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Vidina, can I ask you something, in absolute, complete sincerity?
Why is it exactly that whenever I try to engage in a conversation by offering some sort of new idea or evidence to the contrary of some idea the person opposite of me thinks, I get told to chill out, or get off my fucking high horse?
Do I just not understand this whole conversation thing? I mean isn't this how civilized people have a discussion about things they don't agree on? Or are we just not allowed to talk to each other about anything we disagree with then?
Thanks, man. And indeed, we should have more pride in ourselves instead of this bullshit worship of people who have achieved nothing. And, yeah, including Tim Berners-Lee in the ceremony was excellent, especially as a lot of people would have been using the internet to actually watch the ceremony....
Ok, I'm sorry but being a non-American and one who is not really interested in the whole space thing, I needed something else to inspire me-
Despite my non interest in space exploration, I stayed up all night to watch the Mars landing. Why? Because I needed too. There is so much bad shit happening in the world, I needed something else that was positive, something else to convince me there is something worth it in life. Something 'else'. I hear you ask. Well, I'll get to that in a minute and stop being so bloody impatient. First, I wish to address those who,last night, gave the finger to the UK and 'their' Olympics because the US landed on Mars. Again. Now, I wasn't aware there was a pissng competition in play or indeed that the two situations are comparable in the least. America has held the Olympics too, you know, I'm sure there was a lot of pride then as well. Anyway, my point isn't to scold anyone, my point is this- on Saturday night I (someone who doesn't care about sports) found myself watching the Olympics. Why? Because something special was happening.....
You see, it was on Saturday, Team GB did something spectacular, we actually won a total of six Gold medals in one day. Who cares, you may think, we landed on Mars, bitch! And to that I say, can't both be awesome achievments? You see, it's doesn't matter what nationality you are, this is the sort of shit, we humans should excell at- being fucking awesome! Whether it is winning Gold medals and breaking sporting records or sending a craft and a rover into space, they are all proof that we can do more than just bitch, moan and complain all the time.
And this brings me to my main point. One of the winners of Gold on Saturday was Jessica Ennis, a young woman who works hard at her chosen vocation in life and broke her personal records in three events and got a Gold medal out of it. This girl is seemingly a nice lass who has never been in the tabloids for getting a boob job or for having a sex tape, she gets in the news for believing in herself and doing her best at what she does. That is the type of person our kids should look up to, that is the type of role model young girls should have. Not these vapid wastes of space that get their faces worked on every month and who have their own reality shows. I came to this conclusion this morning when I was watching the NASA video and I saw the women working in the control room. This is the sort of shit, we should be aspiring to, be it excelling at sports or being part of something special and amazing as space exploration. It can be done. Sure, we have 'been' to Mars before, but who's to say we can't go a bit further in the future? We are human, dammit! We can find a way.
So, in conclusion, I not only felt pretty damn proud to be a Brit this weekend, I also felt pretty damn proud to be a human being non-stop. We are capable of so much and more but we should be proud of any of us who achieve something extraordinary no matter how insignificant it feels at the time. Jessica Ennis, Mo Farrah (who kids should aspire to be like too)and all those brilliant NASA folk proved to me this weekend that there is hope yet, that the human race can still bring the goods and cause us to shout 'fuck yeah!' and have some pride in ourselves and what we can accomplish.
So, you were just being a bit of a smartarse then? Ok, there is no real context, it is just a random scene in a film that doesn't make any real sense. That is why I called that particular scene crazy genius. The fact it has no context to the overall film is hi-lighted by the fact that that clip was actually used to advertise the film. The picture you posted was completely unnecessary, all you had to do was ask me what the context was rather than simply trying to be a smartarse.
Yeah, it's a batch of around five then the Christmas special, then the remainder of the series with the new girl.
Technically, Slyvester McCoy is my Doctor as his are the shows I watched first in the late 80s, I then went back and watched as many of the older ones as I could. Tom Baker is actually my favourite.
but his childish nature and "I know(from the latest xmas special) is just too much.
Alright I have to pipe up at this one. You can hate the childlike nature, fine whatever. But the "I know" was a gag in the christmas special used for all of about 3 minutes. Get over it.
It was used about five times in three minutes, though, which I think was Vidina's point. No need to say 'get over it' just because someone disagrees with you......
I have a man crush on David Tennant but he left at the right time as I was getting fed up with his constant shouting as the Doctor. I like Smith, I'm not getting bored of him yet, but that's not to say I won't because I did with DT......
