Sunday night telly

To find out what I thought of the Project, just click and scroll

Oh, I'll save you the bother:

As a Labour activist I was looking forward to a drama featuring history and events I could identify with. As a grassroots member, I was looking forward to the dissing of the "Millbank Tendency". I turned off after forty five minutes, bored by the two-dimensional characters and stilted dialogue.
Geraldine, UK

We watched 50 places to see before you die. I had feared it would be excruciating but it turned out not to be. I did have a momentary panic when Number50 was Bora Bora and I thought they meant Tora Bora! I have to confess there were places  I had not even heard of. There were other places that I would go to if offered free tickets or if I won the proverbial lottery, but otherwise I wouldn't want to.

As we watched and spectacular places - most notably the Great Barrier Reef and the Grand Canyon - Jimmy was saying "Oh you'd love to go there and take photos. " Possibly, but what can I do to improve the vast wealth of photos that already exist of such places? I don't have the resources to return day-after-day, and in all seasons to capture the definitive photograph.

Just before we watched it, I was looking through some old photo albums. About eight years ago I decided that I would journal every aspect of my life photographically. I have some incredibly boring photographs of Basingstoke and Chessington South stations. And some surprisingly interesting ones of my desk at the time.

For me, the most fascinating ones of are people. Some of the most boring are of when Helen and I toured round Ireland. We saw the most gorgeous scenery, and had a ball, but, I think, my mojo was missing.

When I look at other people's weblogs, I find it fascinating to look at photos of the blogger. When I first started blogging, I was determined not to publish photos of myself. I feared that my appearance would be ridiculed. But the more blogs I see, the more I see people who do not conform to media stereotypes of what is beautiful. I find it refreshing to see fat people. I find it refreshing to see ugly people. I see very few classic beauties/hunks.  I see a great number of people who, when you look at them as a whole, are ordinary looking, or vaguely pretty, or even tending to the quite attractive. But you see that person when their eyes shine, or when they give that smile. Well, it's rather refreshing.

Just before we watched it, I was looking through some old photo albums. About eight years ago I decided that I would journal every aspect of my life photographically. I have some incredibly boring photographs of Basingstoke and Chessington South stations. And some surprisingly interesting ones of my desk at the time. For me, the most fascinating ones of are people. Some of the most boring are of when Helen and I toured round Ireland. We saw the most gorgeous scenery, and had a ball, but, I think, my mojo was missing. When I look at other people's weblogs, I find it fascinating to look at photos of the blogger. When I first started blogging, I was determined not to publish photos of myself. I feared that my appearance would be ridiculed. But the more blogs I see, the more I see people who do not conform to media stereotypes of what is beautiful. I find it refreshing to see fat people. I find it refreshing to see ugly people. I see very few classic beauties/hunks. I see a great number of people who, when you look at them as a whole, are ordinary looking, or vaguely pretty, or even tending to the quite attractive. But you see that person when their eyes shine, or when they give that smile. Well, it's rather refreshing.