diaryland old n moldy new n fresh profile aol im dland notes like original stories? like to give feedback? click here! bored go here! rings: agnostic altoids ayn-rand 1976 complex connecticut corsets curiosity deviant disillusiond donnie darko douglas adams fark farscape gemini individual intj introvert ishmael kinky-sex libertarian ourladypeace pittsburgh rum-lovers virginia writer |
"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." -- unknown I know there needs to be something and I rather like the whole bit where the countries parade around and are introduced. It's just.. there's so much of if it that's truly pointless spectacle. Like someone decided the opening should take 5 hours (or whatever), but the realized we really only have an hour of true stuff - the torch, intro the countries.. and that's really it. So let's make a really over-the-top production that's really just pointless glitz and glamor. I had the vaguest of flashbacks to the China games.. and how even vaguer memories of hearing how much the stuff cost... And then I thought, what if like half as much money had been spent on the ceremony? Or even if just 20% of the cost had been taken out of the games and put to some other use... like down in Haiti. How many lives would have meaningfully been impacted by that chunk of change instead of being poured into the ceremony? A place like Alaska - April 07, 2012 Dowton Abbey - February 01, 2011 Dowton Abbey - January 31, 2011 Something of an update - January 16, 2011 What to do... - January 01, 2011 |
my current wishlist item, yes i am waiting for godot.
we live in the land of the free, but are we brave enough to keep it that way? you have a choice my addiction: pokerstars |