Friday, November 24, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Equal-opportunity bigotry
It's interesting the responses we get when we tell people we've been living in middle America for 3 months, apparently starved of culture, of liberal political discourse, of civilized company, and stuck in the darkest backwater of American bigotry. What a change, from living in cosmopolitan glamorous London.
In our 3 months in Kansas City, we went to one of the best fine arts museums in the world, sampled great cuisine at reasonable prices, lived through the most magnificent fall foliage colours, experienced the art of one of the finest baristas in America, were welcomed into the social circle of the local gay community. Like most people in the world, they were mostly interested in just getting about the business of daily life, and generally had much fewer opinions (and as a result more well disposed and open-minded) about the rest of the world.
Within a week of leaving the US, I have been re-introduced to the world of America-bashing. This has not generally been a pleasant experience. I get the feeling that if the rest of world wants to make gross generalizations about people they've never interacted with and places they have never been, they at least shouldnt complain if Americans also hold the same opinions about them (which they dont).
Go Chiefs!
In our 3 months in Kansas City, we went to one of the best fine arts museums in the world, sampled great cuisine at reasonable prices, lived through the most magnificent fall foliage colours, experienced the art of one of the finest baristas in America, were welcomed into the social circle of the local gay community. Like most people in the world, they were mostly interested in just getting about the business of daily life, and generally had much fewer opinions (and as a result more well disposed and open-minded) about the rest of the world.
Within a week of leaving the US, I have been re-introduced to the world of America-bashing. This has not generally been a pleasant experience. I get the feeling that if the rest of world wants to make gross generalizations about people they've never interacted with and places they have never been, they at least shouldnt complain if Americans also hold the same opinions about them (which they dont).
Go Chiefs!
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Land Down Under
After a misunderstanding which left us waiting for our keys for an hour in the lobby, we arrive at our apartment, step out on the balcony and finally see what the fuss is all about.
Awesome.
Awesome.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Saturday, November 04, 2006
More memories of England
Funny how nostalgic one can get after 4 months, a change of seasons and continents. My very first phone/video/editing effort.
Hunks who funk
The first Sat of the month - at this very moment we would have been deep in the bowels of Vauxhall just ....
Friday, November 03, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
An imminent shuffle
Well I think I'm just about done here. Great meetings with Landis and Townsend, my little show and tell about doing business in Asia (like I would know anything about that). One more week, and my 3 months in the US will be up. Put me well in the mood for an impulse purchase - and those boys in the Apple shop deliver!
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