Reading the SMH page today as I do most days (as it is my only source for a news fix because I do not have a long enough attention span to watch the news on TV), here are my thoughts on current issues/stories that have caught my attention:
The hype over the i-phone...
People lining up for hours to be the first ones to get it.
All this fuss somehow makes me feel a little pessimistic. I mean...what kind of depreciation occurs on mobile phones? How quickly will Apple decide to make a new model of it, quickly making all those original buyers seem oh-so out of date? And what are the chances that within a week or so, there'll be articles about all the bugs and faults within this first model? I can imagine the picture to go along with the story: Angry customers, littering major city streets with remnants of i-phones that randomly exploded due to an ill-programmed 'delete' function.
Australian Dollar...
Is tipped to be at around $0.90USD before Christmas. I'm excited! This is awesome! I always used to look at the exchange rate and be so disappointed as to where our dollar fared in the international market, especially next to world superpower America, so this is fantastic. Let's just hope this actually does happen.
Criss Angel...
Now...this dude. Is scary. I was always in awe of his power. His levitation went far beyond regular 'magicians', even so far that they called his show "Mindfreak". But off that point...they're saying now, that he has a wife, but he has never acknowledged her, and now they're getting a divorce, and I can't but help feel a little ashamed for Angel. I don't like these kinds of people, that abandon their old selves for flashy fame. His wife alleges that they had been dating for 10 years and then got married 5 years ago, but then he became famous...and basically just ignored her. Although it makes me angry...this article was very one-sided. And there are always two sides to a story. No one ever bothers to set the two stories straight, however.
Princess Isabella of Denmark...
Awww man, that pic of Prince Christian with his mum and dad and baby sister is SO DAMN CUTE. He's got cute little blonde hair and looks so innocent. How did he grow up so fast? Yes, I must admit...I pay attention to royals. I watched their wedding on TV, read those special lift-outs in newspapers and magazines, watched as Mary became a fashion icon, then watched as everyone thought she was going anorexic. And now this. Another baby. She's baptised in the same font as all the other Danish royal babies have been baptised in since 1671 and is wearing the same gown that was worn in 1870. It's mind boggling, time is. How things can remain for so long. The weird part of this whole article is this sentence: "Princess Mary's sisters Jane Stephens and Patricia Bailey, who live in Hobart, and her brother John Donaldson, from Western Australia, did not attend the christening."...are they trying to suggest some sort of rift? It feels fishy...just the way they slided that sentence in, with no explanation at all. Journalists are confusing people.
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The world is a fun place sometimes, isn't it dear? Fun, in so much as we get to observe, comment and, on occasion, poke fun :)
Giggled madly at the i-phones exploding. Even Luca enjoyed it. Hehehe :):)
I agree that Chris Angel is scary. Street magic generally is...but it's so freakin cool.
Hehe, and royals are fun dude :)
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