WALL·E

Let briefly summarize WALL·E: Phenomenal. Its plot line is swift enough to keep its target audience interested, but it has an underlying message. This, I think, is the best film Pixar has created yet, easily surpassing even Toy Story itself. Now for that message:

WALL·E must be commended for bringing up the issue of our current lifestyle of excessive capitalism and increasing laziness, while doing so in a subtle way—one that will undoubtedly stick in the minds of its audience. IRONY WARNING! Why, exactly, is Disney, one of the largest corporations in the world, denouncing excessive capitalism?!

Just a little more irony, for your ironic pleasure. This is the "U Command WALL·E." Yes, it's a WALL·E toy that will add to the landfills only to be disposed, perhaps, by WALL·E himself. That, folks, is ironic capitalism straight from your friends at Disney.

Confessions

I'm ashamed. I ate fast food today, after a long 3-4 month (I don't remember how long, exactly) boycott of sorts on it. For what it's worth, it's a local place. Oh, the guilt!

ChaCha!

Over the past few days, I've been trying to figure out how I'm going to cobble together the money I need to buy a Canon EOS 400D by July 26... While the goal is all-but-impossible now, I decided I still need some source of income. As a result, my brother and I are sharing a guide account on ChaCha. Today we took all of the tests, and now we have to wait. Gauging by the "Simulator Test," it's a really easy job. We'll see for sure, though, once we get the OK from ChaCha.

Photo of the Week 8

Each week, I pick my favorite picture from my Flickr account. This week's installment comes from Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area in Upstate SC. Pictured here: Lichens!

Line of the Week

I'm not sure if this will be a regular feature on the blog, Nonetheless, I wanted to post this, as it makes some very interesting—and very real—observations on the American political scene, although it's about Communism.

"In a way, the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird."
-George Orwell, 1984

Making a Mountain out of a Molehill

I fail to see why everyone's flipping out over Obama's "move to the center." I see this as a good thing. The majority of Americans are independent and centrist in their political ideologies. Do we not want a president who (*gasp*) represents the people?!?!? People are calling this a "flip-flop." I also fail to see why Americans are so anti-"flip-flop." Why would we want a president who is absolute and would never reconsider his or her views? I see such an unwillingness to change one's mind as a liability instead of an advantage. This is the power of the media and talking heads.