Current mood:	amused
Current music:	grey's anatomy music

meh. I didn't really expect the supreme court's decision in the Grokster case. I sort of thought, after reading the appeal's courts decision/discussing it in law class, etc, that Grokster would win. Perhaps it was a naive hope, but I dislike the precedent that companies can be held responsible for what their customers do. Granted, they put a few more words in there that make it more closed than that (sufficient/significant non-infringing use; "with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement" is responsible for the resulting piracy of third parties; and such), but still....Just not what I had expected, or hoped for.

Decided on Saturday that I might try to actually make a costume in time for AX. Not particularly likely to happen, given that a) I don't know how to sew, b) I'm not currently in possession of a sewing machine, and c) I don't feel like spending the next 48 hours straight sewing. Oh well. I will still make it, just perhaps not in time for this. Maybe later. (And for those that are interested in what it is....well... =P *coughpantasiauniformcough*) Yes, I'm a weirdo.

There was something else that I was going to say, but I can't remember what now. Eh. Maybe there will be an edit later when I figure it out.

[EDIT]:
So, amazingly enough, I remembered what the other thing I was going to say was. I went out the used DVD place the other day and found a copy of Bride and Prejudice on sale, and being a sucker for most Jane Austen-related things, I bought it. I really like the movie. Sure, it's terribly stupid in many ways, and the book and most recent BBC film version are infinitely superior, but it's cute and funny and just nice to watch. While watching Ashanti sing in it, I thought I remembered some of the femoles (who know more hindi/other appropriate languages than I do, and more about the culture than I do) say that she wasn't really that good in the song. So I was online looking around, and discovered that a lot of people of Indian descent really hate the movie and find it degrading. This took me by surprise because, while it is stupid I didn't think it portrayed anyone or any culture particularly badly. Sure, it's a disney-esque version of Indian culture, but I didn't think it was insulting. Perhaps I just don't have sufficient ties to any part of my heritage to understand, but it confuses me. The part I could most understand is that it's the suave American and Britain that come in and win the girls, and the Indian male that take the part of Mr. Collins. I suppose in that way it sort of plays down the Indian men as being silly or stupid. Nevertheless, I just don't particularly understand. I still enjoy the movie, and think it is amusing as what it is, and I suppose if people take it as a representative of Indian culture, then they're stupid. It's kind of like taking any big-budget, stupid action flick from Hollywood as a representative of American culture. Movies take the unusual and amplify it....that's what they do...

Oh well.