pirrrrraaaaattteeeeesssss

ive seen POTC3! and because i went in with staggeringly low expectations, i was highly, thoouroughly amused.
will and elizabeth are as annoying as ever, but *i* think will redeems himself by becoming very ... well, easy on the eyes in the last 15 minutes ... if you catch my drift
and elizabeth ... well, jack puts it best:

(to will) "will you tell me something? have you come because you need my help to save a certain distressing damsel? er... rather damsel in distress? ... either one."

and there is an, ah, highly highly amusing attempt at a braveheart/gladiator/henryV/ID4 type rally round the flag/rouse the troops speach, which left zach, steve, and myself in complete hysterics (it was supposed to be moving ... i think, but it worked well as high comedy)

but honestly, i was impressed. very impressed.

oh yes, the first whole sequence with jack .... well, either the writers were on acid, or johnny depp wrote it. it was easily the trippiest movie experience ive been through in ages.

and keith richards! ah! yes!

what else.

OH YEAH

for a while my favourite part of the whole thing was the order of the pheonix preview. i was SO excited, and freaked out completely. it looks SO GOOD. i mean, protentially the best of the films so far. and if the film itself even comes near the intensity of the trailer, im going to be bawling by the end.
complete emotional mess.

speaking of, im assuming we are following the code and mama is going to read aloud the Death Hallows (is that the name?) this summer. cos if not, i call dibs. (ill bet 20 bucks with anyone who thinks im not going to, that i cry at the end ... i dont even care HOW it ends, ill just be a wreak they're over ... ='/)



ok, something non film related

i have been immersing myself in research about the iranian revolution (79) for the past few days, and not having phone minutes to call you is getting exceedingly vexing.
i keep getting on gmail to see if papa or catherine is online so i can tell you to call me, cos there's no point in telling you vauge times ahead of time cos i never have any idea where ill be (aka library, class, walking (usually cant hear my phone then))
basically, ive been discovering alot of stuff i probably already knew, but obviously didnt retain, and ive been getting more than usually disenchanted with politics and governments
everything is ridiculous, everyone is horribly corrupt, and everytime there's some political movement to enact reform and change, it ends up just getting 10x worse
(did you know we funded iraq during the iraq-iran war, AND we funded iran??? and israel sent iraq and iran weapons, and they help other people, and basically EVERYONE is helping someone else blow something up, and its so circular and hypocritical (given official stances by the government) that in the end its next to impossible to figure out what on EARTH is/was really going on?)
AND did you realize that you can read all the declassified CIA documents online? they're all in this database. you can search by year, code names, operations, general keywords ... its completely addicting, and i dont even like this stuff. (!)

oh yeah
did you know we gave iraq 5 billion dollars during the iran-iraq war?
FIVE BILLION BUCKS

BILLION!?!?!?

i mean, thats just alot of money to be tossing around. on top of the chemical and biological agents of course. which came with the means to weaponize them.
from us. the US.

i mean, i know i know we arent perfect and everyone makes mistakes, but im starting to think that its as morally dangerous to become a politician as a lawyer.
sure it is possible to be both a good person and a politician/lawyer, but its highly unlikely you will suceed.
its a job that entails lying, and glorifies compromise.

compromise
the queen of virtues in the world of politics.
higher than tolerance and belief in the absence of moral absolutes.

hmm.
prudence vs compromise

... that would be an interesting essay



not going to lie, talking about pirates and harry potter is much more uplifting

sigh