From Carol's Collection of Curiosities (these are great):
NEW WORDS FOR 2003, and God converts to Microsoft Windows, experiences salvation failure; disraught Christians lament not having Saved themselves more often.
Monday, April 14, 2003
Some Keanu Reeves movie is on TV. I totally adore Keanu Reeves. He looks like guys I grew up with, he's the ultimate cutie, and he sounds like guys I grew up with too, a combination of valley boy and surfer dude speak, plus he sounds like he could be in the Jetsons cartoon (like oh my god, he's like so tubular, so dealer's high, so heavenly scrummy and sometimes he can even act!)
I can't wait for the Matrix sequel. Bring that Neo boy back!!!
I'd take Keanu Reeves over Tom Cruise, Nicholas Cage, Legolas from LOTR (have to think about this one -he's an elf boy afterall), Matthew McConaughey, Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe (the man can act), The Fiennes Boys (Ralph and Joseph), Ewan McGregor, and perhaps even Mr. Darcy - Colin Firth (maybe not).
I can't wait for the Matrix sequel. Bring that Neo boy back!!!
I'd take Keanu Reeves over Tom Cruise, Nicholas Cage, Legolas from LOTR (have to think about this one -he's an elf boy afterall), Matthew McConaughey, Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe (the man can act), The Fiennes Boys (Ralph and Joseph), Ewan McGregor, and perhaps even Mr. Darcy - Colin Firth (maybe not).
Sunday, April 13, 2003
Boy, do I just love conspiracy theorists. Here's one I found on the coincidence of having SARS break out at the same time we go to war with Iraq, SENDERBERL NOW SEES AND EXPLAINS CHINA’S MOTIVE BEHIND SARS.
I had a fun day today. I went to check out the Cherry Blossom festival in Japantown, and ended up watching 1) taiko drumming 2) japanese court dances 3) a demonstration in Ikebana the art of japanese floral arrangement and 4) a martial arts demonstrations from two dojos.
We had many japanese neighbours on our block, so I grew up with japanese culture. Our next door neighbour always gave up japanese sweets (they're not very sweet) on New Years day, and other japanese holidays. On Boy's Day May 5, they call it Children's Day in Japan now, our japanese neighbours flew carp/koi fish streamers from bamboo poles. I always thought if I had a son, I would celebrate Boy's Day and fly carp/koi fish for him. As a child, I always loved the carp fish flying on May 5.
Girl's Day is March 3, and on that day our japanese neighbor always gave me a handmade japanse doll.
We also had a japanese television station in Hawaii with subtitles, and I sometimes watched the shows. I still remember some of their tv movies I saw growing up, which were mostly about the effects of the nuclear bomb on the families of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One show that I remember was about how all the children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were sent into the mountains before the nuclear bomb attack, and came home afterwards to find out they had only one parent or were orphans.
In the movie, one of the children now grown up remembered vividly what her life was like before the bomb attack and how happy and rich it was, and how depressing and impoverished her life was afterwards. Her dad was so shell shocked, he never talked about what happened or her mother's death either. He just worked very hard to take care of the both of them. It was such a sad, sad show.
You don't see shows on American TV, where they dwell so much years later on the effects of war on our country. Maybe with 9/11 they will, but I wonder if they will show it on TV all the time like they used to in Japan.
I'm too young to remember, but I wonder if they has tv shows about what life was like after World War 2 and the Vietnam War in America. But then America was not attacked in those wars.
I love japanese food as well, even more so than chinese food, only because I grew up eating japanese food more than I ate chinese food.
The japanese culture is so full of contradictions. On the hand, much of japanese culture is so refined, ordered and delicate like Ikebana, the tea ceremony, japanese court dances and bonsai. But then there's the wild and tribal stuff, like sumo wrestling, which is so fun to watch, and taiko drumming. On the one hand, you have the big noisy cities like Tokyo, and on the other hand, you have the buddhist temples and giant peaceful buddha statue at Kamakura.
I've never been to Japan, and I'd love to go. Everybody I know that's gone says it's just an amazing place. Perhaps my next vacation will be to Japan. I wonder how much this trip will set me back.
We had many japanese neighbours on our block, so I grew up with japanese culture. Our next door neighbour always gave up japanese sweets (they're not very sweet) on New Years day, and other japanese holidays. On Boy's Day May 5, they call it Children's Day in Japan now, our japanese neighbours flew carp/koi fish streamers from bamboo poles. I always thought if I had a son, I would celebrate Boy's Day and fly carp/koi fish for him. As a child, I always loved the carp fish flying on May 5.
Girl's Day is March 3, and on that day our japanese neighbor always gave me a handmade japanse doll.
We also had a japanese television station in Hawaii with subtitles, and I sometimes watched the shows. I still remember some of their tv movies I saw growing up, which were mostly about the effects of the nuclear bomb on the families of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One show that I remember was about how all the children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were sent into the mountains before the nuclear bomb attack, and came home afterwards to find out they had only one parent or were orphans.
In the movie, one of the children now grown up remembered vividly what her life was like before the bomb attack and how happy and rich it was, and how depressing and impoverished her life was afterwards. Her dad was so shell shocked, he never talked about what happened or her mother's death either. He just worked very hard to take care of the both of them. It was such a sad, sad show.
You don't see shows on American TV, where they dwell so much years later on the effects of war on our country. Maybe with 9/11 they will, but I wonder if they will show it on TV all the time like they used to in Japan.
I'm too young to remember, but I wonder if they has tv shows about what life was like after World War 2 and the Vietnam War in America. But then America was not attacked in those wars.
I love japanese food as well, even more so than chinese food, only because I grew up eating japanese food more than I ate chinese food.
The japanese culture is so full of contradictions. On the hand, much of japanese culture is so refined, ordered and delicate like Ikebana, the tea ceremony, japanese court dances and bonsai. But then there's the wild and tribal stuff, like sumo wrestling, which is so fun to watch, and taiko drumming. On the one hand, you have the big noisy cities like Tokyo, and on the other hand, you have the buddhist temples and giant peaceful buddha statue at Kamakura.
I've never been to Japan, and I'd love to go. Everybody I know that's gone says it's just an amazing place. Perhaps my next vacation will be to Japan. I wonder how much this trip will set me back.
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