random olympic comments

as i continue to compulsively watch the olympics ... and i should preface this by saying that i've been watching a lot of ice dancing in the last couple days

1. when did rhinestones become the new manly chest hair?

2. when you're wearing a full fake-skin suit, are you nearly nude or fully clothed?

3. curlers are no longer just balding, pot bellied men. some of them are quite young *and* quite hot. a lethal combination!

4. did the olympics suddenly decide to limit teams to a choice of 5 pieces of music? why are there so many repeats?

5. why has the olympics turned the entire country into leafs fans? ugh.


and we get to hear the anthem play ... time to go and study up on the lyrics.

time to refresh

as i've been compulsively watching the olympics, i've been witness to many anthems - and on a few occasions that good ol' o canada.

there was a question posed to one of our gold medallists today as to what is the way to go - do you sing with the anthem - or not?

i would have always thought i would sing along - and i do sing along when it's played, only to discover, much to my horror ... i cannot remember all the words in english. sure, i can sing the anthem in a bilingual manner, no problem ... but make me do it in just english? i draw a blank. is this something i need to study up on? or ... do i just continue on as is? because, really ... when will i need to sing the anthem in full english ever in my life? aren't anthems really just ... archaic?

the line

there has been much discussion around the recent events and excitement around the toronto mayoral race. part of this seems to have erupted into a debate about the bedroom and what is or is not allowed.

now, i'm a modern girl with some old-fashioned ideals peppered in for good measure, and i must say ... i've been a little shocked and appalled by people's attitudes about cheating. there seems to be a repeating theme coming from what appears to be male contributors (or female contributors with rather macho-esque screen names). a theme that i find quite disturbing. a theme that ... suggests men have a carte blanche to sleep around.

apparently ... monogamy does not start until one is legally married. yes, that is the line.

i guess i learn something new every day. this definitely explains why women are so anxious to lock down their man. and here i thought it was just because you got to have one heck of a party and dress up like a princess for a day.

is sawyer right?

are some of us meant to be alone? i figure, seeing as lost is an american show ... we'll be proved wrong on that one. but, you never know.

so it's coming up to one heck of a weekend for 2010 ... in order of ascending importance (of course, when i say ascending, i completely mean descending ...)

- family day - to be spent sleeping in and generally celebrating solitude
- opening of the 2010 winter olympics
- chinese new years (in the words of a former room mate - chow yun fat, everyone! let the tiger roar!)
- nba all star weekend - let the raptors roar! well ... raptor, singular
- valentine's day (i just can't get enough of those red tinsel hearts!)
- opening of valentine's day, the movie ... think i should buy my tickets now?

i think that's enough for now. a sort of warm up for things to come.

quick poetry

i've been crying for a year
now my hair is turning grey
i'm going back to bed,
and calling it a day.

(i can rhyme!)

what a load ....

so watching tv. gotta love tv - there's always some stupid thing to complain about. today's complaint - lucy zillio - sooo annoying. and worse - always schilling for something. tonight's product? a book that tells you that there's no such thing as being born shy - that it's not natural. that you should look ppl in the eye when you're talking to them - that it shows how confident you are - that it helps you connect with people.

i would like to disagree. while this may be true for some ppl - it's not for all. i think it's just another perpetuation of control extroverts have over the world. there's nothing wrong with being an introvert - it's only problematic because extroverts have decided that it's an issue because they don't understand it.

it makes me rather upset that introverted qualities are deemed as the lack of confidence, and therefore a sign of weakness. it is a form of discrimination that's largely ignored. although - maybe i won't go as far as discrimination - but it results in a lot of misunderstandings. which is unfortunate. and it also results in ridiculous self-help books to make ppl change into something that they don't need to be.

and ... anger has simmered down. that was fairly short.

is it gender bender month?

so - earlier this month - i discovered my boy kitten is a girl kitten (i've mentioned this before) - there's not much of a story there ... but since this has happened ... i feel like i'm being inundated with transgender stories in my little world - the world of television. (oh prime time tv, what a great friend you are)

in the past week - i have seen parents giving birth to a baby with both parts - on private practice ... then on law and order: svu., there were multiple transgender story lines - and now i'm watching this week's house and ... bam - the parents chose at birth that their child would be a boy and not a girl.

seriously - this is way too much for it to be a coincidence.