I don't usually like saying "x should be required reading for y" but I'm going to say it anyway. The section on economics in the October 18 issue of New Scientist magazine should be required reading for all politicians, economists, environmentalists and anyone else who's interested.
Basically it's attacking the idea that we have to keep growing and growing the economy and increasing our GDP and so on forever. The point they're making is that we can't, because you can't have infinite growth when you have finite resources. There are other, more sustainable ways of running an economy but they're being ignored because the dominant ideology is growth growth growth.
They explain it all far more coherently than I ever could, anyway, but it's fascinating. They don't cover everything that's an issue (for example, they barely touch on population growth) but it's a good starting point to get people thinking. I've just been hearing National belittling the Greens and Labour because by trying to be sustainable they'd be "putting economic growth on the backburner" which is apparently a Very Bad Thing.
Oh, whatever. Just go and read it.
Basically it's attacking the idea that we have to keep growing and growing the economy and increasing our GDP and so on forever. The point they're making is that we can't, because you can't have infinite growth when you have finite resources. There are other, more sustainable ways of running an economy but they're being ignored because the dominant ideology is growth growth growth.
They explain it all far more coherently than I ever could, anyway, but it's fascinating. They don't cover everything that's an issue (for example, they barely touch on population growth) but it's a good starting point to get people thinking. I've just been hearing National belittling the Greens and Labour because by trying to be sustainable they'd be "putting economic growth on the backburner" which is apparently a Very Bad Thing.
Oh, whatever. Just go and read it.
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Sep. 29th, 2008 01:46 pmJournal revamp: completed.
Icon revamp: probably completed.
The orthodontist just took my braces off after two years and four months. My teeth feel weird.
Icon revamp: probably completed.
The orthodontist just took my braces off after two years and four months. My teeth feel weird.
I've been tagged - HTML FAIL
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* 3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people.
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Fandom stuff
Aug. 14th, 2008 05:29 pmThey've been playing Tsubasa soundtrack music at the gymnastics events at the Olympics. Only sometimes, but still. I heard "When Two Powers Collide" and my sister heard Kurogane's theme tune earlier.
I just saw someone quote the parental advisory notice for volume one of the Black Lagoon manga: Black Lagoon is rated M for Mature and is recommended for mature readers. This volume contains graphic violence, strong language, nudity, adult situations, drinkin', smokin', ass-kickin', law-breakin', gun-love, running with scissors and just about everything your mother ever told you not to do.
I lol'd.
I just saw someone quote the parental advisory notice for volume one of the Black Lagoon manga: Black Lagoon is rated M for Mature and is recommended for mature readers. This volume contains graphic violence, strong language, nudity, adult situations, drinkin', smokin', ass-kickin', law-breakin', gun-love, running with scissors and just about everything your mother ever told you not to do.
I lol'd.
So, I'm acting in our school production which is a play in which, basically, a bunch of characters from famous plays complain about their lives, decide to kill themselves and then change their minds and live happily ever after.
And I'm playing Hedda from Ibsen's Hedda Gabler.
She's a bit psycho. It's fun.
On an unrelated note, I was thinking about fairy tales and how usually the heroine'sonly function is to wait around for the handsome prince to rescue her and how much that sucks. And then I was thinking about fairy tales that aren't like that, and that got me thinking about various retellings of fairy tales. So which fairy tales do you particularly like, and are there any retellings that made you like stories you were otherwise indifferent to or disliked?
Personally I love The Snow Queen even in its original format with its somewhat patronising narrator. There are several reasons for this: that the heroine rescues the hero instead of the other way round, the way she journeys from 19th century Frankfurt into more timeless imaginary places and the way she travels through the four seasons. As for retellings, I particularly like Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted (Cinderella), Adele Geras's Watching the Roses (Sleeping Beauty) and Lili Wilkinson's Scatterheart (East of the Sun, West of the Moon).
So yeah. Studious post is studious. Or something.
And I'm playing Hedda from Ibsen's Hedda Gabler.
She's a bit psycho. It's fun.
On an unrelated note, I was thinking about fairy tales and how usually the heroine'sonly function is to wait around for the handsome prince to rescue her and how much that sucks. And then I was thinking about fairy tales that aren't like that, and that got me thinking about various retellings of fairy tales. So which fairy tales do you particularly like, and are there any retellings that made you like stories you were otherwise indifferent to or disliked?
Personally I love The Snow Queen even in its original format with its somewhat patronising narrator. There are several reasons for this: that the heroine rescues the hero instead of the other way round, the way she journeys from 19th century Frankfurt into more timeless imaginary places and the way she travels through the four seasons. As for retellings, I particularly like Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted (Cinderella), Adele Geras's Watching the Roses (Sleeping Beauty) and Lili Wilkinson's Scatterheart (East of the Sun, West of the Moon).
So yeah. Studious post is studious. Or something.
This post may be pointless
Jul. 27th, 2008 07:28 pmBut whatever.
Post anything you like here, but post it anonymously. It can be something big or small, whatever you feel compelled to. Maybe a (1) story, (2) secret, (3) confession, (4) fear, (5) love—the possibilities are endless. Be sure to comment anonymously, though.
Post anything you like here, but post it anonymously. It can be something big or small, whatever you feel compelled to. Maybe a (1) story, (2) secret, (3) confession, (4) fear, (5) love—the possibilities are endless. Be sure to comment anonymously, though.
I keep forgetting to post...
Jul. 12th, 2008 04:57 pmI guess sometimes I feel I'm posting into a void.
I'm back from America and I can tell you it was a shock to come from summer there to winter here.
I'm doing a theme study for English on utopia and dystopia; I've just read Ursula Le Guin's The Dispossessed. I found it fascinating albeit quite slow-moving. But the sheer number of ideas... wow.
I did find it interesting that a lot of the questions that the hero gets asked about living in his anarchic society are very similar to questions I often get asked about attending a Montessori high school.
I'm back from America and I can tell you it was a shock to come from summer there to winter here.
I'm doing a theme study for English on utopia and dystopia; I've just read Ursula Le Guin's The Dispossessed. I found it fascinating albeit quite slow-moving. But the sheer number of ideas... wow.
I did find it interesting that a lot of the questions that the hero gets asked about living in his anarchic society are very similar to questions I often get asked about attending a Montessori high school.
I'm leaving on Sunday for the US of A. We're going to be there for about three weeks to go to my cousin's wedding and visit some other relatives. It should be interesting, going from the shortest day in New Zealand to the longest day in LA.
My stupid ankle still hasn't healed. It's now more than six weeks since I sprained it and it's still quite swollen and I still can't dance. The physio says if it's not completely healed by the time we get back she's referring me on to a specialist.
I highly recommend The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan. It's a set of loosely connected snapshots of twenty high school students' lives, written in free verse poetry and it's just beautiful. It has a huge range of characters: gay, straight, nerdy, sporty, cheerleaders, punks, musicians, Jesus freaks... and they're all likeable and believeable. It also covers a huge range of topics: identity, love, sex, friendship, religion, graffiti, music, school and more. I loved it. Just be warned: you may end up thinking in poetry for a while.
I'd also recommend City of Bones and City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare: epic urban fantasy set in New York with a great cast of characters and some messed-up relationships worthy of CLAMP. They have their flaws: the plots sprawl a bit and they would probably benefit from a bit more editing, but I still thoroughly enjoyed them. They can get a bit dark and gruesome at times, but they also have some moments that are downright hilarious. And Rhiannon's getting sick of me talking at her about them so I need someone else to talk at instead.
Oh, and look at this gorgeous coloured version of my pentagram knot!
My stupid ankle still hasn't healed. It's now more than six weeks since I sprained it and it's still quite swollen and I still can't dance. The physio says if it's not completely healed by the time we get back she's referring me on to a specialist.
I highly recommend The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan. It's a set of loosely connected snapshots of twenty high school students' lives, written in free verse poetry and it's just beautiful. It has a huge range of characters: gay, straight, nerdy, sporty, cheerleaders, punks, musicians, Jesus freaks... and they're all likeable and believeable. It also covers a huge range of topics: identity, love, sex, friendship, religion, graffiti, music, school and more. I loved it. Just be warned: you may end up thinking in poetry for a while.
I'd also recommend City of Bones and City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare: epic urban fantasy set in New York with a great cast of characters and some messed-up relationships worthy of CLAMP. They have their flaws: the plots sprawl a bit and they would probably benefit from a bit more editing, but I still thoroughly enjoyed them. They can get a bit dark and gruesome at times, but they also have some moments that are downright hilarious. And Rhiannon's getting sick of me talking at her about them so I need someone else to talk at instead.
Oh, and look at this gorgeous coloured version of my pentagram knot!
Icon community
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grass_angel, shadowsinfire and I have started a joint icon community. From now on I'll be posting all my icons there. It's ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif){kind=small}
chromaesthesis.Some mad ultra-conservative "scientist" person is saying that homosexuality is wrong and evil, etc., because the sex is apparently hotter. How would he know anyway?
Blog entry with quotes from said mad ultra-conservative "scientist" person
(Link probably not worksafe unless your work involves studying sexuality and/or US politics)
Also, apparently those crazy Tsubasa spoilers have been confirmed. I'm not going to say it's spoiled the story for me or anything, but it could spoil the story if they don't explain it properly.
Blog entry with quotes from said mad ultra-conservative "scientist" person
(Link probably not worksafe unless your work involves studying sexuality and/or US politics)
Also, apparently those crazy Tsubasa spoilers have been confirmed. I'm not going to say it's spoiled the story for me or anything, but it could spoil the story if they don't explain it properly.
15 CLAMP (Chobits, Cardcaptor Sakura, xxxHolic, Tsubasa, Clover, Kobato)
-2 Chi
-2 Sorata/Arashi
-2 Oruha
-2 Kobato
-2 Sakura & Tomoyo
-1 Hideki
-1 Sakura/Syaoran
-1 Sakura
-1 Himawari
-1 Xing Huo
10 Bleach
-4 Orihime
-3 Rukia
-2 Yachiru
-1 Uryuu
7 Fruits Basket
-4 Rin
-1 Hanajima
-1 Machi
-1 Yuki & Kakeru
3 Air Gear
-2 Spitfire
-1 Benkei
2 D. Gray-Man
-2 Lenalee
2 Naruto
-2 Hinata
1 Kino no Tabi - Kino
1 Random text icon
Total: 41
-2 Chi
-2 Sorata/Arashi
-2 Oruha
-2 Kobato
-2 Sakura & Tomoyo
-1 Hideki
-1 Sakura/Syaoran
-1 Sakura
-1 Himawari
-1 Xing Huo
10 Bleach
-4 Orihime
-3 Rukia
-2 Yachiru
-1 Uryuu
7 Fruits Basket
-4 Rin
-1 Hanajima
-1 Machi
-1 Yuki & Kakeru
3 Air Gear
-2 Spitfire
-1 Benkei
2 D. Gray-Man
-2 Lenalee
2 Naruto
-2 Hinata
1 Kino no Tabi - Kino
1 Random text icon
Total: 41
Teasers:
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Name six ships you like:
1) Uryuu/Orihime (Bleach)
2) Touya/Yukito (Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa)
3) Kel/Dom (Tamora Pierce novels)
4) Kobato/Fujimoto (Kobato)
5) Dairine/Roshaun (Young Wizards series)
6) Faramir/Eowyn (Lord of the Rings)
Three ships you used to like but don’t like anymore:
7) Kurogane/Tomoyo (Tsubasa)
8) Kel/Neal (Tamora Pierce novels)
9) Jonathan/Alanna (Tamora Pierce novels)
Three ships in your various fandoms you don’t ship:
10) Ichigo/Orihime (Bleach)
11) Vimes/Vetinari (Discworld)
12) Naruto/Sakura (Naruto)
Two ships you are curious about but haven’t actually started shipping:
13) Lark/Rosethorn (Tamora Pierce novels)
14) Ronan/Carmela (Young Wizards)
Quiz questions are under the cut.
Also, feel free to ask me for any fandom-specific versions of this meme.
1) Uryuu/Orihime (Bleach)
2) Touya/Yukito (Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa)
3) Kel/Dom (Tamora Pierce novels)
4) Kobato/Fujimoto (Kobato)
5) Dairine/Roshaun (Young Wizards series)
6) Faramir/Eowyn (Lord of the Rings)
Three ships you used to like but don’t like anymore:
7) Kurogane/Tomoyo (Tsubasa)
8) Kel/Neal (Tamora Pierce novels)
9) Jonathan/Alanna (Tamora Pierce novels)
Three ships in your various fandoms you don’t ship:
10) Ichigo/Orihime (Bleach)
11) Vimes/Vetinari (Discworld)
12) Naruto/Sakura (Naruto)
Two ships you are curious about but haven’t actually started shipping:
13) Lark/Rosethorn (Tamora Pierce novels)
14) Ronan/Carmela (Young Wizards)
Quiz questions are under the cut.
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Also, feel free to ask me for any fandom-specific versions of this meme.
31_days fic
Apr. 24th, 2008 11:10 amTitle: Know Why the Nightingale Sings
Day/theme: April 23 - "You walk like you're going to fly away"
Series: Air Gear
Character/pairing: Kururu
Rating: G
Warnings: mild spoilers for about chapter 140 onwards.
Day/theme: April 23 - "You walk like you're going to fly away"
Series: Air Gear
Character/pairing: Kururu
Rating: G
Warnings: mild spoilers for about chapter 140 onwards.
Book Review Tiem!
Mar. 8th, 2008 12:23 pmReviewed in this post are The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones, Silk Road to Ruin by Ted Rall, Scatterheart by Lili Wilkinson and Kino No Tabi: Book one of The Beautiful World by Keiichi Sigsawa.
31_days fic
Mar. 7th, 2008 04:46 pmTitle:All Too Familiar
Day/Theme: March 6 - "You are everything I--"
Series: Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
Character/pairing: R!Syaoran, Sakura
Rating: PG
Warnings: angst, spoilers for recent chapters
Day/Theme: March 6 - "You are everything I--"
Series: Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
Character/pairing: R!Syaoran, Sakura
Rating: PG
Warnings: angst, spoilers for recent chapters
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