To the faraway towns

[austin_dern]

So, gathered in a little pack not far from Suntec City, was a bunch of Singaporean teenagers doing their best to dress as, well, punks. They had the crisp clean leather jackets, tidy blue jeans, sparkling chains, French Connection UK T-shirts, hair gelled into a nice solid wave, standing quietly around not quite at parade rest. It was kind of endearing to wander through a pack of teenagers doing their best to rebel on the weekends, in convenient locations, where they won't be troublesome to anyone and can still get their homework done on time. I don't mean to mock them, really, and I'm glad they're enjoying their teenage years. But the visual effect was like getting a Mirror Universe episode of Fame.

Also I'd wandered down to Merlion Park, hoping to find a stuffed merlion doll for a friend (I could probably run a good little export business in merlion tchochkes if I really wanted). You'd take it for granted you could get merlion dolls at Merlion Park, but, no. Shiny little statues and keychains and T-shirts and stuff, sure, but not dolls. The middle-sized merlion there sits up by the edge of the water, and I tried for a while to catch a picture of the waves crashing into the stairway around the statue that leads into the water, but I just couldn't time it right to get a wave. Too bad.

Trivia: The 10 April 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora, on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, spewed about twelve cubic miles of ash into the atmosphere. The volcano erupted again in 1819, 1880, and 1967. Source: 365: Your Date with History, W B Marsh and Bruce Carrick.

Currently Reading: Asimov's New Guide to Science, Isaac Asimov.

Comments

[chefmongoose.livejournal.com]

What I've seen of Crusader Rabbit, I have to concur with earlier comments.. it does indeed feel much like Rocky And bullwinkle, but I think the roughness is jarring. I'm glad I've seen it for the historical interest, but.. that's it, I wasn't too entertained. Maybe I've just seen some of the early episodes, you spoke of, they involved a pair of paste/glue manufacturers competeing for a government contract.

--Chiaroscuro

[austin-dern.livejournal.com]

I don't remember that one, but I have only seen a couple of crusades. The stories are slower and the relentless un-animation or brief walk cycles get to be funny in their own right ... but it is generally odd enough that I like it that way.