Party Pooper

Funny how when you take a Panadol the whole headache thing goes away. I didn't have any in the house the night before and so struggled alone for approximately 15 hours. I hate taking "medication" but the remnant shadow of the killer from the day before was still there and I just couldn't deal with it anymore. Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts.

So the opening ceremony of yet another major sporting meet has passed - so what! Who really cares? Why do we waste all that time & money and effort? And while I'm whinging, why do I care if someone wins a medal? They're not winning it for me, or the country - they're winning it for themselves. And I can't hear any more crap about the devotion and sacrifice these athletes put themselves through - who's asking them to do this? Who wants the adulation? Who wants the big prize? Who wants to be the best in the world? Who gets to have a cushy media job the rest of their lives because of their sacrifices?



And now to the ceremony - my friend - and his band did perform the first song of the evening, not that you would have noticed. There was 1 tiny shot of the band for about 1.5 seconds and that was it. And the back announce at the end of the song was clipped and cutoff and not clear so again no recognition of the artists. It was The Church and they performed their beautiful "Under the Milky Way". How disrespectful is that? Go figure what the hell that was all about.

And why do we continue to involve and incorporate our Indigenous culture into events that put Australia on the world stage? Who are we trying to kid here? Ourselves? The rest of the world? It's ok to use and identify with Indigenous art and dreamtime imagery and the digeridoo. But when it comes to land rights and health care and education - that's another story we should keep swept under the carpet. Hypocrites is what we are! It starts right at the top and it's weeding it's way down to the bottom. And then having the Queen come to open the bloody commonwealth's games - give me a fucking break! If that just isn't the most ironic set of circumstances: indigenous culture be honoured and respected and incorporated into the mainstream, and the Prime Minister sitting side by side the Queen - and none of the media say boo about it.

And why is Condaleeza Rice commenting on who would be Australia's best trading partners and who Australia needs to be afraid of? Back off sister!