tabular_rasa | Survey and Complaints

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Stuff about you
What's your name and sex?:	Amy, female.
Your gender?:	Female . . .
Your sexual preference?:	Male (heterosexual).
Your hair colour?:	Dark brown.
Eye Colour?:	Changeable blue/grey/green/silver/hazel.
Height?:	5'6'' or 5'7'', I suppose . . .
Heritage?:	German (1860s), Irish (pre-revolution), Scottish, French, English.
Pick One
cat/dog:	Cat.
night/day:	Night.
kiss/hug:	Kiss.
cuddle/sex:	Don't really do enough of either to make a judgement call.
dead/alive:	Dead. Death is a nice closer. I always like it better when characters die and stay dead, rather than end up miraculously alive-- though this doesn't really apply in real life.
phone/msn:	How about AIM?
candy/flowers:	Candy, woot! Lol . . .
What are your thoughts on...
Abortion?:	Keep it legal. It's going to be happening anyway, we might as well at least make it safe for the mother.
George Bush?:	He fails.
Gay Marriage?:	Make it legal. It doesn't mean everybody has to marry someone of the same sex, morons-- the same way abortion doesn't mean you HAVE to abort. LOVE CONQUERS ALL!!!
The War on Terrorism?:	It failed. I mean, the very concept is kind of retarded. How on earth can you stop "terrorism?" It's like stopping "murder." It can't be done.
War in General?:	It fails. It achieves very little in comparison to what it destroys.
Animal Abuse?:	People, if you don't want your animals, why keep them? Shoot, give theem to me. I will love them.
Human Abuse?:	If you don't love your kids or your spouse, why keep THEM? There are families waiting to adopt and lonely singles who would treat them better!
The Tsunami?:	It, um, sucked? It was a random act of nature, if that's what you mean-- God didn't like send it down on us WRATHGRRR!!!
Favourites
Animal?:	Cats, rabbits, penguins, fish, ducks.
Colour?:	Purple, pink, blue.
Place?:	Japan. WashU? Lol . . .
Food?:	Corn-on-the-cob!-- and chocolate. Not together O.o
Game?:	Roleplaying :-P
Actor?:	Tim Curry, lol . . . he's amused me even as cartoon character voices. Nigel Thornberry, anyone? Lol . . .
Actress?:	Um . . . I dunno.
Genre of Music?:	Romantic-era instrumental, particularly for large orchestras and written in Eastern Europe or Russia.
Movie?:	V for Vendetta, Romeo and Juliet (1968), Grave of the Fireflies
Band?:	Too many to list, really.
Show?:	Invader ZIM. It be old school, but it be the only thing I ever made a point of watching.
Song?:	"Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
CD?:	I fall in love with burned mixed CDs I make of my then-favorite songs. They change, often, as I'm sure you can guess . . .
Do you like...
Sex?:	If it weren't for the fact I'm still a virgin, I'd have a fantastic sex life :-P (I'm quite fond of that one, lol . . . )
Children?:	Yes, but I wouldn't want my own at the moment. Not a big fan of pre-teens, though-- like, Neil's age . . . sorry, Neil O.o . . .
Animals?:	Yes.
George Bush?:	No. He might be a nice neighbor, next door, and not ruling the country . . . but he's ruling the country, and he fails.
Taking Surveys?:	Clearly-- but not as much as I used to, actually. They're too repetitive, now.
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I left my retainer at the lake, so now I have to drive up there today to get it, because I don't sleep without it. I also left my contacts and contact case. Nice . . .

Edit (12:43 pm_: I finished reading John Updike's Terrorist not too long ago. Mom had gotten it out of the library, and one day, when I was bored, I just read the whole thing.

It moved quickly, and I didn't read with the most depth, I'm sure. I had seen it reviewed in the Christian Science Monitor and it sounded interesting-- but I had my predictions about where it would go, most of which turned out completely true. In fact, the book seemed so utterly familiar as I read it it was as if I had written it, with just slightly different priorities. The plotline with the teacher and the mother was sort of random, not really something I would do-- I'd find some other means of connection-- but perhaps. Yet Ahmad seems like a cross between Kenji of my NaNo "Setting Sun" and Regulus in my longest-ever fanfic "Mummy's Favorite." I think I just have a penchant for these characters-- the idealist who believes in what he is told, and is willing to sacrifice everything for it, only to discover it is not the truth, in tragedy.

I guess Updike is just more optimistic than me. His characters don't end in oblivion and tragedy. They face the same ending, but his make the right choice and avoid tragedy; one of mine makes the wrong choice and faces tragedy, the other the right and still does not avoid it. Yet the disillusionment and tragedy of about-face is still the same. So maybe Updike is rooting for the pragmatists.

The kamikaze and the suicide bomber. More proof history repeats itself. It's created by the tragic disillusionment, or useless death (should they succeed), of all those of worth on our society-- the idealists, the romantics, the true believers-- leaving beyond only those of selfishness and corruption.

I still need to post the rest of my Nano ()-- it's buried somewhere in my school computer, which is buried in boxes somewhere in my room-- but the Regulus fic is online, if anyone cares. I noticed odd similarities, if you're good at equating fictional mindsets to real ones (dark wizardry as Islam? Death Eaters as fanaticism?) and can see the *big picture* rather than just little details of plot fulfillment: Mummy's Favorite.