Sanjaya sporting his pineapple look. Seriously… Did you see him shakin’ that thing? Good God. I bet my butt he’ll be safe tomorrow. After all, he’s got his own anthem.
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Monthly Archives: March 2007
It’s a… Boy???
I’ve been working on a baby blanket for the past two weeks. I’m half way, it’s beautiful, I’m having a lot of fun. Yes, it’s made with this really cute yarn that goes in lilac, pink, baby blue and white… Cute, really cute… Really girly. That’s because my sister in law’s expecting a baby we were all convinced was going to be a girl after her first ultrasounds. Name already chosen, baby shower in the way…
Well, hold your horses. She went for one of those new 3-D ultrasounds today and guess what? IT’S A BOY! Yeah, there goes the blanket. But who cares… It’s a boy! Yay!
Oh no, I did NOT…
Oh yes, I did TOO! I went and made me a weblog with the sole purpose of marking my progress in Animal Crossing Wild World. What? Some people pick their noses, others take photos, others knit, others get drunk. I’m a ACWW gamer, and I love it!
The Dead Dads Club
From Grey’s Anatomy, when George’s father dies.
Cristina: There’s a club. The “Dead Dads” club. And you can’t be in it until you’re in it. You can try to understand, you can sympathize but until you feel that loss. My dad died when I was nine. George, I’m really sorry you had to join the club.
George: I… I don’t know how to exist in a world where my dad doesn’t.
Cristina: Yeah, that never really changes.
I could make it through divorce, and I recovered. But my father’s dead… That’ll make me cry until the day I leave this world as well. Little memories here and there make me realize how much I lost the day he died. On the good side, I’ll always remember him as a great man, a great husband and father, and a amazingly brave human being. I’m glad I’ll always think of him as my hero.
A State of Mind
I saw this documentary yesterday titled “A State of Mind” — Two British guys were allowed to cross the very tight borders of North Korea to follow the lives and training of two girls who participated in the Mass Games of 2003. Before watching this piece, I really had no idea of what went on in that isolated country, only what I heard sometimes in the news about crazy Kim Jong Il and his plot to nuke the world.
Every minute of the documentary was a whole new world for me. The people who made part of it, are probably not the ones suffering the most, but I found myself thinking “Wow! How can they live like that?” — Then again, I can’t compare myself to them, my reality is not their reality. They have no idea of the modern world commodities, yet what does it matter? They don’t know different.
North Koreans both fear and hate Americans fiercely, and are taught Americans are the enemy since they are children. The wounds left by the Korean War have not healed, and everything that goes wrong is blamed on Americans. Their conviction about their leaders being some kind of deity is actually scary. Everything they do is to please their leaders, and to stand for themselves as a communist nation. Everything is done equally, even in those Mass Games. Choreographies must be perfect, they should be done as a whole, nobody can stand anyone else out, they are all the same.
At the end of the documentary I had a question: Is this actually bad or good? Their borders are closed, they have no communication with the rest of the world, there are only 6 international flights per week. They have decided to keep their identity, social and political standards “uncontaminated” — But how long can a nation live like that? And what is worse, how long is it going to take for the United States to go there and change things? If they attack one day, there will be one million casualties just during the first 24 hours.
Watch it, way worth it.