27 Cheshvan/14 November, 2009
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bearshortyToday was a bit rainy and gloomy, a typical November day. Still a good day. In the morning, after breakfast, we went to Brooklyn so that Mama and I could get a haircut. We are going to a wedding in two weeks in Boston so we figured we should just cut it now. I asked for a bit shorter haircut, shoulder length with a bit of layers and I’m pretty happy with it. I figure it will grow back some later. I only started getting regular haircuts at professional saloons maybe four or five years ago, before that Mama used to cut my hair. I like going to the Brighton salon because it is pretty cheap and the hairdresser is pretty good and knows my hair. We also got some lunch out too, but by then it started raining pretty heavily so we just went home.
I finally was able to do some cross stitch after a long hiatus. For the last month my weekends were a bit busy. It was nice to just sit down and do that for a bit. Although, I just had to do one boring green color. I’m ready for some blue. Basic green is not that appealing after a while, I like it more if the shade of green is either brighter or darker. But it is coming along.
We got the final disk of “Battlestar Galactica” today and watched the whole long finale. I’ve seen it before live, without watching much of the series and, of course, it was much better watching it after seeing the whole series. I liked that is was a character piece for the most part, as the creator of the show described, since I do watch it for characters as much as plot. I know many people found issues with the finale but I enjoyed it and I took it for what it was. I didn’t have logic problems really and I enjoyed the long goodbye to the characters. Overall verdict of the show: a really good show. I’m glad I gave it another chance. Other than the second half of the third season, the show worked really well and it was like a really long novel onscreen since it was very consecutive and serialized. The characters were pretty consistent and interesting and made stupid human choices sometimes. Season four worked really well, I don’t think they had a wrong note in it. My favorite storyline was definitely Adama and Roslin relationship but I like that sort of thing. Now we just have to wait for “The Plan,” it has a bit of Netflix wait. And, of course, “Caprica” in January with James Marsters in it.
Deuteronomy WTF moment of the day: I’m finally ready to get back to the bible and finish the Torah. Chapters 16 to 20 repeat some information about holidays, talk about law courts and kings, prophets and going to war. You need at least three witnesses to a crime/worshiping other gods for people to stone you and those witnesses themselves must cast the first stones. Witchcraft, reading omens, contacting the dead, casting spells and burning sons and daughters in a fire are all ‘detestable practices” according to 18:9-13. Harry Dresden and Harry Potter must not like that. I do like the part where Moses speaks about future prophets. He asks God, “How can people tell if the prophet is real and speaking words of God or if the prophet is a fake?” And God responds that, well, if it comes true then he is a real prophet. That is mighty hedging there by God. Can’t go wrong. Another interesting thing I discovered is the context of “eye for an eye” quote in 19. It actually refers to giving false testimony. If someone is discovered to be a false witness he must receive whatever punishment was intended for the person he informed against. This saying is not really about revenge but about karma. And finally, the complete destruction of people in the land God is giving Israelites is still a bit jarring. This is not some peaceful take-over.
I finally was able to do some cross stitch after a long hiatus. For the last month my weekends were a bit busy. It was nice to just sit down and do that for a bit. Although, I just had to do one boring green color. I’m ready for some blue. Basic green is not that appealing after a while, I like it more if the shade of green is either brighter or darker. But it is coming along.
We got the final disk of “Battlestar Galactica” today and watched the whole long finale. I’ve seen it before live, without watching much of the series and, of course, it was much better watching it after seeing the whole series. I liked that is was a character piece for the most part, as the creator of the show described, since I do watch it for characters as much as plot. I know many people found issues with the finale but I enjoyed it and I took it for what it was. I didn’t have logic problems really and I enjoyed the long goodbye to the characters. Overall verdict of the show: a really good show. I’m glad I gave it another chance. Other than the second half of the third season, the show worked really well and it was like a really long novel onscreen since it was very consecutive and serialized. The characters were pretty consistent and interesting and made stupid human choices sometimes. Season four worked really well, I don’t think they had a wrong note in it. My favorite storyline was definitely Adama and Roslin relationship but I like that sort of thing. Now we just have to wait for “The Plan,” it has a bit of Netflix wait. And, of course, “Caprica” in January with James Marsters in it.
Deuteronomy WTF moment of the day: I’m finally ready to get back to the bible and finish the Torah. Chapters 16 to 20 repeat some information about holidays, talk about law courts and kings, prophets and going to war. You need at least three witnesses to a crime/worshiping other gods for people to stone you and those witnesses themselves must cast the first stones. Witchcraft, reading omens, contacting the dead, casting spells and burning sons and daughters in a fire are all ‘detestable practices” according to 18:9-13. Harry Dresden and Harry Potter must not like that. I do like the part where Moses speaks about future prophets. He asks God, “How can people tell if the prophet is real and speaking words of God or if the prophet is a fake?” And God responds that, well, if it comes true then he is a real prophet. That is mighty hedging there by God. Can’t go wrong. Another interesting thing I discovered is the context of “eye for an eye” quote in 19. It actually refers to giving false testimony. If someone is discovered to be a false witness he must receive whatever punishment was intended for the person he informed against. This saying is not really about revenge but about karma. And finally, the complete destruction of people in the land God is giving Israelites is still a bit jarring. This is not some peaceful take-over.
