Hee!
“Along the way, L. Paul Bremer III, the chief of the occupation authority, has revised policies that had seemed all but immutable as long as Iraq was bumping along, unsteadily but still surely, toward the transfer of sovereignty on June 30.
Like a storm-tossed ship’s master calling all hands, he has reached out to members of the old government, holding out the prospect of return to thousands of former officials and Baath Party members.”
STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID!
Joe Drymala said it best. “Remember after World War II, when we were occupying Germany and we reached out to all those Nazis and put them in positions of power to stabilize the country? Since they’d, you know, done it before? Me neither, since it didn’t happen. Since that would have been STUPID. Much like this is. But June 30 is fast approaching.”
Guh, why does everything about this idiotic mess remind me off “Trojan Women”? Hecuba: Now that the war is over, you can think of nothing better than to remake the conditions that are the cause of war.”
I’m going to scream.
Whee! Bryn Mawr was crazy fun. Friede was nowhere to be found, but it was still lovely to get to spend time with Schlien and Allison.
Meanwhile, an explosion of coolness on the Harry Potter front! See the newest trailer (from a French source — delight in the subtitles!), and then chortle over last night’s Saturday Night Live skit!
I am officially thrilled over the PoA movie. June 2nd, kids! The day after “Hat Full of Sky” comes out! W00t!
Whee! Last year’s UPenn SIGGRAPH animation, “Dink,” is one of the finalists in the MTVu “Best Animation on Campus” contest! “Dink” and two others are now just one vote away from a potentially obscene sum of money!
And I finally posted all the photos I’ve been promising my IRL friends I’d post for ages. Go see!
OMG REBECCA YOU ARE THE COOLEST PERSON IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE <33333333!!!!! I need to lend you software more often! Rebecca sent me:
YOU ARE TEH AWESOME AND LESS THAN THREE!!!!!!!
An LJ meme is going around where you find the fifth sentence of your 23rd post. No idea where they got those numbers, but they make me feel nicely self-important, as 5/23 is my half-birthday. XD Because I only use my LJ as a sketchblog, I decided to do the same for my blog instead.
“We were all incredibly hyper and we had the most hilarious waiter with the most spectacular timing I’ve ever seen.”
The post is here, for those interested.
Wow. Over 3 years ago. Time flies when you’re blogging.
Good lord. Virginia Passes “Marriage Affirmation Act” (further discussion of the law and full text in the comments). Why are people so… so evil? And isn’t that unconstitutional? Aren’t all states required to acknowledge marriages performed in other states?
Absolutely vile and disgusting. I’m appalled at the state of our government.
Edit: Currently reading the text of the Bill. It reads like the most bigoted, obscene piece of trash I’ve ever encountered. Even my hallmate Lior, who is quite conservative and usually disagrees with most of my liberal philosophies, thinks this law is way below the belt. Guh.
*cackles* Maybe Percy is evil! ChrisRankin.com posted new pics from Chris’ latest theatrical exploit, Hedda Gabler, and while I know nothing about the play, is it just me, or does he look strangely like Smallville’s Lionel Luther? Especially how it almost looks like he’s reading Braille. (if anyone can remember the name of the episode where Lionel reads Braille, I would appreciate it. I am still but a fledgeling fan.)
Percy is God, Boba Fett, and Lex Luthor’s daddy! Because, you know, fictional characters are indistinguishable from the actors who play them. XD