In the news...

I don't get much news here in Georgia. I watch the news in Russian sometimes, but I mainly just see people complaining to the camera or protesting somewhere. I have, however, received two disturbing pieces of news, though, in the past month or so. First of all, Pluto is no longer a planet. I've always been a bit skeptical of it, but now it is official. Brian has provided me with the astrophysical reasons for Pluto's demotion from planet to large sun-orbiting thing, but I can't remember them exactly. But what is Disney going to do now? The animated dog, which made its debut in 1930, the same year as Pluto's discovery, is now just named after the Roman god of the dead, which is much more sinister than I think Disney would ever have intended for the bumbling character. Pluto, too minor to be considered an institution unto himself, should be renamed. I think Dolly would be appropriate, after the first cloned sheep. It sticks with the general theme of recent scientific events that was present the last time "Pluto" was named, and it also seems to fit the dog's personality...if non-persons can be said to have such a thing. And Solarquest, the solar system's real estate game, is now (even more) outdated. Trajedies!

Secondly, the Crocodile Hunter died. Not sure what the global reaction was, but I was not really surprised. And I remember him dangling his child in front of a crocodile once on film. Strange guy.

School "starts" tomorrow. What this means for me is that I will now go to school every weekday morning, find out that the construction is still going on, and then listen to ladies (because only 5 of the 61 teachers are male) yell gossip over the construction for a few hours and then go home. Sadly, this sounds really exciting to me right now and should greatly decrease my boredom.

I can't post photos for some reason right now, but later this week I will make time.