EXECUTE BLOG ENTRY 66!!!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

So I've spent the last hour or so catching up on blogs here. Only I seem to be in a really lazy mood... at least three times, I started typing a comment only to decide that I didn't actually want to say anything. Or rather, I was too lazy to think of how to explain whatever thought I wanted to convey, or too lazy to type it out. I kept thinking terse and condescending things like "good entry, except for the fact you're wrong" (and then not wanting to explain why) or "uh, you might not want to put too much energy into fighting that, because you're gonna lose" as well as things like "good entry, I agree completely and do you think that...." (and then being too lazy to write about the logical conclusion of the subject).

Does anyone else ever get like this when it comes to writing comments? Ok, so I'm really shy and that's often a reason why I don't comment, but not today. Today I'm just too lazy to... think. And type. So I know if I said anything, I'd sound incredibly arrogant ("I'm right and you're wrong, so haha!") so I'm not gonna talk.

Most of the entries I read tonight had to do with clones in one way or another, because clones rock and they spawn good discussion. I tend to scroll right past entries with titles such as "will George Lucas make more SW movies?" and "why is Mace's lightsaber purple?" (insert netspeak and typos into those) ... heh, entries with questions in the title are a good way to NOT get me to read them.

Anyways I'm too lazy to type up real replies, but here's the gist of what I wanted to say. I feel some unspoken (until now) and illogical need to get this out, though I'm too lazy to explain my reasoning... or I already have a hundred times. (And yes, I know I sound arrogant here, so just ignore this paragraph. Am writing it for my own benefit.)
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Clones are human. They have freewill and souls. (And if God creates the souls for people, who's to say He won't created them for cloned people too?) They are not evil because they kill people - they're soldiers. There is nothing inherently wrong with cloning - it's the fact that humanity has such a poor track record with treating humans as sub-human that I personally think creating human clones is a bad idea. And to people who are still actively engaged in combat over the whole 3 million clones thing (on both sides, really) - just try not to talk. All will be revealed, and I personally can't wait and see if my idea is right.
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Alright, now that that's out of the way.... I've been re-reading Hard Contact lately and though it's my 4th time through the book, I still keep finding cool things and more quotes I need to add to clonecommandos.net. I thought I'd share a few of my thoughts... though some of them are kind of strange and geeky.

Firstly, near the start when Niner's talking about how Geonosis was a waste and it was an infantry job, not special ops... well, since I've started playing Battlefield 2, I can sorta relate to that feeling. That's the feeling I get when I spawn as sniper and then find out out that we're supposed to be assaulting a flag. It's like... man, I'm not equipped for this. I'm equipped to go off by myself, hide, and kill people when they least expect it, but I don't have the right guns or armour to run straight into a firefight. Or when I spawn as spec ops (my fave class now - I love C4, though I always blow myself up...) and want to get to the top of a building, but then realise I'm not assault and thus don't have a grappling hook. :/ So yeah, kinda a weird thought, but it was what happened. (I actually said to Niner "you should have thought of that before you spawned spec ops!" out loud when I read that! *geek*)

In the middle of the book, when Darman and Etain are eating at the farmers' house and the farmer's wife asks if the Republic is going to help them. And Darman's like "I can't answer that", as his automatic response under interrogation is to never answer yes or no and give no info but his ID number. Well, after reading Triple Zero and knowing a bit more about how he was trained to sustain interrogation, it seems like more than just an offhand comment now. Very cool. I love pieces being put together.

I love when Darman's asking Etain if she can detect droids in the Force, and she start to answer... only to be shot at. And then she goes "obviously not"! Hehe.

I still love this quote:
Etain: I find this growth acceleration difficult to understand.
Darman: It's a Kaminoan industrial secret.
I love the way all the clones take things at face value in this book - it's refreshing. Especially the way they speak to others, not always sure what they should say and not understanding the motives of those asking. They aren't so naive in Triple Zero... though they really shouldn't be so it's ok. But it's still cool.

Well, that's as far into the book as I am currently, so I'll stop there. In a few days I'll be getting back my copy of Triple Zero, so I intend to re-read it in the near future as well. A few of its plot points are a bit of a blur to me, as taking in that many words in less than two days is kinda hardcore.