NEWLOVE

i read this article on yahoo and had a laugh.

“While sex is not an Olympic sport it is expected to be an activity in the Beijing village housing 10,500 athletes, all of whom are in great shape and with plenty of free time on their hands once knocked out of the Games.”

so they distributed 100,000 condoms to the athletes…

“‘There are many young, strong, single people in the athletes’ village and, like everywhere, some will fall in love or other things so we need to make condoms available,’ Ole Hansen, spokesman for UNAIDS China, told Reuters.”

Ole Hansen is of course a Dane. hundreds of thousands of condoms lying around and you can typically blame the scandinavians.

we were discussing dealing with certain issues at work that are frustrating.  here’s a clip of the tail end of our conversation:

her:  i’m just going to get a job doing blah-blah-blah instead of this because i’ve realized that i hate people!  no, i don’t really hate people…  i hate stupid people.

me:  and they’re everywhere!

her:  yes! and that’s why i liked working with kids… because kids know they’re stupid and you can tell them why they’re stupid and how to not be as stupid.  with adults, they’re just stupid and they like to broadcast their stupidity from the rooftops because they’ve got to make sure their voices are heard!

thanks ariane…

$500 and up…
moschino:

valentino:

ferragamo:

manolo blahnik:

christian laboutin:

dolce & gabanna:

prada:

under $500 …

(ok, so these are from spring, but i was never able to find them in my size before they sold out and i’m still dreaming about them. poo.)

we had so much fun the last time - who wants to do it again?!

it’s amazing how creative the gays get with their parades. here are some shots taken by my friend dennis of the festivities - including his brother casper, the big scottish smurf.

MISTER MEN AND LITTLE MISS

brad and i watched the opening ceremonies on friday as we packed for hilton head.  thank goodness we could pause during commercials and do some cleaning and argue over whether or not he really needed to bring that second pair of jeans because the ceremonies were something like 5 hours long and being able to fast forward through commercials and through some of the parade of athletes was key.  and wow.  have you ever seen an opening ceremony like that?  only in china.  my favorites were the colorful ladies flying through the air and the bright green acrobatic guys that light up.  if you want some user generated coverage, check out my friend charley’s website Olympics Or Bust.

i have a box that i’m filling with mementos from all my travels but the compartments are so small it makes it difficult!

originally, these boxes were actually drawers printers used to keep the letters needed to make up entire sentences on blocks. (see the wikipedia explanation.) the following photos have been lifted from random websites and are not mine.