Solitude is Preferred

Freewill v. Determinism: I am determined to make the wrong choice.

News of note:
Communism, lol. I would like to learn more economics.

Mccain, creationism. Today is Darwin day, btw. Celebrate science.

People suck. Also, people suck.

Computers:
Yahoo! pipes is a pretty interesting idea.

Nerf + Wii is also cool.

I bought 3 WD 250GiB HDs today, but they were out of WD, so I got an upgrade to Hitachi. The amount of porn I will be able to store will be a beautiful site. Speaking of which, I would really like to go to Hawaii some day.

French movies:
I watched Bon Voyage and Les Visiteurs.

I enjoyed Les Visiteurs, it’s not a great movie, but it was fun. It’s sortof like a reverse Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. The past comes to the future and all sorts of hilarious hijinks occur. The accent of the main dame was rather difficult to understand. I think they were mocking the modern nobility, but it is hard to tell without more context.

Bon Voyage was a light-hearted adventure film set in WWII era France. The Germans are coming and there are love triangles and quadrangles, and there are nukes and shit. It was a fun movie, I liked it a lot. I reminded me of the Rocketeer in terms of setting and excitement, though it was much better executed than the Rocketeer. I have a fond place in my heart for the Rocketeer though, I still wish I had a jet pack.

French is fun, I have been on a French kick. I have put my Swedish learning on hold for the time being, though I still try to scan the headlines just to keep it somewhat fresh. I am a hell of a lot better at French, so it is much more fulfilling to be able to watch a French movie or read the French news. Did you know you can watch France’s 24 hour news network live over the Internet? They have both French and English versions.

I think I would like to do the Peace Corps when my contract is up in Bloomington. I want to get back to Africa, and that I think is the best way. It’d be a good way to do some service work too, I want to do some of that before I become too much of a yuppie. Of course, by the time I am done with it, I will be 27, on my way to being an old suburban professional (an osprey?)

I have considered Peace Corps before and changed my mind, we’ll see.