Friday Five1. How do you feel about the technology advancements of cloning people and animals? I don't think people should be cloned. There's something about the innate uniqueness of humans that we shouldn't mess with. As for animals... it might be a good idea for food, but otherwise, no.
2. If this technology became readily available to all, how do you think this will affect the future of our race? It would destroy the uniqueness of life to clone people. And it'd infringe on the ability of people to be the only "vessels" that can create more people.
3. If your much loved pet died and cloning was available, would you elect to have your pet cloned? What about family and friends? I've never been big on pets. And even if I could get another animal with the same appearance and same mannerisms, it wouldn't be the same. Like I said, no cloning people.
4. Would your family have your consent to be cloned? Why or why not? No. Especially not while any of them was still living. Everyone daydreams about having a clone to live the worst parts of their lives, but who would want that reality?
5. If you had the authority to clone any person no longer alive, who would it be and why? Maybe Shakespeare. Just because he's pretty much the greatest writer that ever lived, and it'd be interesting to see what he'd think about our world, and what his writing would be like.
I like church a lot. It makes me happy, and it brings me peace. God's just awesome like that.
I have a new tv obsession,
Degrassi: The Next Generation. Think
Dawson's Creek, only younger and way more dramatic. It has a much bigger ensemble cast, so there's a million plotlines running around. It airs on The N, one of Nickelodeon's sister cable networks, though it's imported from Canada. It's fun when their accents are obvious ("that's not what I'm talking aboot"). Unfortunately, it's on channel 131, which is digital, which we only have in the living room. It takes some strategy to camp out in front of the tv at just the right time, but I've managed it more often than not. They also air episodes at 2am. I'm so hooked, I've been up to watch several times this week. My problem is that they're so
young! These characters are in early high school and already they're moving in together, having abortions (though The N didn't air that episode), and wrecking their rapist's cars. It's not realistic, but it's compelling, so I watch.
I called back the tutoring company I'd been trying to work with. I finally got the attention of a real person, who finally told me that they
did not have my resume. I emailed it in mid-May. Maybe this is a sign that I should look elsewhere. I had my mom fax another copy, then called to confirm that they actually got that one. So far, no calls or emails. I'll call again Monday morning, but if there's no response, I'm giving up. There's a place just a few streets down that does tutoring; maybe they're hiring. I could try OfficeTeam (the temp agency Maura works with), but I might not be able to get to the places they send me. I've posted a resume on an Air Force site for office work at Andrews, but I won't hear about that for a while. Is it so wrong that I want a real job? More real than Janet, I mean. Working with her was nice, considering it cost me nothing in gas money and she paid me well for what I did. But I need real experience now. I can't clean and file forever.
It hurts a little, watching
Joan reruns. I still do it, though. I sent my letters; I did what I could. I think it's gone, though. Still on the fence about buying the DVDs. My love for reruns and inability to spend that much money (even from my as-yet-unused giftcard) stand in the way. I would love to see where it all came from, but I'd love to have that money for books, too.
I went out to MVA on Wednesday. I didn't think my accident would keep me from getting my full license after 18 months, and it didn't since I wasn't even charged with anything, let alone convicted. I only spent about two hours there, which wasn't bad. I panicked a little on the way there, though, thinking I was lost. Yay for brightly-colored, clearly-labeled signs. So, I am now a fully-licensed driver. Yay me. My picture looks better this time. It's weird seeing pictures of myself. It makes me remember that other people see my bangs the exact opposite way I do. I don't know, maybe they'd look better on the other side. But New Permed Hair Lindsay is good for now.
