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silveradept...another day of running around doing things. Some of it productive, some of it entertaining, all of it organized chaos.
Speaking of organizing chaos, I've got a couple odd things poking at my brain. The first is a shirt I saw while headed from my umpiring shift. To understand the significance, you have to know that my University uses the cheer "Go Blue" a lot. The shirt I saw had our M, but in black, and underneath it was "Go Black" Naturally, I recognized it for the ethnic statement it was, but at the same time, in a slight bit of disgust, to be honest, I thought, "Well, I wonder what it would be like if we saw our populous Asian contingent wearing shirts that said 'Go Yellow' (they wouldn't, it would probably be 'Go Maize', but still, I couldn't picture it somehow. Sometimes I wonder how much the minority groups can get away with in regards to flaunting their ethnic pride.
Number two comes from me as a sportsman and umpire. In the softball leagues, there are some teams that are rules-mongerers. And that doesn't bother me much. In other places, there are good teams that have it all down and can play the game. They don't bother me either. What does make me want to cry in frustration are the females in the co-rec leagues that look like they have no idea how to hold a bat, much less swing it. This is partly because I, and my siblings all played baseball/softball as kids and so learned that part of things. It's partly frustration at the people for not learning the technique and teaching the basics. Hit the ball, then run. If possible, hit the ball hard and run.
That's my mini-rant, then. Two unrelated materials, as usual.
The musician and semi-artist in me goes "OooOOoOOooooh" at the concept of Sustainable, a seven-part water-gong experience. Any environmental messages that might come along for the ride were probably ignored.
And then the realization that the media can lie to you legally makes you wonder just what "fair and balanced" really means. That, and we censor ourselves without government help fairly effectively, makes me wonder how far into the Dark Ages the administration plans on taking us.
Braaaaains! BRAAAAAINS!
Elves, existing? Possibly.
Bed, for me? Definitely. Greek sport will have my head tomorrow if I don't get some rest.
Speaking of organizing chaos, I've got a couple odd things poking at my brain. The first is a shirt I saw while headed from my umpiring shift. To understand the significance, you have to know that my University uses the cheer "Go Blue" a lot. The shirt I saw had our M, but in black, and underneath it was "Go Black" Naturally, I recognized it for the ethnic statement it was, but at the same time, in a slight bit of disgust, to be honest, I thought, "Well, I wonder what it would be like if we saw our populous Asian contingent wearing shirts that said 'Go Yellow' (they wouldn't, it would probably be 'Go Maize', but still, I couldn't picture it somehow. Sometimes I wonder how much the minority groups can get away with in regards to flaunting their ethnic pride.
Number two comes from me as a sportsman and umpire. In the softball leagues, there are some teams that are rules-mongerers. And that doesn't bother me much. In other places, there are good teams that have it all down and can play the game. They don't bother me either. What does make me want to cry in frustration are the females in the co-rec leagues that look like they have no idea how to hold a bat, much less swing it. This is partly because I, and my siblings all played baseball/softball as kids and so learned that part of things. It's partly frustration at the people for not learning the technique and teaching the basics. Hit the ball, then run. If possible, hit the ball hard and run.
That's my mini-rant, then. Two unrelated materials, as usual.
The musician and semi-artist in me goes "OooOOoOOooooh" at the concept of Sustainable, a seven-part water-gong experience. Any environmental messages that might come along for the ride were probably ignored.
And then the realization that the media can lie to you legally makes you wonder just what "fair and balanced" really means. That, and we censor ourselves without government help fairly effectively, makes me wonder how far into the Dark Ages the administration plans on taking us.
Braaaaains! BRAAAAAINS!
Elves, existing? Possibly.
Bed, for me? Definitely. Greek sport will have my head tomorrow if I don't get some rest.
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Date: 2004-09-21 08:08 pm (UTC):) Sorry, 200% workload tends to make me default to "serious cynical bastard" mode.
As for the rest... could be argued that its another necessary illusion.
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Date: 2004-09-21 10:34 pm (UTC)