Saturday, October 18, 2003
I'm really late on this, but it's great to see China sending a man into space. Forget that nationalist stuff, or the gripes about how their space program was virtually bought from the Russians, or even that this still puts them 40 years behind the US and Russia... it's a landmark moment for all mankind. Hopefully it'll kick-start the Americans again to get their space program going. It feels like we've been treading water throughout my lifetime, shooting shuttles up without a proper end "goal" in sight. My mind still boggles at the fact that it took humankind 66 years to go from the first powered flight of any kind (the Wright brothers) to landing on the moon... and then next to nothing in the 35 years since then.
Basic wrap-up of the last few days:
- Went out on Wednesday night to Dragon-i with Dhij and Herbert (just back from the UK!). We're trying to make Wednesdays a regular thing, but at this rate I'm not going to be able to survive since I now have no cash. I'd probably be doing better if I had my own ATM card, but given that right now my ATM is my grandfather -- and even though it's my CNN pay I'm withdrawing from him, I feel awfully guilty asking him every so often for cash because I think I know I should be spending less.
- I visited my old school on Friday afternoon with a couple of friends. One kid shouted "WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL" when we walked past, and before my friends could angrily retort that it was our school first (hey, it was!) I deadpanned "Thanks! I've never been here before and I'm thinking of sending my kids here!" Unfortunately, I don't think he realised I was being sarcastic. I've only been gone four years! Having said that though, in conversation with an old teacher we realised that 50% of the staff has turned over in the last four years. That's just wrong.
- And lastly, I picked up the GameCube version of Made in Wario today. It's effectively a multiplayer version of the Game Boy game that I'm literally playing every day on my way to work (which is rather remarkable, considering it came out in March). It's a great party game and a lot of fun, though I can definitely see why it's not fully-priced. Well worth it, though.
Oh, and yet again Liverpool lost, so I'm really not talking about anything like that. So don't mention it. Thanks.
Posted at 11:15 PM
