- why do I do this to myself? 2001-11-17 17:11:16 I'm finishing up the graphics for my wallpaper site, and since it's a fall edition, I decided to use the theme of Thanksgiving on one page. So I'm currently manipulating images of turkey, gravy, cranberries, pie, potatoes, etc. Ah, it's so cruel! Now I'm starving... mmm, turkey, stuffing, pecan pie... *droool* Thanksgiving needs to hurry up and get here already. ;)
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in reference to my nickname
2001-11-16 16:28:20
knghtbrd wrote:
>There is my incurable (but controllable)[love] to see things go boom, but >that isn't too strange is it? I just love the hint of burned sulfur smell >in the air after a match is lit and a good sized fire is the best thing >in the world next to broadband internet access. Nothing wrong with that >right? It's not like I go burning buildings down or anything!
LOL - yeah, that would be me! After all, my nickname *is* pyro. The best part of it? My mom's boyfriend is an arson investigator. So I know all the tricks. <mischievous laughter> - you think that's scary... 2001-11-16 11:33:05 Hey, Hsien, you think it's weird being in the dreams of people you don't know? It's stranger having them in your own dreams! Ahh! Get out of my head! :)
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i live vicariously through my dreams
2001-11-16 11:12:13
First off, iserlohn, I agree that war is very interesting. That's an intensive strategy game on its own. It's just that its repercussions tend to blow. :) So let's see, I can be a world-famous diplomat and you can be the general who figures out strategies for when my diplomacy fails, right? ;p
And now, for the weird-ass dreams...
LOL, knghtbrd, your dream *was* weird simply for the huge randomness factor. I particularly like the part about the mallets. ^_^ Although I kinda wonder what you imagined us all to look like. Hmm, I wonder what I would look like in cel-animation... Anyway, I'm sure if you ever meet us, we won't look much like our dreamselves. :) I also thought the part involving me was funny - *me* telling someone else they have weird dreams?! I really don't have any room to talk. ^_^;
Actually, I also had an amv-creator-related dream about the same time you did. It's really weird, and focuses solely on Hsien - which is strange, since I've never met him nor talked to him (directly, at least). Anyway, as in most of my dreams it involves a *Secret Organization* (which is ALSO strange, since I don't subscribe to any conspiracy-theory type things, nor do I read a lot of conspiracy novels. *shrugs* My mind is twisted.). At any rate, Hsien was being hunted by this *Secret Organization*, and somehow he bumps into me and gets me entangled in it. So we decide to hide-out at my family's place for a while. Don't even ask why, since the *last* place I would hide at - or would force anyone to stay at - is with my parents and brothers (who are both seniors in HS). One night we were eating Chinese food, and then after we finished the *Secret Organization* found us and off we went again. Another strange thing about this dream was our ages. I was the age I actually am, but Hsien was around 40 and looked older than that. I just knew he was 40 in the way dreamers know these kinds of things. He had a bunch of grey hair and crow's feet and wrinkles. I can't explain at all why he was a different age than me. Very very odd. And no, I'm not stalking him. :)
Although, that's actually a pretty tame dream for me. Almost all of my dreams - ever since I was little - have had an Indiana Jones quality to them. I have an extremely overactive imagination and damned strong visualization skills, so that makes for some pretty interesting dreams. In fact, in the past 2 years I've dreamt that I died 3 times. And I actually *did* die in those dreams. Creeeeepy..... I also mumble in my sleep, and according to my past roommates, they swear I was speaking in languages I shouldn't know how to speak in. My first roommate actually woke up one night to hear me yelling over and over again, "Ya lublu tebya!" (I love you in Russian.) At that time I had neither a boyfriend nor anyone I was interested in. My mind works in really, *really* twisted ways. I should probably be glad that I don't understand all of it. <sheepish grin>
So the question now is, how much have I freaked everyone out? <big mischievous grin> -
chess on a global scale
2001-11-14 16:40:49
I'm really surprised with how much I've been reading the news lately. Until a few months ago, I didn't pay attention much to the world around me. Then I signed up for a global politics class at the local community college. It's on Wednesday nights, and I'm not taking it for credit or for any reason that I wanted to see what politics - particularly international relations - is about. Because of that class, I've started reading BBC News online almost every day. And I have this to say:
War is horrible. Diplomacy is fascinating.
I've always liked mental challenges, and war is easy - well, relatively. Since this *is* a class, we have tests, and one of the essay questions we've had is "Should we have deposed Saddam Hussien? Should we now?" Out of curiosity, I asked my family members - who are ordinary people, average intelligence (yeah, I know that sounds cruel, but...), etc. Their response was this: "We should nuke the bastard!"
You know, if this is the mindset of an average American, no wonder a lot of other countries don't like us. How can you possibly say something like that?! The consequences are too great to EVER use nuclear weapons. And there are far more effective and humane ways of making a point than scorching the earth.
Which is why I like politics, and diplomacy. It's hard. It's like chess on a global scale, but in this case the pieces are *alive* - and that includes the environment. Right now I work for a real estate company, but it's only temporary. And I'm seriously considering trying to get into the Foreign Service. At one point in my life I wanted to be an astronomer - I still love it - but I don't think I'm cut out for it. But I think I have the power to actually make this world a better place. And international politics could be the means. Perhaps that sounds egotistical or self-centered, but it's not. I honestly have always wanted to *do* something to make this world better. And... I think I may have found a way. I want to give it a shot at least.
It'll be interesting to see how the events in Afghanistan play out. Even if things become only a small amount better - there, and the world over, since countries that don't normally speak to one another are cooperating in this case - isn't the fighting worth it? And perhaps when this is all done, we can return to peaceful ways of dealing with nations, and try to improve the situations of others everywhere. I have high ambitions, I know, but I wouldn't want it any other way.
This entry doesn't really have a point, I guess. I'm just getting some things off my chest. Hopefully I made some semblance of sense.
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