Monday, June 22nd, 2009, 1:01 pm
Well my latest dream, that I had this morning, was cool and not a nightmare
I
was watching either a sneak peak of Heroes season 4 or an episode.
Peter Petrelli was walking along this city street that looked like New
York. This suited bearded businessman walks by him with a nice
briefcase and a cell phone. He looks a little like Claude and Peter has
a brief flashback to meeting Claude but then he follows the man a few
steps to get a better look and as the camera does a closeup on the
businessman the audience can clearly see that this is not the
man called Claude Rains. Peter stands for a moment, looking a bit
dejected. Then you can hear Claude's theme music start playing and the
camera pans around and Claude is standing a little bit behind Peter,
wondering why Peter can't see him. Claude proceeds to follow Peter.
I
remember thinking, "YAY!! Claude is back and he's ALIVE!!" and then
suddenly I'm watching the scene play out again but this time as though
I'm there and it's occurring around me though I am unseen and
intangible. Then I woke up.
I dunno that it means anything but it was still pretty cool.
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009, 9:55 pm
One need only turn on the nightly news to see what a mess things are. I
see it first hand nearly every night at work. I can't give specifics
but what I can tell you is that I see mothers, fathers, sisters,
brothers, aunts, and uncles- upstanding members of society breakdown
mentally, weep uncontrollably for a reasons they don't even know, and
become otherwise demented and confused. While I am well aware that
there are infections and diseases such as Alzheimer's that can cause
and exacerbate these afflictions, I also know that science is seeking
not only a cure but also the cause of these dementia diseases. The
thought occurred to me this past evening that perhaps the state of the
world might be an important factor. I also have to wonder if this is
the fate that awaits all of us: that if our minds don't fail us our
bodies will fall apart instead.
Make no mistake, I do love my
patients. If I didn't I'd quit nursing. I wish I could do more to help
them, but in this chaos, that seems to be so omnipresent of late, I
have to wonder if anyone is truly sane.
So, one might wonder
what keeps me from despairing at the seeming futility of it all, and
what keeps me from chucking in the towel, and what keeps me persevering
even in this adversity. Perhaps that should be who rather than what. The answer is Claude.
Maybe
I'm crazy to hang my hopes on a fictional hero or to steer my ship by
the light of an unseen star, but it's better than not doing anything at
all. It's no more risky than hanging my hopes on a "real" guy, one who
could be taken away in an instant, or turn from anchor to albatross or
from ally to enemy in the time it takes to type and refine this entry.
So let me dream and hope and I will do my best to keep going and to fix
my own small isle of chaos in this insane world.
Some might
wonder what I see when I look at Claude, provided he's not invisible.
It's not just his beautiful face, though I will admit I do like to look
it him (or perhaps stare at
would be more accurate). I see a kindred spirit, another outsider. I
see a man who could use someone who won't betray him, if not as a
friend at least as an ally. I see someone whom I
could and would trust. I see someone who won't sugarcoat things and
tell me a load of malarkey to spare me a hard truth. I see someone I would be willing to lay down my life for. It's not that I want
to die, I don't, but if it ever, in some bizarre set of circumstances
were to come down to it being him or me, I'd gladly sacrifice myself to
save Claude.
Some seek sunshine, I look for Rains.
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009, 1:56 am
Too long to be posted here go to http://tarot-spreadingthecards.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-need-break-and-i-need-to-rant-about.html if you want to read it.
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009, 12:06 pm
Entry is over here in my Blog on Blogger: http://tarot-spreadingthecards.blogspot.com/2009/06/whats-beneath-surface.html
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009, 12:11 pm
Possible spoilers for Heroes. If you haven't read up through and including GN 139, I suggest you go here and do so now.
The
Rebel story arc continues (YAY!) and while we are left wondering as to
what happened to Lee and Claude after the last GN (hopefully they are both
safe) this current chapter deals with Micah and his newly formed team
with Abigail, West, and Sparrow trying to locate Micah's family. While
Micah infiltrates the computers and security systems of Building 26,
the intrepid trio infiltrate Building 26 itself, running into Peter
Petrelli and Matt Parkman along the way. While they free and escape
with Great Aunt Nana and Damon, Monica is still MIA. Micah is narrating
the piece and keeps referring to a sacrifice. Is he referring to Matt
and Peter not being in on the rescue and Matt getting caught or did
something else go wrong? The last image we see is the familiar haunting
text of "To be continued" captioning what looks like Micah in the cross
hairs of a sniper scope, though the weapon could be packing
tranquilizer darts as my friend Frank pointed out. Nice cliffhanger. I
am hoping we will also find out next issue where Monica is being held
(nice Super Mario Bros. reference too). While Building 26 seems to be
the main holding facility, I have to wonder where the other facilities
might be. In GN 138, Micah had mentioned operations in Tokyo,
Melbourne, and London, but it is unknown if any of these had holding
facilities like Building 26. Given that Hiro was taken stateside, I
don't think Tokyo is a likely place for an alternate holding facility.
Jason
Badower's art and Oliver Grigsby's writing are fantastic to put it
mildly. I sincerely hope they get to team up on more GN's in the
future. While this summer will be an abbreviated run compared to the
every week GN's we were used to getting, if the Arc continues to be
this good, it is well worth the wait. I know a couple fans had voiced
complaints this issue over Abigail's and Sparrow's wardrobe but I for
one like it and if I looked like or even half as good as either of
those ladies I'd dress that way too!
I
am very much enjoying this Rebel arc and had been interested even
before Claude made his all too brief materialization last issue (you
can never have too much Claude). I am hoping to see him again (or at
least know he's safe) before this arc concludes. (And Claude is welcome
to hide with me any time) Also, I think I should point out that via the
ARG/360/Evolutions interactive I had taken the time to email and text
"Micah" about Claude (and ironically also about Abigail and Lee as
well) back when "Micah" gave us back access to the map and asked that we fill him in on specials in danger.
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