Thoughts on War

Well, really. France'd better be opposing possible joint US/British governance over Iraq. I'd be worried if they weren't. I'm worried that we're considering it, and I live here.
Can't say I'm suprised about the fact, though.

About this early surrendering of some bits of the Iraqi army: I can't put my finger on why it's making me feel this way, but I'm getting a really strong, "Oh, no! Don't throw me into the briar patch, Brer Wolf!" feeling off of this entire war.

It might be silly to talk about the war based on a feeling. But hey, I'm not the only one who's done that.

And, finally, let's be accurate. Kim Jong II is a dangerous, obsessive, psycopathic tyrant with nuclear weapons. Not a "pygmy". I have no use for a person who calls anyone, even Kim Jong II, nasty little names.

Wanted to share this.

This is my new buddy icon.



It's so cute I just thought I had to share. (It's a little plush Hakuryuu dragon from Gensomadden Saiyuki, a lovely anime now coming out in the US.)

Warped Movies

If you didn't get this emailed to you, you can get it here now too. Partly because I don't know what people will check first, LJ or email, and partly because it's easier than typing up an exhaustive email list of anyone who might ever want to see this.

There was a general discussion about movies and Alice in Wonderland and childhood over lunch, which is what the following email developed from. Enjoy.

I've found that Alice in Wonderland movie on Amazon...

On the little sidebar, incidentally, I found a guide that made me laugh so hard. You know, the kind that's like, "So...you'd like to learn more about Art History", etc? This one is "So...you'd like to Warp the Minds of your Children."

I've seen almost everything on the list, and read most of it, except for the fact that I had Return to Oz as a book-with-casette-tape-set instead of seeing the movie. (I still want to see the movie).

If I think hard enough, I can still remember what the cars sing when the toaster almost gets crushed by the junkyard machinery in The Brave Little Toaster. (I remember being wholly suprised when I came across the story that inspired the movie in a SF award anthology from the mid 1950's to late '60's, and musing on the fact that it had a subtitle: "A Morality Tale for Household Appliances.")

A suggestion for Rush-that-Speaks: How about next year we have a series of "movies that warped us unspeakably as children"? There'd be a lot. I can think of at least four more off the top of my head. (I was terrified of Elrond in the animated version of The Hobbit.)

Going off to sew.