It's been 64 years since August 17, 1945.

[whynot]

DEAR INDONESIA,

WILL I STILL NEED YOU, WILL I STILL FEED YOU, WHEN YOU ARE SIXTY-FOUR? AS YOU ARE NOW?

Happy birthday, you crazy country! Sixty-four years ago, Japan was atom-bombed into surrender, and Indonesia was like, "NOW'S OUR CHANCE," and was all *DECLARES INDEPENDENCE!*. Then Holland came along and tried being all, "Hey, thanks for kicking out the Japanese and saving our place. Now we can continue--" but Indonesia was like, "LOLOL NICE TRY, HOLLAND."

Independence day strikes me as kind of arbitrary sometimes, though. Indonesia as we know it is the Indonesia that the Dutch East Indies had carved out before Japan came along and occupied. THAT Indonesia is 64 years old. That's the Indonesia that Holland delineated being basically like, "This is where all the nutmeg and cloves are." It's like when Africa was divided and the borders didn't take tribal land into consideration. Indonesia's heritage goes back to before BC. We are FUCKING old.

Sixty-four years old since we shrugged off our last occupier. You know what it kind of reminds me of? It kind of reminds me of this xkcd comic.

Not to like, poop all over independence day or anything.

Some facts about Indonesia-as-we-know-it
1. Wiliam Shatner is older than Indonesia.
2. Being born on August 17, Indonesia is a Leo, indicating that it is enthusiastic and generous, but intolerant and patronizing. Other famous Leos include Hulk Hogan and Fidel Castro. Distinguished company! Its Chinese astrological sign is a rooster, indicating that it is delicious dipped in batter and deep-fried.
3. The Indonesian flag is the Polish flag turned upside-down, and a longer version of Monaco's.

Many happy returns!


Okay, so I was looking up The Beatles' video of "When I'm 64" to see how relevant the lulz are, and the video begins with the Beatles spontaneously growing beards due to some strange time warp, MUCH LIKE CASPIAN IN THE DAWN TREADER MOVIE APPARENTLY. WHAT. Oh Caspian, at least one questionable characterization choice for you per installation!

I was also clicking through http://fuckyeahemmawatson.tumblr.com/ trying to deny my secret crush and then I come across THESE PICTURES, and I was like hfjdksljflsjflksd. OMG GRINT IN A PINK JACKET AND HAT BEING SHAMELESSLY LIKE ":D!". And then vespas. jfldks!

While on the subject of pics that make me go "jfldks!": QUEENS OF NARNIA

Comments

[cupiscent.livejournal.com]

I feel like there's some random confluence of tiny aspects of my life towards this post, to whit:
- Our printers, who are in Indo, sent us emails last Friday that we only got this morning saying, "Independence Day, we won't be in on Monday, SUCKERS."
- The book I'm currently proofing at DP (http://www.pgdp.net/c/activity_hub.php) is "The History of Java", which is sort of rambunctiously and gapingly merc-imperialistic.

OK, so it's only two, BUT IT'S SOMETHING.

WAIT WAIT WAIT, also:
- We watched Orlando last night, which involved many instances of us saying, "Has anyone ever been as fey as Tilda?" and "No really!"

Also, Team Potter on Wheels is lollertastic, and the insta-aging effects of beards will never go out of movie-making style.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

Hee! It's hard to not be merc-imperialistic, I feel. I mean sure there was also proselytization and political power plays and such, but I feel like that's all indelibly tied in with the nutmeg, so to speak.

Team Potter on Wheels make me go XDDDDDDD, especially the boysssssss. 'Cos Hermione and Ginny are all, "Oh, we are so pretty," but Ron and Harry are like, "VROOM VROOM!!!"

[silentsighs.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, that last picture! I keep going back to look at it and check that, yep, it's still as awesome as it was the first time I saw it.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

Right?! I am constantly just like *_* at it.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

THE QUEENS OF NARNIA PIC. OMG. *loves*

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

I KNOW I KNOW I ALMOST CAN'T HANDLE ITjfdlsjfklds

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

QUEENS OF NARNIA.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

QUEEEEEEEEENS OF NARNIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, BEING AWESOME TOGETHERRRRRRR

[nixwilliams.livejournal.com]

WHY WON'T ANY OF THOSE PICTURES LOAD FOR MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?

oh, ok, i just got QUEENS OF NARNIA and BEARDY CASPIAN. but still no PINK!GRINT. WHY, INTERNETS, WHY DO YOU HATE MEEEEEEEEE? waah wah waaahhhhh!

also, selamat hari ulang tahun, indonesia! (PLEASE FORGIVE MY MANGLING OF THE LANGUAGE, I HAVEN'T STUDIED IT FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS, incidentally, about as long as i've been vegetarian. coincidence, OR SOMETHING MORE SINISTER?! you decide!)

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

<3 Haha, you didn't mangle it all! So, I know there's like a bunch of Indonesians in Australia. Is Indonesian a popular language to learn there?

[nixwilliams.livejournal.com]

ZOMG I HAS PICTURES! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

hm, is it popular? i'm not sure. i know a few peeps who did it at school, although most ppl that i know now (who went to school in melbourne rather than in the country like me) did french, german, italian, maybe japanese ... but indonesian is getting more popular, i think. i mean, it's one of our closest neighbours, so it should be!

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

I AM FOR BEARDY CASPIAN
dude he kind of looks hot? I mean I've come to grips with the fact that he is just too old. And I wish Skandar had longer hair again :/

There was another thing on my flist about August 17! I skipped over it but then went back once I read your post, and lo and behold it is not related at all :( It is a hetalia fic about August 17, 1786, when Prussia's favoritest king Frederick II the Great died.

ALSO I LOVE ALL THESE PICTURES TO BITS <3333 QUEENSSSS and Rupert Grint!! and Emma Watson (why so hot omg) and I kind of wish Bonnie Wright/Ginny would actually smile and look less nervous.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

I love all my Narnia babies, but I reserve the right to laff and laff and laff at their questionable decisions <3.

HAHA. Other things that happened on August 17 are my former roommate's birthday, the revelation of the Radcliffe line (between India and Pakistan, 1947), Gabon's independence! (1960), and Bill Clinton's admission that he had inappropriate relations with Monica Lewinsky (1998). Yaaay.

Apparently during LWW filming, Tilda would like hang around and give the kids tips and encouragement and stuff <333333

EMMA WATSON IS GETTING RIDICULOUS(LY HOT). She is such a doll! I love looking at her couture photo shoots.

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

also if I can find any material for it I will draw Indonesia a birthday picture hetalia style! (this is what I do, I've decided, after America and Bolivia)

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

Eeee! Remember you said you were gonna do Arthur Duck and Merlin Mouse! Uh, not to be a McPushface or anything. Just reminding?? XD

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

OH YEAH
It is like half-done, which is to say I have harvested pics for sources/manipping from the internets and not technically started at all. But YES. after I finish this narniafic (I am SUCH a procrastinatorrrrr)

[puckling.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday Indonesia!

Also DanRad and Grint = lolz

YOUR ICON OMG

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

DANRAD AND GRINT ARE LIKE, "VROOM VROOM!!!!!!" <3333333333333 *_*

AND DANRAD'S SUNGLASSES AND GRINT'S PINK JACKET AND STUPID LITTLE ADORABLE HAT AND HOW DAN JUST LOOKS SUPERLAAAAAAAAME IN THE FIRST PICTURE AND THE GIRLS ARE JUST LIKE

"Hi, we're hot."

BECAUSE TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTALLYYYYYY

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

HEY GUESS WHAT

IT IS MALAYSIA'S BIRTHDAY TWO WEEKS LATER they are like birthday buddies. Maybe they have a combined birthday party? Except Indonesia is so much older, it is probably all WHATEVER and off partying with its buddies, leaving Malaysia to be sad.

HEY I MAYBE MISS WRITING NARNIA?! AND MAYBE I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR GIRL CRUSH ON EMMA WATSON?!

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

It was India's birthday a few days ago! We should all just throw a joint party and split the cost of booze and rock the fuck ooooooouuuuuut!

HEY THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD WRITE SOME NARNIA. A WINNING SOLUTION FOR ALL INVOLVED. yesssss

So far it just involves me looking at her couture fashion shoots and going "*_* how so prettyyyyyyyyy".

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

ANYWAY, I was further googling Emma Watson to see if I can dig up visual aid for you but then I got distracted by the following. I have an IMPORTANT QUESTION: is this really Emma Watson and Rupert Grint? I CAN'T QUITE TELL, THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE WAY OF EACH OTHER:



*_*

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

I...had things to say, but then I saw that last picture there. QUEENS OF NARNIA, OMG. <3333333

...I kind of want fic for this picture.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

SREIOUSLY, QUEENS OF NARNIA WHAT WHAT

Hahaha, you are not the first person to say that. THe picture is just so OVERHWELMING. Is it an AU where Susan and Lucy turn evil or an AU where Jadis turns good?? (AM KIND OF BEING BOWLED OVER AT THE THOUGHT OF JADIS BAKING COOKIES.)

(...EVIL COOKIES??)

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

OMG THAT LAST PICTURE. QUEENS OF NARNIAAAAA! aklshdglkdjflsgghsdlkf

also, man, emma and bonnie are getting ridiculously hot! the more they grow, the prettier they are! it is definitely unfair! ahlkgjdsf

(EVIL COOKIES!)

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

SO EVIL

EVIL AND DELICIOUS