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Adventures in productivity
Apr. 23rd, 2003 08:14 pmSo, I have been a useful little member of society today.
Well, as useful as a court clerk can get. I processed around 70 revocation applications today, and still have a pile of things awaiting checks with Vicroads, the licence and registration agency. And I dealt with a couple of snarky phone calls, too, one of them asking for me by name, which always sucks. No hiding from that one. *grins* But yeah, definitely earned my wage today.
Upon getting home I went grocery shopping, first to the el cheapo Not Quite Right place (slightly damaged, out of production, extra produce), and then to the Safeway for the bits NQR didn't have in stock. And then, once everything was lugged home and put away, I busied myself making eggplant lasagne.
Mental note - when making this, remember to grill the eggplant a bit first. Or allow to cook for longer. Still, it was pretty good, and I'm thinking it will improve with a re-heat. Because, as always the case these days, there are leftovers. *grins* Along with the ratatouille I made last night, that was one hell of a big eggplant.
Since I'm going to be away for Yasmin's birthday (which is on Anzac Day, April 25, btw), we went out to see Bowling for Columbine, at long last. It was worth the wait. :) Yes, Mike Moore is not the most academic of documentary makers, and I'm guessing there's a whole bunch of stuff we didn't see, but when you consider that he uses the same techniques used by the media, well, it's good to see a kind of attempt at balancing the scales. Instead of chasing 'dole bludgers' and accusing unmarried mothers of having babies to rort social security, Mike chases Charlton Heston and interviews some seriously scary gun nuts. Yes, it's "foot in the door" journalism, but Mike's using his powers for Good, instead of the Evil we usually get.
And he had a really good point - we are encouraged to live in fear. More so since September 11th. Because people who are afraid are easier to rule - think how many personal freedoms US citizens have happily given up in the wake of terrorist action because they're told it's the only way they can be safe? We've accepted all kinds of things - like the removal of certain human rights for those accused of terrorism, like the right to legal counsel and a public trial - because we're told that if we don't we will be putting ourselves and our loved ones at risk. And if you try and speak out against what you see happening, you become one of the enemy - "If you're not with us, you're against us."
So yeah, Moore has his flaws, but there's a message there, however clumsily and obviously put, that people would do well to listen to.
A life lived in fear is a life half-lived.
Well, as useful as a court clerk can get. I processed around 70 revocation applications today, and still have a pile of things awaiting checks with Vicroads, the licence and registration agency. And I dealt with a couple of snarky phone calls, too, one of them asking for me by name, which always sucks. No hiding from that one. *grins* But yeah, definitely earned my wage today.
Upon getting home I went grocery shopping, first to the el cheapo Not Quite Right place (slightly damaged, out of production, extra produce), and then to the Safeway for the bits NQR didn't have in stock. And then, once everything was lugged home and put away, I busied myself making eggplant lasagne.
Mental note - when making this, remember to grill the eggplant a bit first. Or allow to cook for longer. Still, it was pretty good, and I'm thinking it will improve with a re-heat. Because, as always the case these days, there are leftovers. *grins* Along with the ratatouille I made last night, that was one hell of a big eggplant.
Since I'm going to be away for Yasmin's birthday (which is on Anzac Day, April 25, btw), we went out to see Bowling for Columbine, at long last. It was worth the wait. :) Yes, Mike Moore is not the most academic of documentary makers, and I'm guessing there's a whole bunch of stuff we didn't see, but when you consider that he uses the same techniques used by the media, well, it's good to see a kind of attempt at balancing the scales. Instead of chasing 'dole bludgers' and accusing unmarried mothers of having babies to rort social security, Mike chases Charlton Heston and interviews some seriously scary gun nuts. Yes, it's "foot in the door" journalism, but Mike's using his powers for Good, instead of the Evil we usually get.
And he had a really good point - we are encouraged to live in fear. More so since September 11th. Because people who are afraid are easier to rule - think how many personal freedoms US citizens have happily given up in the wake of terrorist action because they're told it's the only way they can be safe? We've accepted all kinds of things - like the removal of certain human rights for those accused of terrorism, like the right to legal counsel and a public trial - because we're told that if we don't we will be putting ourselves and our loved ones at risk. And if you try and speak out against what you see happening, you become one of the enemy - "If you're not with us, you're against us."
So yeah, Moore has his flaws, but there's a message there, however clumsily and obviously put, that people would do well to listen to.
A life lived in fear is a life half-lived.
