about the answer, sorry. It's just that I've found that these are two things that are really really annoyingly gross unless you really really need them.
Gatorade tastes totally disgusting, unless you're completely dehydrated; then it's delicious!
Puff's Plus leaves oily crap all over your hands and face and gives you zits on your nose, unless you have a really bad cold; then you'd swear it was the greatest invention ever!
That's all. Have a nice day.
Nah, there's nothing cool and clever about the answer, sorry. It's just that I've found that these are two things that are really really annoyingly gross unless you really really need them.
Gatorade tastes totally disgusting, unless you're completely dehydrated; then it's delicious!
Puff's Plus leaves oily crap all over your hands and face and gives you zits on your nose, unless you have a really bad cold; then you'd swear it was the greatest invention ever!
That's all. Have a nice day.
8/14/07
is it just me, er....?!
I saw this huge internally-lit poster at the Las Vegas airport. It's a photo of an indigenous woman, with these words written underneath.It's masquerading as an I-am-woman-hear-me-roar sort of thing, but I found it offensive. It gives the impression that women are just hanging out, you know, lying around in the woods or something, a mass of potential energy, undiscovered, unused. (And by whom?!) -As if every woman I know doesn't already do more than her share of the work of Life.
It also equates us with, well, those inanimate things traditionally expoited by humans. I suppose you could say that being compared to wind and trees and rivers isn't all that bad, but what is it that humans generally do with our natural resources? We use them up and abuse them. What? The Amazon's all gone? No more petroleum? Well, hell, we've got a bunch of women here, let's see what they can do for us.
Grrr.
8/9/07
heavenly
For all my life, I've been increasingly amazed at the way the world and the universe are designed. I haven't bothered too much with the ultimately irresolvable questions about whether there's a Purpose or a Creator or any of that; just the fact of things' existence has seemed enough of an answer.
But today I discovered one very serious design flaw. What the hell is up with eyelashes?! After having had one irritatingly stuck in my right eye for the last 24 hours, having searched and searched and flushed with water and searched again to no avail, this morning I finally determined I was going to find the damn thing once and for all. I fished around with my finger as best I could, making my eye tear and bringing out all the unsightly red capillaries… it took me about 15 minutes but I FINALLY got it out!
At which point I thought - who the hell decided it was a good idea to position impermanent, sharp-ended tiny hairs right above our eyes?! Some crazy bastard. A genius with a peculiar vendetta. I dunno. Maybe it happened that time Satan volunteered to take over for half an hour so God could get a quick bite to eat… I'll bet he grabbed the chance to make a couple of, ummm, you know, changes to the blueprint. That would explain a lot.
But today I discovered one very serious design flaw. What the hell is up with eyelashes?! After having had one irritatingly stuck in my right eye for the last 24 hours, having searched and searched and flushed with water and searched again to no avail, this morning I finally determined I was going to find the damn thing once and for all. I fished around with my finger as best I could, making my eye tear and bringing out all the unsightly red capillaries… it took me about 15 minutes but I FINALLY got it out!
At which point I thought - who the hell decided it was a good idea to position impermanent, sharp-ended tiny hairs right above our eyes?! Some crazy bastard. A genius with a peculiar vendetta. I dunno. Maybe it happened that time Satan volunteered to take over for half an hour so God could get a quick bite to eat… I'll bet he grabbed the chance to make a couple of, ummm, you know, changes to the blueprint. That would explain a lot.
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