What I'm Watching: COPS (Love me some criminals getting tased!)
Current Word Count: 9,602 (I know, I know, still in a holding pattern...but pen and paper work continues so still counting this week as a writing win!)
Scott and I went to see the movie 2012 today. Honestly? It actually wasn't too bad. Lots of intense action and special effects. It also raised some interesting questions...like, if it really was the end of the world and we had the opportunity to save a select few to restart society, who would be worthy of being saved? Who would be the "best of the best" when it comes to science, art, research, etc. ?
Unfortunately, the list the hubs and I were able to come up with was pathetically small. So far, our "Ark" would contain:
- Stephen Hawking: Obviously...the guy has more intelligence in one brain cell than I have in my entire frontal lobe.
- Bill Gates: This one was cause for much debate but let's face it, the guy is a computer genius and I'd really rather not have to go without computers any longer than absolutely necessary.
- J.K. Rowling: This one was mine. Pure entertainment value. Also added Stephenie Meyer. Again, pure entertainment value. I must have a steady supply of interesting books.
- Stephen King: The hubs added him. Interesting choice since the hubs isn't much of a reader. Suspect it's the only author that readily came to mind. Still, I allowed it because, dude, it's Stephen King. Quite possibly the only person in the world who could come up with something more freaking scary than the end of the world thereby making reality seem tame and normal by comparison.
Uh, that was it. A 45 minute drive home and we came up with one brilliantly gifted but physically disabled scientist, one billionaire computer nerd and three writers. These are the people we've chosen to rebuild our world. We? Are so screwed. Just saying.
Haha! Love the list! I think your choices are absolutely perfect. Never would there be a more utopian society. Except poor J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer would have their work cut out for them repopulating the world. Perhaps a few more women might make their jobs a little easier?
ReplyDeleteHehe. I'll need to see that movie. On a side note, I saw the movie Up yesterday and nearly sobbed. So sweet and heartwarming. And I love that it has an elderly protagonist.