![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Jun. 3rd, 2003 09:56 pmScary, scary article on anorexia and groups that promote it here. Almost as a religion. It has the most frightening food pyramid. Thank God I didn't continue down that road; sure, I went to the opposite extreme and am now a compulsive eater but I'm killing myself slowly enough that therapy might be able to help me reverse the process.
Oookay. On to more of Zana's issues. Today I went to see "A Man Apart" for no other reason than to see whether I'm in a gay phase or not. Cause even though movie star people rarely ever are attractive to me (except Lord of the Rings actors), I remember being crazy-attracted to Vin Diesel last year. And usually I don't like huge muscles, but I remember going *guh* during "XXX". So I figured that if I was attracted to him today, I'd know I was in a bi stage but if not, I'd be in a gay stage.
Marvel at the twists and turns of Zana's psyche.
I appear to be in a gay stage. The muscles that once turned me on now made me wonder every few minutes why he was wearing a lifejacket. Though I didn't find any of the girls in the film attractive, either.
I waited around in the lobby for awhile, writing my HP fic which may actually see the light of day one of these years, then snuck into "Fanfan la Tulipe" and totally zent *guh* over Penelope Cruz. Which has never happened before. Interesting. But I also found Vincent Perez attractive (though it may just be that I love watching good fencers, even if they always mess up fencing scenes with other action), so I don't know if I'm gay or bi at the moment.
*sigh* The simplicity of last fall and hell, last month, when I was "straight".
Anyways, "Fanfan la Tulipe" was hilarious. When the French decide to make fun of themselves and everything they hold dear, they are brilliant. Some ironic jabs at the US as well, which were subtle enough I don't think most of the French audience picked up on them, as they aren't familiar with all the obscure patriotic American songs that those of us who had to sing them every morning at the flag ceremony do. Funny, as Quakers my parents didn't want us to say the Pledge of Allegiance (and every year without fail we got sent to the principal's office for it), but the patriotic songs they had no problem with. Although, actually, it makes sense now I think about it. Cause the reason we shouldn't say the Pledge is that no Quaker takes oaths or swears or anything of the sort, as they are supposed to always speak the truth and thus swearing on something implies that they are less than truthful otherwise. At least, I think that's what it is. Caused a big uproar way back when cause these new Protestants refused to swear on the Bible and claimed that the Truth was more holy than the Book.
Is abismally hot and sticky in Paris at the moment. Thunderstorms have been threatening for several days but no such luck, though one part of town got a foot of hail while the rest of us got nothing. Today it finally rained. Never thought I'd be glad for more rain in Paris but there you have it.
Transport still on strike. Minister of the Interior is really pissed off because they've been wanting to export the French social model to the rest of Europe and this is an illustration of one of the byproducts of said model. Schools are more or less back to normal, but that could change any day.
Latest issue of Newsweek International had real news and "where're the f*ing weapons?" reporting. I think they're alternating: one week of mindless propoganda so that I throw the magazine across the room and swear they only have one more choice; next week real news with some propaganda but little enough that I can ignore it. I have to buy the stupid magazine at the kiosk now cause I never paid the bill for the issues they were sending me. Stupid Newsweek.
In other news, the future of the EU is quite uncertain and possibly even grim. Now that I've actually studied it and understand it, the news is much more real. Will be quite sad if it doesn't work so well. On the other hand, the dollar seems to be doomed beyond repair and that is better than uncertain.
Now you all know why I am not an economist.
Ermm, yeah. Gonna end my ramble now.
Oookay. On to more of Zana's issues. Today I went to see "A Man Apart" for no other reason than to see whether I'm in a gay phase or not. Cause even though movie star people rarely ever are attractive to me (except Lord of the Rings actors), I remember being crazy-attracted to Vin Diesel last year. And usually I don't like huge muscles, but I remember going *guh* during "XXX". So I figured that if I was attracted to him today, I'd know I was in a bi stage but if not, I'd be in a gay stage.
Marvel at the twists and turns of Zana's psyche.
I appear to be in a gay stage. The muscles that once turned me on now made me wonder every few minutes why he was wearing a lifejacket. Though I didn't find any of the girls in the film attractive, either.
I waited around in the lobby for awhile, writing my HP fic which may actually see the light of day one of these years, then snuck into "Fanfan la Tulipe" and totally zent *guh* over Penelope Cruz. Which has never happened before. Interesting. But I also found Vincent Perez attractive (though it may just be that I love watching good fencers, even if they always mess up fencing scenes with other action), so I don't know if I'm gay or bi at the moment.
*sigh* The simplicity of last fall and hell, last month, when I was "straight".
Anyways, "Fanfan la Tulipe" was hilarious. When the French decide to make fun of themselves and everything they hold dear, they are brilliant. Some ironic jabs at the US as well, which were subtle enough I don't think most of the French audience picked up on them, as they aren't familiar with all the obscure patriotic American songs that those of us who had to sing them every morning at the flag ceremony do. Funny, as Quakers my parents didn't want us to say the Pledge of Allegiance (and every year without fail we got sent to the principal's office for it), but the patriotic songs they had no problem with. Although, actually, it makes sense now I think about it. Cause the reason we shouldn't say the Pledge is that no Quaker takes oaths or swears or anything of the sort, as they are supposed to always speak the truth and thus swearing on something implies that they are less than truthful otherwise. At least, I think that's what it is. Caused a big uproar way back when cause these new Protestants refused to swear on the Bible and claimed that the Truth was more holy than the Book.
Is abismally hot and sticky in Paris at the moment. Thunderstorms have been threatening for several days but no such luck, though one part of town got a foot of hail while the rest of us got nothing. Today it finally rained. Never thought I'd be glad for more rain in Paris but there you have it.
Transport still on strike. Minister of the Interior is really pissed off because they've been wanting to export the French social model to the rest of Europe and this is an illustration of one of the byproducts of said model. Schools are more or less back to normal, but that could change any day.
Latest issue of Newsweek International had real news and "where're the f*ing weapons?" reporting. I think they're alternating: one week of mindless propoganda so that I throw the magazine across the room and swear they only have one more choice; next week real news with some propaganda but little enough that I can ignore it. I have to buy the stupid magazine at the kiosk now cause I never paid the bill for the issues they were sending me. Stupid Newsweek.
In other news, the future of the EU is quite uncertain and possibly even grim. Now that I've actually studied it and understand it, the news is much more real. Will be quite sad if it doesn't work so well. On the other hand, the dollar seems to be doomed beyond repair and that is better than uncertain.
Now you all know why I am not an economist.
Ermm, yeah. Gonna end my ramble now.
