Monday Morning Miscellanea
Oct. 6th, 2008 09:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatOkay, to be fair, I actually wrote most of these on Sunday. But I'm POSTING them on Monday morning, so the title is still valid.
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bethje and I have now watched both parts of Kill Bill, and I liked it. I have to say, however, that parts of it really felt like a video game. That was especially true of the scene where Uma Thurman (man, she's one skinny chick, isn't she?) fought the Yakuza, first taking out all the minor enemies who went down with one hit, then the mini-boss (the giggly schoolgirl with the mace), and finally defeating level boss Lucy Liu. (Serves her right for being in Ally McBeal!) The scenes in Japan, by the way, had a band made up of barefoot girls, who first played a song that was in Hairspray (the original movie, not the musical), and then that obnoxious number from the Vonage commercials. But while a lot of the movie reminded me of a game, the flashback to the assassin checking the pregnancy test during a battle was more like something out of Family Guy.
2. One of the headlines in yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer is, "Offshore wind farm plan gets N.J. funds." What does it say about me that I'm imagining some farm where people plant wind seeds, and then harvest winds once they're ripe?
3. So O.J. was finally found guilty of something. About time, huh? But wait, maybe they should leave the Juice loose to try to find the REAL sports memorabilia robber! Of course, it must be a huge boon to Jay Leno that O.J. jokes are actually topical again.
4. Beth told me that one of the creators of The Naked Gun became a conservative after September 11th. Now, I don't expect everyone to agree with my political views (sometimes I don't even agree with my own political views), but he's not the only person to have done that, and I have to wonder what thought process goes into that sort of a decision. "Hmm, the attack happened during a Republican administration, and the Republicans have been exploiting the tragedy ever since. I know! I'll become a Republican!" Maybe they figure the party that got us into the mess has to also get us out. Not that I think the attack wouldn't have happened if we'd had a Democratic president, but the Republicans have done nothing since to convince me that they're the best ones to fight off future terrorist attacks, and plenty to convince me of the exact opposite.
5. It baffles me that, even today, there are people who argue for the gold standard. These people will say that paper money has no intrinsic value, and that's true, but couldn't you say the same about gold? Sure, it's rare, and you can make things out of it, but it's still really only valuable because people decided it was. And hey, I could make an argument that paper is MORE valuable than gold, because it can be used to convey ideas, which are of much more use than bracelets.
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bethje and I have now watched both parts of Kill Bill, and I liked it. I have to say, however, that parts of it really felt like a video game. That was especially true of the scene where Uma Thurman (man, she's one skinny chick, isn't she?) fought the Yakuza, first taking out all the minor enemies who went down with one hit, then the mini-boss (the giggly schoolgirl with the mace), and finally defeating level boss Lucy Liu. (Serves her right for being in Ally McBeal!) The scenes in Japan, by the way, had a band made up of barefoot girls, who first played a song that was in Hairspray (the original movie, not the musical), and then that obnoxious number from the Vonage commercials. But while a lot of the movie reminded me of a game, the flashback to the assassin checking the pregnancy test during a battle was more like something out of Family Guy.2. One of the headlines in yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer is, "Offshore wind farm plan gets N.J. funds." What does it say about me that I'm imagining some farm where people plant wind seeds, and then harvest winds once they're ripe?
3. So O.J. was finally found guilty of something. About time, huh? But wait, maybe they should leave the Juice loose to try to find the REAL sports memorabilia robber! Of course, it must be a huge boon to Jay Leno that O.J. jokes are actually topical again.
4. Beth told me that one of the creators of The Naked Gun became a conservative after September 11th. Now, I don't expect everyone to agree with my political views (sometimes I don't even agree with my own political views), but he's not the only person to have done that, and I have to wonder what thought process goes into that sort of a decision. "Hmm, the attack happened during a Republican administration, and the Republicans have been exploiting the tragedy ever since. I know! I'll become a Republican!" Maybe they figure the party that got us into the mess has to also get us out. Not that I think the attack wouldn't have happened if we'd had a Democratic president, but the Republicans have done nothing since to convince me that they're the best ones to fight off future terrorist attacks, and plenty to convince me of the exact opposite.
5. It baffles me that, even today, there are people who argue for the gold standard. These people will say that paper money has no intrinsic value, and that's true, but couldn't you say the same about gold? Sure, it's rare, and you can make things out of it, but it's still really only valuable because people decided it was. And hey, I could make an argument that paper is MORE valuable than gold, because it can be used to convey ideas, which are of much more use than bracelets.
