They mostly come at night...mostly...

[ebonlock]

I managed to pick my solo music last night and start messing around with the choreography part. I'm going to keep it a secret for now, if I actually manage to pull it off I'd like it to be a bit of a surprise for folks. We'll see if I can keep my mouth shut about it for more than a few days };)

Played with my new veils last night and quickly came to the conclusion that the green was so significantly different from the purple that the two could not be used together. Then I got the bright idea of pulling out my rectangular purple just to see how it and the green worked, turns out it'll do quite nicely. So a few modifications and I should once again have my highly desired green/purple pair. Now to learn how to use them.

Kage continues to sulk and even refused to sit on my lap this morning, turning her back to me and lying on the floor. How long can this shunning continue?

As I was leaving this morning I glanced at my front walk to see it literally covered with snails. Curse them! If it's not pouring when I get home I'm going outside and introducing as many of them as I can catch with my compost bucket. I've found that ultimately it's the only way to be sure, short of a tactical nuclear strike from orbit, of course.


Bush approves use of tear gas in battlefield, Only to save civilian lives, military says, Weapons experts fear violation of law"
NICHOLAS WADE AND ERIC SCHMITT

I need some time to read up on and ponder this one, but it does seem to me in a way to be more of the American "Because we said so," mentality. I never liked it when I parents used that one on me either.

And many thanks to kuro_neko for pointing me at these MSNBC polls, I'm taking a great deal of comfort from:
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? War protests in the U.S. are anti-American.
e-mail survey
Strongly disagree 35% 27%
Somewhat disagree 12% 20%
Somewhat agree 19% 23%
Strongly agree 32% 27%
I don't know 2% 3%

Though I'm not entirely sure what the question really means, it can be interpreted to be asking whether the protests (protestors) are actively anti-American in sentiment or whether the act of protest itself during this time of war is inherently anti-American in nature. If it's the former then I'd say yeah there was some anti-American-ism if you will, or more to the point, anti-Bush sentiment at the protest I went to, no question. But if it's the latter, I'd have to wonder how the slight majority of folks above defined "anti-American".

I also highly recommend this article:
Pros and Cons of Embedded Journalism

But, Steele cautioned that while "closeness can breed understanding," journalists must remain objective and not write about "we" or "our," but about "they."

"There's nothing wrong with having respect in our hearts for the men and women who are fighting this war, or respect for the men and women who are marching in the anti-war protests. The key is to make sure those beliefs don't color reporting," Steele said.

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[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Aliens.

I think the goo is starting to effect your brain, man. Just say no. };)

[tersa.livejournal.com]

I think he was guessing the movie title from you Subject line--something, I must admit, I'd been forgetting about recently. :)

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[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I think he was guessing the movie title from you Subject line--something, I must admit, I'd been forgetting about recently. :)

Perhaps I should post a retraction as he's right on the money with that one. Damn, where did I put all those gold stars...