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[delga]

This morning I had to take money out for my bus ticket. It's now 6.20a - I got back from town about five minutes ago. Summer in the morning is the best. It's still cool, out, but bright, with blue skies. I love it.

Shame this proactive-ness won't ensure my getting to work at a reasonable time.

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Guys! Remember that Bedouin Soundclash track I made you all listen to, Brutal Hearts? The one with Coeur de Pirate? the_grynne just told me that the lead singer and Béatrice Martin have collaborated to form Armistice. Gosh, I love their voices together. So brilliant.

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After a long, long, long time, I finally watched Terminator: Salvation last night. I had been SO excited for this film - for this story - and I felt a bit let down. I thought the world-building was interesting (I have always enjoyed that part of the post-apocalyptic pitch of the franchise), and I enjoyed Sam Worthington, but I felt the whole thing was lacking purpose. If it's supposed to be a trilogy, where is the story-building? It felt hollow, that Connor should have to learn to trust the machines from scratch. I thought the whole point of Connor was that he had tread this line as a child, a young man. I get it: he trusts Sam in the end. And Sam 'proves' his humanity with his sacrifice. But-- no.

I would have liked to have seen Connor die as a result of his injuries, and his cohorts...cover it up. Because then you get into this position where the name perhaps has more weight than the man. Then the idea of John Connor causes humanity to rise up. It's not like a huge number of people actually knew him by face - even Kyle Reese doesn't know him when they first meet. And I think that would have been an interesting thing to put against Skynet. Because Skynet can kill a body; that's matter over mind. But is it able to kill an idea?