the olympics!!! (here we go again...)

an interesting phenomenon to note: shopping centers and just about everywhere else are closing early today so people could all flock home to watch the opening ceremony of the olympics.

this has never happened before. the last time all the shops closed before 10pm was probably when the japanese invaded during the second world war and took over the power stations.

anyways here's something funny while i was browsing casually through all the repetitive news headlines. it's a good thing that people still have a sense of humor (or maybe it was intended for real):


this probably happened after the french president nicolas sarkozy announced that he wouldn't be showing up at the opening ceremony over human rights issues.

oh by the way here's something even funnier:
http://thegidcumbs.com/dblog/archives/china-olympics-firing-squad-cartoon.jpg

but i don't really want to post it up here in fear of my blog being blacklisted by the government. it wouldn't be funny anymore if i can't even access my own blog. that would be the most embarrassing cop-out in history.


+listening to: masters of war by eddie vedder