On this auspicious day (yes, that's Victory Day), I just have one thing to say: Disney's ONLY African American protagonist is the new Princess in 'Princess and the Frog'. But what makes me happy is that she looks more deshi than African American. So Disney finally got it right? I think so. Unless you start questioning why she falls in love with a White Prince, like Conan just did.
Bijoy dibosh'r shubhechha shobai k!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Random thoughts
1.The one hour premier of Scrubs was interesting. You won't believe it, but J.D. and Turk are now teaching! Wasn't paying a whole lot of attention, but if I did, I'm sure I'd have enjoyed it more.
2. Obama's speech on sending more troops to Afghanistan.
With unemployment rates hitting 10.8% everyone's worried, even though the word is that the economy's getting better. Not for everyone, I would say. While Obama's trying to set up programs to tackle the problems he inherited, the war in Afghanistan is overshadowing everything else. At least for now. There's a 50-50 consensus on whether or not more troops should be sent to Afghanistan, but my hunch is, people just want to pull out. No one expected it to take so long. And now people are tired. I am. And I'm not even American.
3. It's interesting how Democrats are the ones who take the heat for increased government spending on social welfare programs when it was Nixon, the paradoxical president, who increased spending on programs like EITC, which, by far, is the most expensive (but effective) anti-poverty program. Also interesting, how he campaigned on law and order and then resigned for his connection with the Watergate scandal.
4. Relationships are funny. All types. What's funnier is that people in the relationship often have very different takes on what goes on in it. That's probably more sad than funny.
5. Everyone's getting swine flu I think. They just don't know it. That's the only thing that's going around. So if you're sick with symptoms like fever, headache, sore throat and the like, you probably have the flu. Fight it with Vitamin C. Don't let it reach the stage where you get a bacterial infection. That can be deadly.
6. Life's short. Live it.
7. I have work to do and I'm procastinating. Why? Beats me. God knows this only hurts me. No one else. Yet, I can't bring myself to get some work done.
2. Obama's speech on sending more troops to Afghanistan.
With unemployment rates hitting 10.8% everyone's worried, even though the word is that the economy's getting better. Not for everyone, I would say. While Obama's trying to set up programs to tackle the problems he inherited, the war in Afghanistan is overshadowing everything else. At least for now. There's a 50-50 consensus on whether or not more troops should be sent to Afghanistan, but my hunch is, people just want to pull out. No one expected it to take so long. And now people are tired. I am. And I'm not even American.
3. It's interesting how Democrats are the ones who take the heat for increased government spending on social welfare programs when it was Nixon, the paradoxical president, who increased spending on programs like EITC, which, by far, is the most expensive (but effective) anti-poverty program. Also interesting, how he campaigned on law and order and then resigned for his connection with the Watergate scandal.
4. Relationships are funny. All types. What's funnier is that people in the relationship often have very different takes on what goes on in it. That's probably more sad than funny.
5. Everyone's getting swine flu I think. They just don't know it. That's the only thing that's going around. So if you're sick with symptoms like fever, headache, sore throat and the like, you probably have the flu. Fight it with Vitamin C. Don't let it reach the stage where you get a bacterial infection. That can be deadly.
6. Life's short. Live it.
7. I have work to do and I'm procastinating. Why? Beats me. God knows this only hurts me. No one else. Yet, I can't bring myself to get some work done.
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