2009-06-11, 23:33 Earth PST

I don’t know why I feel so friendly and sociable right now. Relatively, at least. Dad (I called him “Dad!”) just returned home from work. I greeted him, asked him about work, were there any interesting cases, no, it was fine, not too busy. It’s not as if I don’t like this “truce,” but… it’s awkward. Like a very useful third arm that no one really notices but you.

I’m thinking. The first thing I’m probably going to do when I get the Sims 3 is to build a house. Or maybe kill a sim. Thinking about it, I’ll probably do the latter… I want to see all the ways they can die. It’s not because I’m that much of a sadist, but their deaths are always comical and tragic at the same time. I remember in the first Sims… I had a penchant for setting off the fireworks inside the house. That would always lead to a burning house. And then in the Sims 2, I started trapping all sorts of innocent passer-bys (and servants I’d hired) inside a room with a hot tub in it. I always gave them rotten food to it, and when I’d get tired of their conversations I’d stop giving them food. And I’d donate all the grave stones to the community cemetery.

It seems in the Sims 3 ghosts can appear during the day. Or what that just something done with a debugging “cheat”? Either way, I know the Sims 3 will definitely be fun, with all of its customizability and new pace and such. Oh, and a player has all ready made a Japanese school boy uniform! Or at least the top. Which is really all that matters. If memory serves me right, the uniform (for males) is called a “gakuran,” while the sailor outfit for girls is a “sailor-fuku.” Which literally means “sailor uniform,” anyway.

Thinking about sailor-fuku, I’m taken back to my days of watching Sailor Moon. I don’t remember much about it, but I do remember loving that show! And lucky me, I was so young I didn’t notice the horrid English voice acting. Ah, Sailor Moon… Damien, was it, that young man in the tuxedo wearing a white eye mask and never with out a rose? He’s the reason I have my fetish for formal wear. Even now thinking about him makes me all fizzy inside. A childhood hero you’ve always had a crush on…

Ah, good times.

I’ve had crushes on a myriad of other cartoon characters, mainly because of their intellect. Double D from Ed, Edd, and Eddy, that effeminate robot from Time Squad (why can’t I remember his name!), and countless others… And no, this Schindler’s list does not include Dexter, boy genius. I still have a crush on that effeminate robot… My heart’s giggling. I still like him a lot. I would kill just to get a full box set of that show… Only now are Western animated TV shows being regularly released on DVD. Hey Arnold! is on DVD, I have to get that one of these days…

On my birthday I will get For a Lost Soldier, the book, from my mother as a gift. I know this because I personally requested her for the book and she promised. But even I was taken aback by the price when I finally found the book for sale! 99.95 USD. Hardcover books rarely exceed the price of 11 USD. It’s because this book is so rare now that it’s this expensive… Out of print. When I get the book, I’ll surely type the entire thing out and release it onto the Internet for the benefit of those who don’t understand Dutch (and I doubt that book is still being printed there either). And, being the progressive individual I am… After I get that book, I’ll donate it to the library for future generations to enjoy. Well, after I archive it, of course.

While I’m at it I might as well get that science fiction book back from my school and type out all the stories, too. That textbook is probably out of print, seeing as it was printed before the 1980s. Ach, so old! But that’s not a bad thing, since all the stories are so wonderful.

Maybe, one day… I’ll get the DVD of the movie For a Lost Soldier, too. To find anyone willing to play the parts! Then again, I’m looking at this from an American point of view. For a developed country we’re the most conservative and religious, unwilling to accept change. Unless you live in a city. A city is dynamic, and everything is hustling, bustling, and changing, and for the people to keep up, they change, too. I only wish cities were beautiful… My idea of a utopia… My idea of a utopia is difficult to explain in words. But what’s not difficult to imagine is everything clean. Unless you live in a city like Detroit or Los Angeles, of course.

Rudi van Dantzig is still alive. He has to be at least a hundred and five!