Monday, May 29, 2006
Sunday, May 28, 2006
So, I just bought the Alphabet of Manliness from Amazon. To go along with it, I picked up Gate to Women's Country and The Handmaid's Tale.
What truly amuses me is that Gate to Women's Country is a futuristic tale where women have taken the world over and the men live in a tightly regulated section of society. It is described (in Amazon's official review) as "provocative". The Handmaid's Tale is a futuristic tale where men have taken the world over and the women live in a tightly regulated section of society. It is described (in Amazon's official review) as "chilling".
When the "intellectual" movement is dominated by femi-Nazis who scream at the slightest offense to any woman, while trampling the rights of men (sorry, but I can't bring myself to refer to them as "inferior beings"), does anyone actually think we still live in a chauvinist society? All these people do is create animosity towards women.
What truly amuses me is that Gate to Women's Country is a futuristic tale where women have taken the world over and the men live in a tightly regulated section of society. It is described (in Amazon's official review) as "provocative". The Handmaid's Tale is a futuristic tale where men have taken the world over and the women live in a tightly regulated section of society. It is described (in Amazon's official review) as "chilling".
When the "intellectual" movement is dominated by femi-Nazis who scream at the slightest offense to any woman, while trampling the rights of men (sorry, but I can't bring myself to refer to them as "inferior beings"), does anyone actually think we still live in a chauvinist society? All these people do is create animosity towards women.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Television
I have a TV now. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this. It's a nice 13" Toshiba with built in VCR. Since I haven't been able to watch Bill and Ted in a year (due to lack of television), this is a blessing. But is it a mixed blessing?
I haven't owned my own (haha) television since I was in high school, and I don't think I actually watched that one more than once in a while after freshman year. Both of my roommates freshman year had TV's, and I never even watched it. Last year, Alicia had a TV (also combo VCR), and good times were had with movie nights. But unless Alicia was watching Law & Order, I never actually watched television.
I've spent the last year (with a few exceptions) almost entirely television free. I think it's had a good effect on me...I appreciate movies a lot, and I'm not desensitized to television as I have previously been.
Which leads me to conclude that I'm not sure how I feel about the TV that is currently sitting on my couch. It's been here for over three hours, and I haven't even looked for a place to put it (other than my couch). I actually glare at the TV once in a while, when I look up from the rug I'm currently working on.
Eesh, why I am so bothered by a TV?
I haven't owned my own (haha) television since I was in high school, and I don't think I actually watched that one more than once in a while after freshman year. Both of my roommates freshman year had TV's, and I never even watched it. Last year, Alicia had a TV (also combo VCR), and good times were had with movie nights. But unless Alicia was watching Law & Order, I never actually watched television.
I've spent the last year (with a few exceptions) almost entirely television free. I think it's had a good effect on me...I appreciate movies a lot, and I'm not desensitized to television as I have previously been.
Which leads me to conclude that I'm not sure how I feel about the TV that is currently sitting on my couch. It's been here for over three hours, and I haven't even looked for a place to put it (other than my couch). I actually glare at the TV once in a while, when I look up from the rug I'm currently working on.
Eesh, why I am so bothered by a TV?
Saturday, May 6, 2006
Chinese or Something like it
http://fireflychinese.home.att.net/episode.html
This website lists all the Chinese in Firefly and Serenity, along with the proper pronunciation, since the cast apparently slaughtered. It's pretty cool. Now I can start swearing in Chinese.
This website lists all the Chinese in Firefly and Serenity, along with the proper pronunciation, since the cast apparently slaughtered. It's pretty cool. Now I can start swearing in Chinese.
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