Honestly, I’m not really into watching the Olympics this year. For one, it’s in Canada, and I’m not, which makes me feel a little sad. Two, I used to love the kind of sports that are currently being held at the Olympics and I’m not participating in them here (for various reasons). As a friend said, it’s like reading a cooking book while being hungry. Not cool.
But from the very beginning the Olympics seem to be a little…weird (for lack of a better word). The opening ceremony seemed to have been so full of symbolism that it went over the top. I bet the person who won the part of ‘master planner’ simply got the part because no one else could put so much random crap into one ceremony. And now the Canadian women’s hockey team decided that the most responsible and honourable thing to do after winning an Olympic gold medal would be to behave like sorority girls drinking and smoking at an Olympic Venue. Way to go Team Canada.
But on the other hand, if it wasn’t for photographers and the pictures, it may not have been that bad. Ultimately, I hate to say this, but I think they should be barred from the closing ceremony (or what ever other punishment can be dealt) because it was blatantly obvious there were photographers there and this was bound to become public.
I put up this picture (well, actually a slightly different one, this is after applying some suggestions from others) while a little North of Bstok. I dropped off the wife at work and went exploring for pics. I’m finding it really difficult to find good shots in winter. Some people just seem to have an eye for incredible scenes in which the complexity of everything just blends together in order to convey simplicity and leave the viewer in awe. I wonder how they do it.
I’m on Twitter. It’s been hard to get into it and I’m still not using it to the fullest potential (and it doesn’t help that Poland’s mobile providers don’t support it, but whatever). In my opinion such a platform is really awesome and could really help shape the electronic world with it’s ‘mini blogging’ platform. But there is a problem. Twitter addicts who use and abuse the system which then result’s in having 100 tweets in succession which are really useless. If I wanted to read 100 tweets from the same person all in a row I’d go to their blog. I deleted this person, even though I really like their photography, because of this over use.
People, don’t abuse Twitter. Short, sweet, simple…and to the point. That’s what it’s supposed to be all about.
Freshly installed Vista and was looking through some old photos in (dusty) folders. Decided to take some out and who the world!
Here’s the Women’s 2009 Roger’s Cup in Toronto.
Lately I’ve been wanting to start taking photos again. I will admit though that the cold weather (down to -35C) does sort of put me off. I guess I’m a wuss and can’t fathom the idea of my kit dying in the winter.
But I did have to send my 17-55 f2.8 lens for repair. Thank God for the WordWide Warrantee. It’s currently sitting Warsaw waiting to be fixed and see other days. I did take out the fifty and attach the Raynox to it in order to get some shots of some insulin vials. Can you tell where my current clinical practice is?
Yahoo! movies was gracious enough to share with the world comments made by whacko’s who stated that Avatar is a racist movie. Why? Because it’s “a fantasy about race told from the point of view of white people” and that it reinforces “the white Messiah fable.”.
Eh?
It seems that every movie that comes out is racist unless there’s a non-white protagonist that saves the world. God forbid the antagonist be Black. Ooh boy. Good thing I am Legend didn’t make that mistake. There have been comparisons to Pocahontas and that a white man showed an Indian girl the new world and raised her to being a hero…but only after she was shown how to be white. Would the story have worked if the Indian chick came from England and found John Smith, a white Indian, and showed him the ways of the New World? Get real people.
“It’s really upsetting in many ways,” said Lee, who is black with Jamaican and Chinese ancestry. “It would be nice if we could save ourselves.”
So Lee, you’re saying your a blue, 9 foot alien from another world where it takes years to get to by space travel, have a tail that can communicate with trees and fly pterodactyls? I think you’ll like the Karate Kid remake where Will Smith’s son (Black) is the karate kid who gets tutored by Jackie Chan (Asian). But then again, I have the urge to say something along the lines of, shut up. Don’t like it, don’t watch it.
I sometimes get annoyed by the little things in life and suddenly have the urge to put in a post. Don’t mind me. Why can’t people just enjoy movies anymore?
It seems the last two weeks nothing but Tiger Woods has been coming up whenever people start talking about sports. It’s beginning to get me angry enough to post a much needed blog entry.
People, shut up already. It’s been done. The multimillionaire has been the centre of attention and ridicule as well as he’s starting to lose his sponsors.
I can’t say I feel sorry for the guy, but I do have this feeling of “ah man, that sucks, for everybody.”
Although he wasn’t my role model, I’m sure he was someone’s.
Way to break the down time on the blog eh?
I took this picture at the very beginning of the summer. I had it on a pen drive and J noticed it and suggested I upload it. I find looking back at pictures after taking a break from them (be it a week or a month) allows me to view them differently. Sometimes I realize the potential something can have but at the time of creating it it doesn’t seem so, and only because I created it.
So I got rid of that stagnant intro screen (which had more dead links than live ones, and at a ratio of 3:1) and moved the blog part right down to the root directory. So no more /blog
I also changed the theme as the other one was getting old and I wanted to restart something and add a few links and pages here and there.
So I’m back in Canada for the summer now! It’s going alright, other than a fractured toe(s). Weather’s been iffy with rain and thunderstorms lately, but it’s bearable. Planning on getting some good shots soon. Maybe a trip to the golf course or Centennial Park to get the frisbee golf players?
The above picture was taken on Gala Lake in the Muskoka area. Thanks to you Luke for a good time up there.
It seems that it’s being used quite a lot. Slowly friends are joining. I’m finding it hard to adapt. I had a hell of a time trying to start using Facebook. Is this is Twitter thing any good? Your comments?
I saw a woman die not too long ago. Her ECG slowly decreased in rhythm and eventually went flat. Her breathing slowed down to 10, then 8, then 4, and eventually 0. Her daughter started crying as her mother left for a better place. The nurse turned off the monitors.
After the daughter left the clinic the body was placed into a beige bag and was wheeled away on a hard gurney.
The CCU returned to normal shortly after.
I want to describe the situation somehow but I can’t. It’s not because I lack the words. I think I lack the feeling. A sort of void. Maybe even a shock that you can’t describe but can only accept. Harsh reality? Brutal truth?
I’m trying to find out more about this test, known as the Whole Blood Clotting Test 20. Why? Because it’s in one of my Clinical Cases books. I’ve so far narrowed it down to having something in common with snake bites (the case is actually a man bitten by a snake). I’m having extreme difficulty finding it in my medical books. I even looked in my Guyton and Hall’s Medical Physiology for help. Been a long time since I’ve opened that baby up. Which inspired me to put in a blog post, just for the hell of it.
So yeah, I’m still alive.
And as for the WBCT20, the Australian Venom Research Project helped me out with this. Unfortunately for ‘my patient’, he now has a coagulopathy.
I went for an hour long walk this evening. A sort of powerwalk you could say. It was me, my iPod, and a bag of sunflower seeds (those things really do make the time pass…as well as the music). The temperature was around 10 Celsius so it wasn’t too bad. What caught my attention was the falling leaves on certain trees. There was one where a nice yellow street light lit up the yellow leaves that had changed colour for the season and they just started falling as I stood there.
It was a very serene and mesmerizing view and served to remind me of two things:
1. Why did I not bring my camera?! Autumn is one cool season with fantastic scenes and everytime I see something nice I want to kick myself for not bringing my camera.
2. Life can be so meaningless sometimes. Just like leaves on a tree. They’re there, and then they’re not. What’s it all for if we just die and leave everything behind? I really do hope there’s more to all this than what meets the eye
Oh yes, that’s right. Two posts in one day. I had to get this off my chest. J and I went to Goniadz today along with an aunt who made a surprise and came to Poland (From Canada). We stopped at the side the road in order for me to play in the corn field. As luck would have it, we passed two bicyclists which turned out to be family. We had a nice chat.
Lately I’ve been wanting to start taking photos again. I will admit though that the cold weather (down to -35C) does sort of put me off. I guess I’m a wuss and can’t fathom the idea of my kit dying in the winter.
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Avatar Racist?
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Eh?
It seems that every movie that comes out is racist unless there’s a non-white protagonist that saves the world. God forbid the antagonist be Black. Ooh boy. Good thing I am Legend didn’t make that mistake. There have been comparisons to Pocahontas and that a white man showed an Indian girl the new world and raised her to being a hero…but only after she was shown how to be white. Would the story have worked if the Indian chick came from England and found John Smith, a white Indian, and showed him the ways of the New World? Get real people.
So Lee, you’re saying your a blue, 9 foot alien from another world where it takes years to get to by space travel, have a tail that can communicate with trees and fly pterodactyls? I think you’ll like the Karate Kid remake where Will Smith’s son (Black) is the karate kid who gets tutored by Jackie Chan (Asian). But then again, I have the urge to say something along the lines of, shut up. Don’t like it, don’t watch it.
I sometimes get annoyed by the little things in life and suddenly have the urge to put in a post. Don’t mind me. Why can’t people just enjoy movies anymore?
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