zougla | Entries tagged with wtf

Mom and I are *watching* the new "Time Machine," and it's pretty lame as expected. One thing I never understood about "The Time Machine" is why am I supposed to feel like the Morlocks are evil exactly? How is the way they survive any different than what we do now? They aren't even the same race anymore, it can't even be considered cannibalism. Are chimpanzees evil because they eat monkeys?

We weren't paying enough attention to the movie, but here is what wikipedia says about it

" the Time Traveller moves forward in time to find answers to his questions on 'Practical Application of Time Travel;' first in 2030 New York, to witness an orbital lunar catastrophe in 2037, before moving on to 802,701 for the main plot. He later briefly finds himself in 635,427,810 with toxic clouds and a world laid waste (presumably by the Morlocks) with devastation and Morlock artefacts stretching out to the horizon."

OK, so in the movie some of the "Eloi" speak the "ancient language," which is English of course, and there are artifacts from the Brooklyn bridge and the public library. What?? no, seriously, what????? after almost a million years!? And then over 600 million years there are still artifacts from the year 800,000?! geez.

School starts this week, and I am lamenting the time I won't be able to spend on making socks. Turns out I really like knitting socks, a lot :) One of these decades I'll make enough to give 'em out as gifts. I'll have to start going to bed early on sunday nights because I'll be leaving early in the early mornings monday. Bleeeeech. My weekly schedule:

mon:   Go to NYC on 8am train
                 10 am 1 hour meeting w/ patti
                 2pm Speech processing class
                 6:30 Syntax Practicum
tue:     10am teach in the Bronx
                 2pm syntax class
                 take train back up to Poke
wed:   3pm teach in New Paltz
thu:     7pm biweekly colloquium in NYC
fri-sun: time to do homework and catch up on reading and grading! Yey!

Hopefully it won't be as stressful this semester. I am only taking two classes, but I am teaching two classes as well. They are the same class at least, so I won't have to do twice the preparations, just twice the grading.

Wish me luck!