Hasdrubal the Boetarch, we hardly knew ye

[uberreiniger]

The entry title comes from all the fascinating things ghaidin has just been telling me about the Third Punic War. To the Romans' credit, the Carthagians really should have seen it coming.

I got thirty extra minutes of overtime this morning because we had to call an ambulance for a homeless man who collapsed in the park next door to us. It seemed nothing more than a case of severe intoxication, but you can't be too sure.

Something I've noticed about homeless men is that they tend to repeat themselves over and over again. A few months back when oreibasia stopped to assist a driver who had flipped his car, the panhandler from the nearby corner kept telling the young man "you got post-traumatic shock" over and over. This morning one of the sick man's companions, whom I'm assuming feared his friend would be robbed at the hospital kept telling me and the paramedics that "he got a lotta money on him" in an endless loop. Now I know two different scenarios aren't enough to assume that everyone in that particular demographic does this, but it is enough to be worth taking note of. Maybe they're so used to being unseen and unheard that they fear the message won't get through if they're not relentlessly persistant. All things considered, I suppose it's not an unreasonable fear.

Many Carthagians were rendered homeless after the sack of Carthage in the Third Punic War. Maybe the fact that many people know next to nothing about the Third Punic War is a testimony of what happens when homeless people do not repeat themselves.

I wanted to go see Lady In The Water tonight but it doesn't seem to be playing anywhere anymore. I wasn't expecting that. What a twist!

I have also been mandatory'd into overtime Saturday night. Here's hoping no more paramedics need to be called.

I bought the Silent Hill movie today. Yes, I am weak. I really want to buy V For Vendetta but of course it's one of the most expensive new releases ever to be newly released. I'd also like to get my hands of Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerebus for PS2 but that's clearly going to have to wait. In fact, I've never even finished the original Final Fantasy VII. I used to have no patience for turn-based combat games that interupt the narrative every two minutes for another tedious fight scene, but I think that must be changing. And what's with there being a sequel to Finaly Fantasy VII anyway? Shouldn't they just call it Finally Fantasy VII.V or something?

Comments

[ghaidin.livejournal.com]

I saw a program a while ago about homeless teenagers and there was this mom who kept on saying she was a good mom, she didnt want to have her child taken away, she was a good mom, a good mom... I wonder how much desperation goes into a sentence like that :(

About lady in the water, i heard it's not that good? Hmmm, I havent seen it myself so i wouldnt know...

[raihaannah.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, the vast majority of homeless people are either a) mentally ill; b) cracked out on a numerous and variety of drugs; or c) both.

[germsama.livejournal.com]

I'm a little pissed that I actually want Dirge of Cerebus. -.- I completely despise FFVII, and it's an atrocity that Square-Enix is actually banking on milking the stupid game.

But... it's so pretty...

Ohhh, and get the Best Buy version of V for Vendetta. It comes with a V mask! I hung it above my mantel. Instead of dead deer heads, I have a grinning mask, all tremble before the geekness of me!

[adonijah74.livejournal.com]

The true sequel to FFVII (quite possibly the greatest game of all time), is Final Fantasy VII-The Advent Children. Except that it is not a game, but a movie. And unlike that farce of a so-called FF movie "The Spirit's Within", which had great animation, but no relevance to the FF games, this one takes place two years after the defeat of Sephiroth.

I highly recommend it. I own it on DVD (of course). I would suggest that you watch the chronicles of FFVII (on Special Features Disc 2), which is a shorter, condensed story of FFVII complete w/game footage thrown in for good measure. It kinda helps refresh your memory about what "materia" is and how it works, and who is "mother" and the whole "Shinra, Inc." thing.

Then watch the movie and enjoy. It's awesome IMO.

*eagerly anticipating FFXII (last FF title for PS2) and FFXIII (PS3 heaven)*