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So I come in from the long weekend and nothing works. Woooooo.

Heh.

I'm starting to freak out. I'm sure I'll be fine, but I'll be a basket case on Tuesday and Wednesday until I step off of the plane. That's the way I work. I'll be okay as long as I'm doing something: packing, checking in, getting my bags.... I'm always in trouble as soon as I stop having things to do.

Oh. And BTW, the second CD to And All That Could Have Been... the acoustic stuff? This kicks ass. Wow. A mostly acoustic version of The Becoming. I love this song. It is one of my favorites. The piano is lovely. It's making me all shivery.

A question...

Maybe this will turn into a debate, I don't know. (Keep in mind that this is something I've amalgamated from reading lots of different things over the past year or so. Feel free to correct me.)

The prevailing idea in the US on AIDS has become, instead of curing the disease, just to make the lives of those who have it long and healthy and to lessen the impact of it for as long as possible. The scientists working on the cures (in the US) have all run into brick walls and have pretty much said "We can't do it right now. Maybe in a few years with new advances. We're going to concentrate on prevention and helping people live with it."

The rest of the world seem to think we're giving up on it too early and wants us to start concentrating on a cure again. In fact there is a company in Barcelona that claims they could possibly have a vaccine in 3-4 years. (There is also a company in San Fran that has two potential vaccines for possible release in 2004/2005, though they seem to be the minority in the US from what I've read.)

I think we need to do more in the field of prevention. Sure a vaccine is a wonderful and marvelous thing, but wouldn't it just be easier if people didn't get it in the first place? I'm always leary about eliminating viruses or killing things off. It jsut seems to make them stronger when they come around again. It seems to be the wrong way to go about it. AIDS doesn't need anymore of a reason to mutate more.

What do you think the best plan is? I think a combination of all of them is likely best. Even if we get a vaccine, we're likely still going to have people who get it for one reason or another. (There are still the rare occurances of getting it through transfusion and the like.)

Just my thoughts... rambling.

Oh my...

I shiver thinking about it.

In The Two Towers the battle of Helm's Deep will be forty-five minutes, no interruptions at all.




Forty-five minutes. Straight. No cut to scenes to lessen the tension.

The thirty second clips I see of it in the trailer make me giddy. Ha ha ha ha....

Interesting....

http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/07/08/husbandkilling.ap/index.html

Not right in any way, but it is very interesting from a cultural point of view.