First of I wanna talk about a very unfortunate man called Christopher Handley who right now is in danger of being prosecuted for owning child pornography. Only problem is; he doesn't. What he might go to jail for is owning yaoi and lolicon manga. Now, I don't know all that much about lolicon, but I know that it is not child pornography. Yaoi on the other hand I have read, and I even own some, and that is not child pornography at all.
You can read more about this case here: Splash Page
Yaoi is homoerotic manga (japanese comics) mainly written for a female audience. It's not really porn, as it most often focuses on the feelings between the two guys, and the tension, and all that emotive business that often sail way over the heads of many men. The point of it is really that the girls who read it can be attracted by one of the men. Many yaoi manga get at least as many fangirls as regular manga squealing over which guy is cutest. And of course there is the occasional more or less explicit sexscene, but no less that regular manga. And as far as I know yaoi characters that have sex have to be of age, which means they have to be 20 or older, and thus does not fall into any kind of definition of a child. It's just the style they are drawn in that makes them seem younger. (I might be wrong about the age thing thou...)
On to less sinister business I saw an amazing movie yesterday. Okey, maybe not less sinister...
I saw Snakes and Earrings, which as you can probably see has a non-existent imdb entry. I'll see what I can do about that.XD
It's about a girl named Liu who meets a boy named Ama, who could be a needle pillow for all the piercings stuck in him. Ama takes Liu to meet Shiba, who could be a porcupine (he has sharp-looking objects protruding from his faceXP), who is a piercer and a tattoo artist. He gets her tongue pierced and decides to get tattoo on her back. She starts a relationship Shiba, even thou she is with Ama, and Ama kills a yakuza to prove his love for her. And all that goes along with things like that.
The movie is mostly about being lost and trying to find oneself. Liu uses bodymod and abusive sex as a way to not lose her self, she only feels alive when she is in pain.
I absolutely loved it. Fiancé was less than impressed howeverXP It's not that he didn't like, it's just not his kind of movie. He said something funny thou, that I usually like movies with "damaged" leading characters. And I started thinking about it, and it turns out, in almost all my favorite, non-childrens movies the main characters are damaged in some way. In Interview with the Vampire, Luis is totally torn, and Claudia is positively frightening sometimes. In Sweeney Todd most of the characters are just about deranged. In Sabrina Audrey Hepburn in torn apart by her love for David, and in Breakfast at Tiffany's she certainly is a bit damaged. Marilyn Monroe is one of my favorite actors of all time, and she certainly wads damaged.
And I started wondering why it is that I'm always drawn to the broken ones? That's one for the shrink to be sureXP But I guess it's because I'm broken myself, and it's easier to relate to the broken ones. I've always been sort of drawn to the underdog, which has landed me with some pretty crappy friends occasionally. (This does not include any of my present darlings BTW, but if you know me I bet you have heard all about themXP)
Anyway, it was a great movie (and it's based on a great book by Hitomi Kanehara), and as long as you don't have problems with needles, nudity or sex I really recommend it.
Oh! And I am skipping a grade in my Japanese class. I just finished grade 3 today, and my teacher told me she really thought I should skip a grade, because I am so talented. Now I must say, compliments are nice, but if you want to really make me happy, tell me I'm really good at something. I don't really care how I look, and I'm not gonna change myself for anyone, but I really like to be complimented on my mind, seeing as I consider that my greatest asset=D
I am really psyched right now=D I'm gonna go home and get my Japanese books tomorrow to start get up to their level=D=D
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
More movies^^,
I have seen more movies since my last post. So of course I'm gonna write about them.
On Sunday I saw Religilous and Zack and Miri make a Porno.
On Sunday I saw Religilous and Zack and Miri make a Porno.
Religilous
I'm a bit ambivalent about this movie. On the one side I found it funny, and it had some good points, on the other hand I find it really offensive. The title kind of says it all, it's a mix between the words "religion" and "ridiculous".
It was a good documentary, Bill Maher had made his research and all, and he made some great points. Like the way many pre-Christ religious myths has all the exact same traits as the Christ-myth.
But then he in the last 20 minutes of the film he went on to say that we should rid ourselves of all religion, because it is all bad, and it will be our doom. This I found offensive. Not because I'm religious, because I'm not. I found it offensive because I have seen with my very own eyes the way religion helps many people. I don't really like organized religion, or any of the many monstrous things that some people do in the name of religion. I loathe people that push their religion on other people, just because it's helps you, does not mean I'm interested. But the world is a very cruddy place, and for some people the only way to get through the cruddy times is to believe that a bigger being has a plan for them, and that when it ends they are going to a better place. I think that is a good thing. And not for themselves, when someone is sick or dies it helps some people to believe that when their sick loved ones pass on they will have it better where ever they go. How on earth is that a bad thing?
So if you feel like being provoked I would recommend this documentary. Actually you should see it anyway, it has some really great points, and if you don't care to be provoked you don't have to see the last 20 minutes.
It was a good documentary, Bill Maher had made his research and all, and he made some great points. Like the way many pre-Christ religious myths has all the exact same traits as the Christ-myth.
But then he in the last 20 minutes of the film he went on to say that we should rid ourselves of all religion, because it is all bad, and it will be our doom. This I found offensive. Not because I'm religious, because I'm not. I found it offensive because I have seen with my very own eyes the way religion helps many people. I don't really like organized religion, or any of the many monstrous things that some people do in the name of religion. I loathe people that push their religion on other people, just because it's helps you, does not mean I'm interested. But the world is a very cruddy place, and for some people the only way to get through the cruddy times is to believe that a bigger being has a plan for them, and that when it ends they are going to a better place. I think that is a good thing. And not for themselves, when someone is sick or dies it helps some people to believe that when their sick loved ones pass on they will have it better where ever they go. How on earth is that a bad thing?
So if you feel like being provoked I would recommend this documentary. Actually you should see it anyway, it has some really great points, and if you don't care to be provoked you don't have to see the last 20 minutes.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
First of: This is not a childrens movie. It has boobs and sex in it. So noone under the agelimit for this one.
But a great movie. Really funny. I want this on DVD!!!
It's about Zack and Miri who are best friends, and roomsmates, and who are broke. So decide to make a porno movie to raise some money, and all that entailsXD
One of the things I absolutely loved was that both Traci Lords (who played Bubbles) and Katie Morgan (why played Stacey) used to play in actual porn movies.
Oh my, this sounds a bit like a dirty movie doesn't it? That wasn't supposed to happenXP
It's actually a really sweet romantic comedy. (But if you are offended by bare boobs, this one is not for you=j)
On monday there was Café Isobe and RocknRolla.
But a great movie. Really funny. I want this on DVD!!!
It's about Zack and Miri who are best friends, and roomsmates, and who are broke. So decide to make a porno movie to raise some money, and all that entailsXD
One of the things I absolutely loved was that both Traci Lords (who played Bubbles) and Katie Morgan (why played Stacey) used to play in actual porn movies.
Oh my, this sounds a bit like a dirty movie doesn't it? That wasn't supposed to happenXP
It's actually a really sweet romantic comedy. (But if you are offended by bare boobs, this one is not for you=j)
On monday there was Café Isobe and RocknRolla.
Café Isobe
This was a really sweet movie. A bit wierd at times, but what movie isn't, ne?
It was about Sakiko and her father who opens a café. They hire waitresses, one of which the father gets a crush on. Actually kit wasn't really about anything, there was just a few people and a café, but it was good anyway. Reminded me a tad about Shunji Iwai's movies. Just really cute=D
(I could not find a trailer for this one. Swowy=j)
It was about Sakiko and her father who opens a café. They hire waitresses, one of which the father gets a crush on. Actually kit wasn't really about anything, there was just a few people and a café, but it was good anyway. Reminded me a tad about Shunji Iwai's movies. Just really cute=D
(I could not find a trailer for this one. Swowy=j)
RocknRolla
Could have been shorter, but it was perfectly fine. It's apperantly the first movie in a triology, and you can kind of tell. Guy Ritchie spends most of the movie mapping out the characthers, and there really isn't much of a story. But it was a cool movie. It was never boring, not really, just a bit long. Thadie Newton was awesome.
Tuesday (i.e. yesterday) I saw Parkin and Sword of the Stranger.
Tuesday (i.e. yesterday) I saw Parkin and Sword of the Stranger.
Parking
It's supposed to be a comedy, but I would not call it that. Apart from a few gag elements it wasn't really funny.
It's about Chen Mo who keeps getting parked in, and isn't able to get home. There's a lot of little subplots that really did not make all that much sense to me. It came over as little messy, and most of the sideplots were really disconnected and seemed sort of redudant.
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't really good either.
It's about Chen Mo who keeps getting parked in, and isn't able to get home. There's a lot of little subplots that really did not make all that much sense to me. It came over as little messy, and most of the sideplots were really disconnected and seemed sort of redudant.
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't really good either.
Sword of the Stranger
It was a great animemovie, really detailed. But I had the same issue with this one as I have with many animemovies, I kapt feeling there was more story, story the didn't tell us, but that I wanted to know. Like why Kotaro's blood had those magic qualities, and the full story behind NoName. I kept thinking it was based on a book or manga, but ofcourse I couldn't find anything about it, so it seems it isn't.
It was a great movie, the animation was great, and it had a great story, I really enjoyed it=D
It was a great movie, the animation was great, and it had a great story, I really enjoyed it=D
Friday, November 21, 2008
Oslo International Filmfestival, and we're off
And we're off. As of yesterday actually. I have seen three movies thus far, and I have plenty more on the program=D
I am a volunteer this year, so I get to see as many movies as I want for free=D
I am a volunteer this year, so I get to see as many movies as I want for free=D
Slumdog Millionaire
The festival started yesterday with a bang. With the exception of the audience on the closing film at London International Filmfestival we were the first in Europe to see it, which of course was awesome.
I went into it expecting a violent, but ultimately unengaging movie, and I could not have been more wrong. It was a moving, spectacular love story.
It's about this boy, Jamal, who wins the grand price in Who Want's to be a Millionaire, and is suspected of having cheated, who tells the story of how he came to know all the answers to a police officer, and thus we come to know his life. From his start in the slum, his brutal older brother, and his love for Latika. I must admit it was both violent and brutal at times, but it was done in a way that it didn't seem pointless, it all drove the movie forwards. All the actors were good, and I was particularly amazed by the children, who managed to play the roles very convincingly.
I really recommend this movie. And I really want it on DVD=D
I went into it expecting a violent, but ultimately unengaging movie, and I could not have been more wrong. It was a moving, spectacular love story.
It's about this boy, Jamal, who wins the grand price in Who Want's to be a Millionaire, and is suspected of having cheated, who tells the story of how he came to know all the answers to a police officer, and thus we come to know his life. From his start in the slum, his brutal older brother, and his love for Latika. I must admit it was both violent and brutal at times, but it was done in a way that it didn't seem pointless, it all drove the movie forwards. All the actors were good, and I was particularly amazed by the children, who managed to play the roles very convincingly.
I really recommend this movie. And I really want it on DVD=D
Lorna's Silence
I was amazed at how much I enjoyed this movie, seeing as I don't usually like this kind of movies, but this one was captivating.
It's about a girl from Albania who has married a junky to get a Belgian citizenship, but the movie doesn't offer much in the way of explanation of anything, so I kind of had to piece together what had happened from very little information.
One of the criticisms it got on IMDB is that it was hard to understand the motivations of the main characters, but I think this added to the realism of it all. It seemed more like a fly on the wall thing, than an actual movie, and in real life you don't always understand the motivations of those around you (at least I don't). I think it became this way because of the lack of explanation, but again, I think that added to the realism of it all. It was one 100% cronological, and then of course things become confusing sometimes.
I would recommend it mostly for those who like slow beautiful movies, that are not at all in any way main stream blockbusters. It was art, to be honest, more art than movie, and I loved it.
(I could not find a subtitled version of the trailer, but you get kind of a feel of the movie. Even if it does seem a tad like a scary movie. It's not. At all)
It's about a girl from Albania who has married a junky to get a Belgian citizenship, but the movie doesn't offer much in the way of explanation of anything, so I kind of had to piece together what had happened from very little information.
One of the criticisms it got on IMDB is that it was hard to understand the motivations of the main characters, but I think this added to the realism of it all. It seemed more like a fly on the wall thing, than an actual movie, and in real life you don't always understand the motivations of those around you (at least I don't). I think it became this way because of the lack of explanation, but again, I think that added to the realism of it all. It was one 100% cronological, and then of course things become confusing sometimes.
I would recommend it mostly for those who like slow beautiful movies, that are not at all in any way main stream blockbusters. It was art, to be honest, more art than movie, and I loved it.
(I could not find a subtitled version of the trailer, but you get kind of a feel of the movie. Even if it does seem a tad like a scary movie. It's not. At all)
W.
I was expecting great things from this movie, and honestly, it did not deliver. It was boring to say the truth. I think it's mainly a movie for people who are really into American politics. It was sort of interresting to see how Bush became the man that he is, but it's a movie, so how much of it can I trust to be true.?
I thought it would be a rather harsh criticism, but it fell kinda flat on that point. To me it ended up being a movie about a man who craps on his leg multiple times and eats a lot. There was lots and lots of eating in this movie, closeups of eating, which I found not only pointless, but really gross.
Fiancé like it much better than I did, but he is really into American politics, so it was way more interesting for him than for me.
I won't say that it was a bad movie, it was just not for me. It dragged out and could very well have been at least 20 min shorter, but I can't really say what to cut. Maybe all the clips of him lazing around watching sports.
I recommend this movie for those who are into American politics. Or those who want's to learn about George W. Bush.
I thought it would be a rather harsh criticism, but it fell kinda flat on that point. To me it ended up being a movie about a man who craps on his leg multiple times and eats a lot. There was lots and lots of eating in this movie, closeups of eating, which I found not only pointless, but really gross.
Fiancé like it much better than I did, but he is really into American politics, so it was way more interesting for him than for me.
I won't say that it was a bad movie, it was just not for me. It dragged out and could very well have been at least 20 min shorter, but I can't really say what to cut. Maybe all the clips of him lazing around watching sports.
I recommend this movie for those who are into American politics. Or those who want's to learn about George W. Bush.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
New glasses (again)
I wrote about my purdy new glasses a few weeks ago, and how they made me seasick. Well, I have gotten the new lenses now, and I look hot in them without getting seasick=D I love them, they are just so purdy=D All powder pink and purdy=D=D I am pretty now=D
I will try to get up pictures soon=D
And everything looks so crisp, it's almost a bit unnerving. I have had the old glasses since 2003, and have gotten to everything further away than 10 meters having fuzzy edges. And I can see everything now=D=D It's great, but it's gonna take some getting used to=D=D
Word of the day:
修正 - shuusei - amendment, correction, revision, modification, alteration, retouching, update, fix
I will try to get up pictures soon=D
And everything looks so crisp, it's almost a bit unnerving. I have had the old glasses since 2003, and have gotten to everything further away than 10 meters having fuzzy edges. And I can see everything now=D=D It's great, but it's gonna take some getting used to=D=D
Word of the day:
修正 - shuusei - amendment, correction, revision, modification, alteration, retouching, update, fix
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Womanizer
So Britney Spears has just released her new single:
Warning: Partial nudity in this video.
I have come to the conclusion that Britney makes cool music these days. Actually, I have come to the conclusion that she has been making cool music for quite some time. I was just too "cool" to notice XP
This new song thou, I don't really like it all that much. It's a cool song and all, but the chorus is annoying. It's all repetitive and generic.
One thing I like about the video thou, is the fact that she has become so much more versatile after she shaved her head. She takes on different persona much more effectively when she can use different wigs, and she is using that for all it's worth. Even if they look a bit like helmets thou. They are obviously synthetic. She needs to get a better wigmaker.
Sooo... I just felt like talking a bit Britney=D
Word of the day:
音楽 - ongaku - music
(PS: I'm thinking about taking requests for WotD, seeing as it's a little hard to think of one most of the time, and I sometimes feel it's better to leave them out entirely, instead of having something boring or odd. So requests for WotD are very welcome=D)
Warning: Partial nudity in this video.
I have come to the conclusion that Britney makes cool music these days. Actually, I have come to the conclusion that she has been making cool music for quite some time. I was just too "cool" to notice XP
This new song thou, I don't really like it all that much. It's a cool song and all, but the chorus is annoying. It's all repetitive and generic.
One thing I like about the video thou, is the fact that she has become so much more versatile after she shaved her head. She takes on different persona much more effectively when she can use different wigs, and she is using that for all it's worth. Even if they look a bit like helmets thou. They are obviously synthetic. She needs to get a better wigmaker.
Sooo... I just felt like talking a bit Britney=D
Word of the day:
音楽 - ongaku - music
(PS: I'm thinking about taking requests for WotD, seeing as it's a little hard to think of one most of the time, and I sometimes feel it's better to leave them out entirely, instead of having something boring or odd. So requests for WotD are very welcome=D)
Friday, November 14, 2008
Video games can be really sad and really nice
I just felt I had to blog this comic: Animal Crossing
I read it the first time about a year ago, and then this artist on DA talked about it, and I think it's nice, but kind of sad.
So this is just me saying to everyone I love and care about: I love you all a lot, and if you ever die on me I will be sad about it forever.
And to everyone who reads my blog, but doesn't know me in real life: In a way I love you too, because in a way you find me interesting enough to keep reading about me, even when I only ramble about movies and books and games, and Rusket, and stuff like that. It makes me happy that some people out there care even if they don't know me=D
Love you all=d *great big huglings all around*
Word of the day:
愛 - ai - love
I read it the first time about a year ago, and then this artist on DA talked about it, and I think it's nice, but kind of sad.
So this is just me saying to everyone I love and care about: I love you all a lot, and if you ever die on me I will be sad about it forever.
And to everyone who reads my blog, but doesn't know me in real life: In a way I love you too, because in a way you find me interesting enough to keep reading about me, even when I only ramble about movies and books and games, and Rusket, and stuff like that. It makes me happy that some people out there care even if they don't know me=D
Love you all=d *great big huglings all around*
Word of the day:
愛 - ai - love
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Economicsmono!
Just to explain the title:mono is a japanese suffix you can add onto any word to make it bad or rude.
Further explanation of the title: I do NOT like my economics class today. My classmates are noisy, and the air is stuffy and hard to breathe, even after I opened a window rigth behind my computer. This makes it hard to think. And on top of that, when I ask for help, and when my teacher comes over and discovers I have made an error he sighs in this really condescening way, like he's saying "oh, my. What is this idiot doing in my class", which of course annoys me out of my head. But what on earth is logical about the taxes you are supposed to pay going in the "incoming taxes" account?! I despise things that don't make sense, they screw up everything, making everything muddled and stupid, and when all he says is, "but that is just the way it is", with out offering the slightest explanaition of any kind on way the system works the way it does that infuriates me. Just a tad. A great big hunk of a tad. I DO NOT like my econimics class or my economics teacher today. I do NOT enjoy being made to feel stupid, no one does, and he made me feel like I should be in an effing special class for kids with learning issues.
BLAH!!!
Rant end.
(and if anyone can make economics logical for me, I will hunt them down and kiss them)
Further explanation of the title: I do NOT like my economics class today. My classmates are noisy, and the air is stuffy and hard to breathe, even after I opened a window rigth behind my computer. This makes it hard to think. And on top of that, when I ask for help, and when my teacher comes over and discovers I have made an error he sighs in this really condescening way, like he's saying "oh, my. What is this idiot doing in my class", which of course annoys me out of my head. But what on earth is logical about the taxes you are supposed to pay going in the "incoming taxes" account?! I despise things that don't make sense, they screw up everything, making everything muddled and stupid, and when all he says is, "but that is just the way it is", with out offering the slightest explanaition of any kind on way the system works the way it does that infuriates me. Just a tad. A great big hunk of a tad. I DO NOT like my econimics class or my economics teacher today. I do NOT enjoy being made to feel stupid, no one does, and he made me feel like I should be in an effing special class for kids with learning issues.
BLAH!!!
Rant end.
(and if anyone can make economics logical for me, I will hunt them down and kiss them)
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sad, sad times
My betta Frank died on Thursday=( I was really sad, but I have come to the conclusion that I shall wait to get new fish until I can have a large tank with a filter, so that it/they won't die from me not being able to wash the tank as often as I should. Even thou I don't think that is what happened, 'cos I had just cleaned his tank a few days earlier. I think maybe he was ill, because his gills had been a bit pale for some time.
Well, anywho... I am gonna go curl up on the couch now...
Well, anywho... I am gonna go curl up on the couch now...
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Nortec Collective
Fiancé is so nice^^, I have had a pretty craptastic day, so he took me to see the opening concert for Oslo World Music Festival. The Nortec Collective was playing. After about 30-45 boring minutes of Åse Kleveland saying the same things over and over the concert started.
Nortec Collective had grasped something that most other bands have not. Visuals can make music better. Not that the music wouldn't be just as good on it's own, but they had a great big screen behind the stage showing different video clips. Most of them were from Tijuana, which is where the band comes from, and for me that don't dance it was nice having something interesting to look at. Now, I love to look at people dancing, and there was this girl dancing right in front of me waving her tush in my face (I was sitting), which was very nice to look at, but even that gets old after a while, and then the video clips were nice to have.
The music itself was awesome, a mix of norteño and techno. If you want a listen just click the post title and it will take you straight to their myspace site. The band were awesome on stage, you could tell that they really loved playing live, they were jumping and smiling and having a great time. For me it's kind of important that people perform love every minute of it. Dancers dragging their bodies around, or singers or actors that look bored out of their minds make my soul hurt. I would give so much to be there on that stage with them, and when they look bored or as if they don't enjoy themselves it's an insult to everyone who would kill to be on that stage. But I am digressing. The audience was great too, dancing and jumping and loving every minute of the concert. They literally screamed for more when the band started to go off stage, and they played three encores.
Nortec Collective had grasped something that most other bands have not. Visuals can make music better. Not that the music wouldn't be just as good on it's own, but they had a great big screen behind the stage showing different video clips. Most of them were from Tijuana, which is where the band comes from, and for me that don't dance it was nice having something interesting to look at. Now, I love to look at people dancing, and there was this girl dancing right in front of me waving her tush in my face (I was sitting), which was very nice to look at, but even that gets old after a while, and then the video clips were nice to have.
The music itself was awesome, a mix of norteño and techno. If you want a listen just click the post title and it will take you straight to their myspace site. The band were awesome on stage, you could tell that they really loved playing live, they were jumping and smiling and having a great time. For me it's kind of important that people perform love every minute of it. Dancers dragging their bodies around, or singers or actors that look bored out of their minds make my soul hurt. I would give so much to be there on that stage with them, and when they look bored or as if they don't enjoy themselves it's an insult to everyone who would kill to be on that stage. But I am digressing. The audience was great too, dancing and jumping and loving every minute of the concert. They literally screamed for more when the band started to go off stage, and they played three encores.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Election day nerves
I usually have a rule not to express all too much of my political opinions on the web, because many people feel very strongly about politics and I don't like offending people. But today I can not help myself. By this time tomorrow we are going to have a new American president. You can argue that since I live in Norway I don't really need to give a rat's tushie about who will win todays election, but I do need to give a rat's tushie about it, because what happens in America affects the entire globe. Just look at the financial crisis we are having right now, America's economy collapsed, and then the rest of the world collapsed. Or warfare, America decides to attack someone, and the rest of the world are forced to take a stand.
My point is that, as of today, America is the most influential nation in the entire world, and they need to stop effing things up. Which is why I have been urging every American I have met online to vote for Obama. I have met a lot of reluctance thou, Americans seem to think that voting for Obama means America will become a communist nation. I even heard about a pro-McCain senator or commentator (can't remeber which) saying "Do we really want to become like Sweeden?". WTF? How is Sweeden bad? Or Norway for that matter? Why is the welfare system all that awful? And common, free health care? Why is that awful? I really can't understand that these things are all that awful.
In Norway we don't have completely free health care, but it's affordable. For everyone. And lifesaving opperations that will ruin most Americans (seeing as health insurance companies are paying for less and less) are free. Save loosing your job do to illness, falling ill will not ruin you, and it will certainly not indebt you for the rest of your life. How is that bad?
I talked with this girl who said that she wasn't interested in paying for other's lazyness. Fine i can get that, I really can, but what will she say if she ever gets cancer, or some other disease that will indebt her for life, and remove her option of getting health insurance. The way their system is now Americans better cross their fingers and hope they never fall seriously ill. In America I would not be able to get healt insurance ever, because of things that went on in my life when I was 13. Things that I had little to no control over. Things that would have indebted my parents and probably forced them to sell their house and car and just about everything else we owned. How on earth is that a fair system? Or even a working system?
And Palin! The woman scares me half to death. She is completely incompetent, and frankly, quite unintelligent. And she will, with about 75% certainty, become president if McCain is elected, and she will drive the whole world under.
And what does America have against muslims? Do they not know that there is a thing in America called freedom of religion? And that religion and the state is not supposed to have any connection whatsoever? It says so in their beloved constitution. Black on white. I feel sad right down to my core when the question "why shouldn't Obama be president?" is answered by "just look at his name. He obviously has muslim connections. He has to be dangerous." So just because Obama's middle name is Hussein, and Obama "sort of sounds like Osama", he has to me muslim, and must dangerous? I must say that some Americans should not be allowed to procreate. Seriously. They seem to be getting stupider and more narrowminded by the minute. Obama is just as Christian as Palin or McCain, but he is a lot less dangerous.
So I am crossing every limb I have got and hope that Obama is elected president, and that he has the ability to sort things out. America, and the rest of the world too, deserves a levelheaded decent person for president. Some one who can lead them and us into a better future than McCain and Palin ever could.
I appologize for any hurt feelings, but Americans need to start thinking about how their actions affect the rest of the world. They have fought to become as powerful and influential as they have become, and now is the time to start taking responsiblity for it.
My point is that, as of today, America is the most influential nation in the entire world, and they need to stop effing things up. Which is why I have been urging every American I have met online to vote for Obama. I have met a lot of reluctance thou, Americans seem to think that voting for Obama means America will become a communist nation. I even heard about a pro-McCain senator or commentator (can't remeber which) saying "Do we really want to become like Sweeden?". WTF? How is Sweeden bad? Or Norway for that matter? Why is the welfare system all that awful? And common, free health care? Why is that awful? I really can't understand that these things are all that awful.
In Norway we don't have completely free health care, but it's affordable. For everyone. And lifesaving opperations that will ruin most Americans (seeing as health insurance companies are paying for less and less) are free. Save loosing your job do to illness, falling ill will not ruin you, and it will certainly not indebt you for the rest of your life. How is that bad?
I talked with this girl who said that she wasn't interested in paying for other's lazyness. Fine i can get that, I really can, but what will she say if she ever gets cancer, or some other disease that will indebt her for life, and remove her option of getting health insurance. The way their system is now Americans better cross their fingers and hope they never fall seriously ill. In America I would not be able to get healt insurance ever, because of things that went on in my life when I was 13. Things that I had little to no control over. Things that would have indebted my parents and probably forced them to sell their house and car and just about everything else we owned. How on earth is that a fair system? Or even a working system?
And Palin! The woman scares me half to death. She is completely incompetent, and frankly, quite unintelligent. And she will, with about 75% certainty, become president if McCain is elected, and she will drive the whole world under.
And what does America have against muslims? Do they not know that there is a thing in America called freedom of religion? And that religion and the state is not supposed to have any connection whatsoever? It says so in their beloved constitution. Black on white. I feel sad right down to my core when the question "why shouldn't Obama be president?" is answered by "just look at his name. He obviously has muslim connections. He has to be dangerous." So just because Obama's middle name is Hussein, and Obama "sort of sounds like Osama", he has to me muslim, and must dangerous? I must say that some Americans should not be allowed to procreate. Seriously. They seem to be getting stupider and more narrowminded by the minute. Obama is just as Christian as Palin or McCain, but he is a lot less dangerous.
So I am crossing every limb I have got and hope that Obama is elected president, and that he has the ability to sort things out. America, and the rest of the world too, deserves a levelheaded decent person for president. Some one who can lead them and us into a better future than McCain and Palin ever could.
I appologize for any hurt feelings, but Americans need to start thinking about how their actions affect the rest of the world. They have fought to become as powerful and influential as they have become, and now is the time to start taking responsiblity for it.
Monday, November 3, 2008
SoraCon pictures
Just thought I'd post a notice that the pictures from SoraCon are finally up. You can find them at fiancé's flickr account here.
There were lots of nice costumes, but taking photos at cons are a real drag. First of all the lighting is dreadful, it's either ugly or dark, which means we have to use blitz, and that looks awful. Second, people at cons obviously thinks it's boring to be photographed, and they seem to think that pictures become great the first time every time. Which usually means that they end up looking bored and/or pissed at the first picture, who doesn't get good, and even more bored and/or pissed at the rest. Why on earth do people take the time to dress up if they don't like getting photographed?
We took a lot more than the ones that fiancé has posted, some of which are decent enough to put up after editing, but a very large amount of them are so fugly that he doesn't feel that he can put them up. We have to think about the models as well you know.
So to anyone in costumes as cons ever: learn cool poses and be prepared to look interesting more than once for each photographer, or you might very well end up looking awful all over the internet for the rest of eternity, for onve it's out there you ain't ever getting it down.
There were lots of nice costumes, but taking photos at cons are a real drag. First of all the lighting is dreadful, it's either ugly or dark, which means we have to use blitz, and that looks awful. Second, people at cons obviously thinks it's boring to be photographed, and they seem to think that pictures become great the first time every time. Which usually means that they end up looking bored and/or pissed at the first picture, who doesn't get good, and even more bored and/or pissed at the rest. Why on earth do people take the time to dress up if they don't like getting photographed?
We took a lot more than the ones that fiancé has posted, some of which are decent enough to put up after editing, but a very large amount of them are so fugly that he doesn't feel that he can put them up. We have to think about the models as well you know.
So to anyone in costumes as cons ever: learn cool poses and be prepared to look interesting more than once for each photographer, or you might very well end up looking awful all over the internet for the rest of eternity, for onve it's out there you ain't ever getting it down.
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