Monthly Archives: July 2007

Decimated Family

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My family was decimated this weekend. Darwin, my beautiful Betta fish, decided to join fish heaven. In the big tank, one of our Angel fish decided to be supportive and went belly up yesterday morning. And then in the evening, the nice golden ballerina couldn’t take the pain of her buddies passing away, and died of a broken heart.

I blamed myself for the Betta fish dying. John tried to convince me it isn’t really my fault, they just die. I’m still feeling like I did something to the poor little one. But that’s it… No more bowl fish for me.

Remembering Darwin.

Letters from Iwo Jima

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Letters from Iwo Jima deserved the Golden Globe, the Oscar and many more. Clint Eastwood did a great job on this movie about the Japanese army defense of the island of Iwo Jima. A place I never heard about before, despite my not-so-bad knowledge of WWII. I guess it took a film to show me the other side of the story.

It has one of my favourite actors, Ken Watanabe, who is always so dignified on his roles about the honor of the Japanese race. The rest of the cast is very good as well, and there’s a lot of information on how the movie was made in the DVD Special Features. It is surprising to see how Japanese people actually didn’t know much of the story. It is our duty to remember history…

Another movie to show us human nature, human conflicts, and the fact that people usually don’t choose war… They are chosen by it. A reminder of humanity’s struggle for power, but most of all… for life.

★★★★1/2

Harry Potter Madness

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I like it when John gets excited about something. I like to see the happiness on his face. And today was a special day for him! Mr. Big Harry Potter freak got to buy the last book of the famous series. It is now 2:40 a.m., we came back from Borders about half an hour ago, and of course he is reading! I posted some pics of the event on my Flickr.

And to make things even more interesting, he finally got together with Daniel over Skype to make a Harry Potter podcast. Never mind the indecent picture of Daniel Radcliffe, he will be “legal” on Monday when he turns 18, so I won’t worry about lawsuits. I’ve been having a little bit of fun torturing friends with the kid as God sent him to earth.

One of my favourite words

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Main Entry: dig·ni·ty
Pronunciation: ‘dig-n&-tE
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English dignete, from Anglo-French digneté, from Latin dignitat-, dignitas, from dignus
1 : Poise and self-respect.
2 : Formal reserve or seriousness of manner, appearance, or language.
3 : The quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect.
4 : Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence.
Synonyms: Decorum, Self-respect, Self-esteem.

“Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.” -Aristotle

Friday’s Feast 152

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Appetizer
On a scale of 1 to 10 how much do enjoy watching sports on television?
Depends on what it is. I love watching Hockey on TV so I can scream in my living room. But going to live sports events is way better!

Soup
If you could completely memorize any one work of fiction, which one would you pick?
Oh, definitely The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer-Bradley.

Salad
What is your favorite breakfast food?
Any kind of bread made in my country, especially pandebono, with a cup of coffee. Oh, and I like omelettes.

Main Course
Name something fun you can do for less than $10.00.
There are plenty of good things you can do for under 10 bucks. If I’m alone, I can go to the movies (no popcorn, though). If I’m with someone, I can rent a couple of movies. I can even buy something yummy to eat at Sonic. Or ice cream. Paperback books are only 5.99. Plenty… plenty of things!

Dessert
How long does it usually take you to fall asleep?
I have trouble sleeping, so I usually need 10-20 minutes (on a good day) to fall asleep. Gym is helping a lot these days, I’m falling asleep rather quickly.