I Hate.
I hate when people pretend to care about something because it gives them societal status. The "something" can be anything, but of course, when it hits close to home I care even more. Here in Alabama, the oldest theatre in Montgomery is having a gala this Saturday. At these sorts of things, the money of Montgomery comes out of the woodwork and gets drunk together with some movie showing. This year, it's "Some Like it Hot." I really don't care how some like it because I'm betting these people aren't at the Capri for any other movie that shows. Now, I'm not an independent movie fanatic. However, the Capri gives me Japanese anime movies I want to see from time to time, like "Princess Mononoke" and "Spirited Away," movies no normal theatre would show in Alabama. They also show historical movies from time to time that I enjoy, that probably wouldn't get any screen time if it weren't for the Capri.
Now, you might wonder why I'm complaining about this in a politically angled journal. I'm getting to the point, I promise. I also hate when people back a political party blindly. I don't like this concept that if your parents vote a certain way, you're going to go mindlessly into the polls and vote the same way they do. I won't vote in an election unless I am certain that I've examined the race and I know who I want to put my 2 cents toward. It just doesn't feel right. So, 2004 is coming up, and just like every other year, we're going to have a lot of people voting for whoever they know, or whoever they heard the most about on the news, or whoever represents the political party their family's been backing for generations.
And we're going to have the people voting who don't know where Iraq is. I love that. I really frikkin do. Last year, I was on the city bus going to campus when I went to Ohio State University. There were protesters on the street corners practically blocking the street with signs against the U.S. going to war in Iraq. I had my headphones on, rockin out to some Metallica, but I did hear a woman sitting in front of me ask what they were protesting about. I said, "Oh, they don't agree that the US should be considering military action in Iraq." The woman looked as if she'd gained some clarity on the issue, and then she opened her mouth. "So, what country is Iraq in?" *facepalms* I give up. I really frikkin do.
Okay, I'm done complaining. On to other news.
Denial of Service takes on a whole new meaning...
Saw this today while perusing CNN. To give you a brief summary, Bill Gates has decided to help Toronto police crack down on child pornography by developing software to make it easier on law enforcement to detect the dissemination of such material. Does it really matter? It's Microsoft! It's gonna crash! Think about it. It's trying to detect pornography on the internet. No software's strong enough to deal with that much data input.
China does a bang-up job of hiding its space base.
From itself! China apparently did such a good job of keeping its aeronautics base a secret that they couldn't find it! Too bad it wasn't an embassy. We'd have found it first.
When Animals Attack!
That tiger didn't mean to maul Roy during an act with Siegfried at the Mirage in Las Vegas. But those bears? They're hardcore. Need a more docile animal, accepting of human lifestyles? Australia has 50,000.
Ah yes, the news is funny. It could be worse. It could be local news: The Ten Commandments with a side order of Biscuits and draft beer.
posted by Fianna @ 3:57 PM
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