Random things I feel like mentioning,
Jul. 20th, 2003 02:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynmostly because Aunt K. gave me a cup with around 18 oz. of orange-tinted MOuntain Dew for the ride home (I refused coffee) and it hasn't worn off yet...
Big-ass shark in Finding Nemo is named Bruce. Thought this was because Bruce was Australian - cf. Monty Python Australian Philosophers Sketch. Only later did I realise that big-ass robot shark used in Jaws movies was called Bruce by movie crew and so this was probably homage. durh.
There is a stretch of the Harlem River Drive in Manhattan labeled '369th Div- Harlem Hellfighters Highway'. Finally got off arse and looked up this name on Web. According to the History Channel documentary on the subject (and a lot of other places too), they were " the 369th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard 15 Regiment. An all African American unit, the 369th fought in World War I under the French Flag because the United States refused to have African American soldiers in combat. The 369th compiled an astounding war record and were decorated by the French government. But when they returned home to the United States, they were subjected to the racism of the era, and discovered their service in World War I meant nothing to their fellow Americans. Harlem Hellfighters would be useful for classes on African American History, American History, European History, Cultural History and civics. It is appropriate for middle school and high school." One of 'em, Sgt. Henry Johnson, was the first American to win the Croix de Guerre. Go Sgt. Johnson!
Was expecting them to be some kind of air unit or something a la Flying Tigers. Was hoping to be able to appropriate the name for background material in RPG or novel or something, but would rather not sully name of really cool group by insufficiently respectful use.
I think I ran into two buskers I have seen on the subway before. One doesn't usually see erhu players, so guys who do that stand out. And how many basso Chinese guys who sing opera- we're talkin' Verdi, here- and the Ave Maria can there be? I gave 'em a buck each. Buskers are cool.
I think that's about it. I'm starting to yawn; I guess the soda has worn off. T'care...
Big-ass shark in Finding Nemo is named Bruce. Thought this was because Bruce was Australian - cf. Monty Python Australian Philosophers Sketch. Only later did I realise that big-ass robot shark used in Jaws movies was called Bruce by movie crew and so this was probably homage. durh.
There is a stretch of the Harlem River Drive in Manhattan labeled '369th Div- Harlem Hellfighters Highway'. Finally got off arse and looked up this name on Web. According to the History Channel documentary on the subject (and a lot of other places too), they were " the 369th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard 15 Regiment. An all African American unit, the 369th fought in World War I under the French Flag because the United States refused to have African American soldiers in combat. The 369th compiled an astounding war record and were decorated by the French government. But when they returned home to the United States, they were subjected to the racism of the era, and discovered their service in World War I meant nothing to their fellow Americans. Harlem Hellfighters would be useful for classes on African American History, American History, European History, Cultural History and civics. It is appropriate for middle school and high school." One of 'em, Sgt. Henry Johnson, was the first American to win the Croix de Guerre. Go Sgt. Johnson!
Was expecting them to be some kind of air unit or something a la Flying Tigers. Was hoping to be able to appropriate the name for background material in RPG or novel or something, but would rather not sully name of really cool group by insufficiently respectful use.
I think I ran into two buskers I have seen on the subway before. One doesn't usually see erhu players, so guys who do that stand out. And how many basso Chinese guys who sing opera- we're talkin' Verdi, here- and the Ave Maria can there be? I gave 'em a buck each. Buskers are cool.
I think that's about it. I'm starting to yawn; I guess the soda has worn off. T'care...
