Christobel

I'm currently watching Correspondent ("Beyond Words") on Newsworld and for this ep, it's about photographers of war and how they deal with what they see. For those with a weak stomach, I strongly suggest you don't watch this episode. Anyway, several of them talked about not showing pictures that they took to the public because it was too graphic. But then my question is why did they take those pictures to begin with, if they knew it wouldn't be used? One or two brought up the point that the pictures are at the expense of the victims, especially those who have died since they cannot defend against the picture/photographer. However, others have mentioned that everything should be shown, that it is our duty to know what is going on. Both of these points are valid, and quite frankly I'm not sure what to make of it. I'm quite sure there are people who'll say well, they can write about the situation and inform us that way without the need for those pictures. Sadly, I have to admit that for me, looking at the pictures definitely had a much bigger impact on me than just learning about it. I've talked about this before, that we (well, me) are desensitized. Scary thought... But perhaps it is a good thing they don't show everything - if we get used to what we see, then what else is left to wake us up?

"I'm gonna jump off this building."

Man, I just happened across this and it's just pure.... mad skillz....
Russian climbing

Awesome music too!

Oh yeah, there are so many movies coming out that I wanna watch... but unfortunately, it appears DOA won't be that good.... sigh....

Ooooo

Peter Griffin: Oh, my God, Brian. There's a message in my cereal.
Peter Griffin: It says "Ooooo."
Brian Griffin: Peter, those are Cheerios.

They must be good spellers... http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com/

"You don't want to spend your life wondering what could have been."

Peter Griffin: You don't want to spend your life wondering what could have been.
[flashback]
Man: Sir, I need a decision.
Peter Griffin: Salad.
Peter Griffin: No, wait! Soup!
[present day]
Peter Griffin: But it was too late.
Peter Griffin: And to this day, I still lay awake at night wondering about the soup that got away.

As some of you might know, I've been occupied with laptops lately. I was >< close to buying an Inspiron 9300 for a sweet deal, but I hesitated because I wasn't sure about their customer service (read: read horror stories). Well, I thought I had till midnight tonight, but apparently not - deal's over. Sigh... I guess that makes up my mind for me, but mmmm, if you guys see any laptop with either 15.4 or 17" wsxga+, GeForce Go 6800, ~1.8 - 2GHz, 1GB DDR2, 80gb, dvd-burner for ~1900 before tax, let me know please =)