Disparate Thoughts of a Free Woman

A lot of disparate thoughts in this post (hence the blog title - geddit).

1) Britain's Got Talent
2) Summer

Britain's Got Talent

Has it? Having watched the audition stages and the first semi-final I am definately in the Signature Camp. For anyone who has not been watching, they combine Michael Jackson and Bhangra to great effect.

Semi-final performance: http://youtube.com/watch?v=U3PVYX1e_xg&feature=bz301
Audition performance: http://youtube.com/watch?v=zaBsshIYT2w&feature=related

As for the other acts I've seen, this may not come as a surprise to many, but I DESPISE animal acts. Urgh, they tend to not be as talented as human acts, they can walk in and out of legs and jump up and down. Just in case one of the judges is watching - I can do that! It obviously belies training talent by the owner and a dog with aptitude for learning

Anyhoo, on the other hand there was another act, involving a spaceship shaped keyboard that was pretty bad, I admit it. However, the treatment of him by the crowd was HORRIFIC. The crowd were baying for the poor man's blood. Now I would never advocate leading anyone on regarding how much talent they have, as it is bound to set them up for a fall, but they were appalling. How he managed to continue whilst they were stamping up and down repeatedly on his self-esteem is beyond me. It makes me think about the self-esteem problems that are systemic in society - how much does such a public appraisal affect it?

Summer

A quick post about Summer and my plans.

At the moment -

May 31st - June 3rd = Deborah and Katie coming to visit!!!
June 3rd - June 8th = I'm coming home!!
June 9th - June 27th = After School Club work
June 29th - July 26th = Language School Work
Then who knows?
Perhaps a long visit home, some enjoying of the festival and hopefully a visit to London at the start of September before I start back at uni.

Any ideas/plans then contact me!