Bored blog for bored reason's.

Well despite the rather narative and possibly alienating account of yesterday i thought in my boredom that i would write yet another blog, ye know rant about stuff to pass the time. Why because i can?






Swine Flu:

I could rant about the major risk's relating to this but i'm sure a lot of people are. In fact if anything i shouldn't be a risk, the failings by many people are especially glaring and almost insane. Basically a pig farm in some out of the way town was poorly controlled and 1,800 people in a town of 3,000 were struck by a mysterious illness nearly a month ago. This backward town is fully of weekend home's for people from the big cities particularly Mexico city. A sick census worker, a toddler and holidaying workers all contributed to the further spread of an illness that should have been noticed earlier and possibly should never have happened. The virus has mutated into an active human flu infection and it's approaching summer. Tourist movement, a religious celebration in mexico and generally awful health promotion has lead to 21 confirmed dead and several hundred infected world wide. Just a failure of the highest proportion's. And the cause, a poorly maintained pig farm owned by an American "pork tycoon". 15,000 pigs in around 20 warehouse's in completely awful conditions, more abhorrent then most animal rights advocate's can imagine. Sick, poorly cared for pigs harbored and spread a disease that is common to themselves and it got out of their poor living area and infected humans. Thousands became sick and then it jumped forward evolutionarily and is now a dangerous human flu. It just shouldn't happen and now we're all at risk. At the least a few hundred people may die, and a moderate level a few thousand, at a pandemic level 15% of the world maybe more or less, and insanely up to 50% of the civilised world if the shit really hiteth the fan.


A few anicdote's that i think are funny to consider:

Star Trek's release date has been postponned in mexico because of ban's on mass gatherings.

Chris Pine the star of Star Trek is in a "shelved" movie about a bird flue pandemic that the studio's have been holding onto waiting to make a profit, this movie is called "Carrier's" and here's the trailer: (hopefully this works, it's apparently after a sponsor's ad)

http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage/xplayer/jo001.swf?wmode=transparent&file=http://www.joblo.com/video/media/flv/carrierstrl.flv&s

This is the Imbd for it, a september release is apperently planed, they've been sitting on this one since 2007! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0806203/


Another little thing i noticed on my iPod that i found funny when thinking of this blog. There's a Cab song called This City is Contagious, it's about Las Vegas but it's still a great song and kind of ironic at the moment:






On another Las Vegas related note. Katy Perry's rather good song Waking up in Vegas has just been released as a single in most of the developed world. The video "dropped" a few days ago and it's pretty good. 4 months or so after first hearing it i still don't quiet get what the chorus. "Shut up and put your money where your mouth is, that's what you get for waking up in vegas." What exactly is the person getting? A mouth full of money? Is saliva covered notes legal tender? Or is it just 2 phrase's slammed together for a catchy chorus? Either way, it's brilliant, catchy te fuck and even if you don't like it she leaves great mammaries in her wake:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDjOvA7ZDbA





Assertive action via Caffine:


I know it's probably a bad thing, i am after all a trainee health professional. But caffinated drink's of the non tea or coffee variety do help me shut up my negative head sometimes. They also give me that bouncy energy and confidence to be "assertive" and all that BS i find difficult to do when wrapped with shyness, anxiety, and reluctance to participate. Now i don't rely on it or anything but it can help from time to time.

One such action that resulted from a placeboed caffine/sugar rush this afternoon was inviting Hope to some lunch to celebrate her election to the Other's committee and the fact she's sticking with her education here in trinity instead of returning to the sunshine and citrus goodness of Florida. So that's something, i shall do that hopefully at some time tomorrow, although my tutorial's are at the worst time, 2-4.



Gay, Lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transexual and Eddie Izzards:

It is on many level's great to live in this modern age. Sure we have relatively good health, tv, internet, radio, some electronic credit left, many advanced technologies, a buzz word american-african in the white house and tolerance for homosexual's and other formally sexually "deviant" groups.

Gay people in general are less of a taboo these days. In fact people don't really care anymore. In some aspects of pop culture it's the opposite. Being different can be a bonus. Supposedly the gay population is 10% of the male population. Irish statistic's claim less than 4% openly gay and practicing which is a progressive number to say the least. Lesbian's aren't as numerous but bisexual's and girls who have or would experiment are both sitting around the 2% mark, or at least were honest enough to include themselves in the a sexual health survey.

I also would like to say i have nothing against gay people. Oddly however i used to be afraid of the possible advance's of gay men. Being in a boys school and being a lonely sexually frustrated predominantly straight teenager kind of did that. But one thing i never got over was a slight nagging in my head about how "camp" and effeminate some gay men were. I get the whole attraction to men thing, i find some men attractive and can sometime's react and treat them the same way as a woman. But what i've always found confusing and sometime's annoying was the idea of Gay men delibritly going out of their way to be stylish, flamboyant, camp etc. Maybe my bi-curiosity only want's men to be men, but men who do things. I don't know, i don't fully support the idea in my head but i do think that men, straight, gay or not so picky shouldn't have to confirm to the stereotype of their sexual orientation. I'm a whiny moody bitch, most girl's don't seem to like it. I talk about my emotions all the time. I'm a troubled individual, i'm not a macho man, i don't find sport's interesting and i am not effeminate, i'm far from tidy or interested in jimmy choo's or couture. I'm an in between sort of person and to some degree despite my tolerance the idea of my bi-curiosity or hetro-flexability does scare me at times because i am a confused predominantly hetro male. After all i was interested in girls from a VERY early age. Anything after that was just a bit confusing to say the least.



Regret of the week:

A little textual check up with Cleo. I don't know why but i did it anyway. She's not going to Oz for the summer. Apparently there's some J named someone in her life now although she didn't mention that to me. I guess i caved to bitterness and curiosity and i hate when i do that. Deleting her number would be nice but i doubt i could do that. Thought of it with PG a few time's but alas to no avail or good reason.



One of my favourite war heroes:

John Dutton Frost. He led 745 men at Arnhem bridge doing the job of some 9,000 -11,500 men planed for 2 days, but did it for 4 and a half until they could only fight with their fists. With no support, no relief, surrounded by Waffen SS panzer division's and with no radio's they held out far longer than was expected of them and they did it till the last 11 or so men were arrested after charging with bayonette's. Paratrooper's are the hardiest of troops and this legendary man led them through many great achievement's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dutton_Frost


I had one or two more things to share but my internet is acting up on me so i can't suggest some of my favourite band's with links to their myspace's and other pages. Those youtube clips were hard enough to put up!