Cardinal Keith O’Brien Makes Me A Tad Angry
I find it interesting that those who proclaim most loudly that they are men or women of peace and that they wish most to promote the loving (that’s the Orwellian definition of loving, of course) word of whichever one of the many sky fairies they pretend give them instructions are demonstrably the very same people who encourage the most hatred in the world. Another week and another religious figure crawls out from his bile-filled, nasty little shit-hole to stir up the ever-dwindling (awww! shame!) masses that pay him any attention, encouraging them to care about something that doesn’t affect them in any way at all. Clearly unhappy that Lord George Carey got in the news recently for wanting to dictate how others should live, this week it’s the turn of the Roman Catholic senior cock in Britain, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, to get his picture in print and the venomous cum that ejaculates from his mouth sprayed as far and wide as possible. Oh! What a surprise! A complete tool in a religious organisation wants to impose his will on the majority of people who couldn’t give two fucks about him! What’s that you say? Marriage should be between a man and woman only and government shouldn’t be able to change that just because most people want it? Strange, because it never used to be between just a man and a woman but – and this is interesting – because men and women wanted to do it, and because the greedy, religious pricks saw an opportunity to charge them some money to let them do it in churches (the holy coin is a most powerful deity indeed), things changed. You couldn’t possibly explain this to a dimwitted abortion like Cardinal Keith O’Brien, though, because it involves actual facts and doesn’t tie up with his own probable overcompensating nature when it comes to anything that involves men and other men. When it comes to religious people I’m not a very tolerant person – perhaps the one thing, ironically, that I have in common with those who have chosen to follow the path of stupid – and this is a country and these are times in definite need of a good, old-fashioned, religious purge just like in olden times. I’m not saying we should destroy the churches, but I do think they would make great pubs. And I’m not saying we should execute the priests, but reality TV is looking for the next big thing. I just want them all gone, though. They want to spread hatred to their followers but it always seems to affect me and I’ve got plenty of...
Up And Down
Taken a couple of days ago where they have a market every other Friday I spotted these two men discussing something they could see on the top of Chichester Cathedral. At points both of their hands were raised and pointing but I liked this moment where one had his arm up and the other had his down. I've no idea what they were looking at or discussing but the apparent disagreement at this second appealed to me. I suppose that speaks volumes about my love of contrariness in general. Google+: View post on...
Princess
It's the weekend which means I get some time to go back through some old photos and try out some new processing on them. I'm also going to submit this for #SaturdayStyle / #SAS curated by +lynn langmade and +lane langmade even though it doesn't technically fall within the scope of "fashion, design/décor, architecture, or art/photography" of the theme for three reasons: 1) I'm a rebel who doesn't abide by the rules (in my mind),2) Lynn and Lane are forgiving sorts (also, possibly, in my mind),3) It does represent style to me (now that one's true). This is the way to holiday (or vacation if you're American (but I'm not so it's still holiday)) in style: cruising. Every other day a new sight in some distant land interspersed with luxurious and relaxing days on the sea; swimming pools; live entertainment every evening; restaurant dining; formal nights; dancing (okay: not dancing) in clubs with ocean views; maids who tidy up your room ten times a day (yeah, what's that about?) and leave chocolates! This shot is from our honeymoon in 2008 aboard the Diamond Princess, cruising around the South China Sea and stopping at China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, and Thailand. It was such a fantastic experience that, given a choice, we will always pick a cruise again for a holiday over anything else. In fact, since next year will be our fifth wedding anniversary we've already got funds set aside for our next big, stylish break, this time – hopefully – cruising around South America. Processing-wise, I've extended the tonal range of this shot, oomphed (note: may not be an actual verb) up the vibrancy a bit, and then hard-light blended an urban acid-treated copy over the top to accentuate the blues. Google+: View post on...
Street Hug
A couple meeting and hugging in Chichester precinct. The angle and the slight lack of sharpness that I really like can mean only one thing: I shot this from the hip as I didn't want to spoil the moment. Actually, I shot a few dozen from the hip yesterday just to see what came out. The result? A load of rubbish came out. I think I'll go back to actually aiming and composing in future. Submitted for #StreetSaturday and since the "curating" of this theme seems nonexistent, as +Yen Nguyen points out here: https://plus.google.com/112738007753518252745/posts/9LL9QNnZr9C, I'll simply tag the new +Street Saturday group instead. Google+: View post on...
Blast From The Past
Seeing lots of wonderful photos from decades ago turning up in my various circles has persuaded me to share one of my own. That's me in what I think we can all agree is The Most Incredible Fashion Styling Ever. I'd like to thank my parents for being colour blind and sadistic. As you can probably guess, this is the mid-to-late 1970s captured for posterity and as a warning to future generations. Submitted for #BlastFromThePast curated by +Cheryl Cooper, +Isabelle Fortin, and +Mark Rodriguez. Google+: View post on...
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