it's still too hot to do anything so i am ensconced in my living room where the a/c is on full blast. i've been meaning to clear out my boxes from the spare bedroom to make it into an actual usable bedroom for when the son comes and wishes to stay the night. or someone from out of town maybe. a lot of stuff will have to be given to the church, but the first thing to do is to actually open them and figure out what to do with its contents. but with 33 degrees outside and only one a/c it's not going to happen. did that polar reversal happen yet and i wasn't told!
the August word for today is 'monochrome'. will try and get inspiration from any of the challenges this month. i might skip a day or two or a week, if my OCD does not kick in.
Summer McIntosh won another gold for the 400m individual medley. i think that inspires me to resume my support of a Canadian athlete. i used to send donation to one of our figure skaters but she didn't do very well under pressure and i stopped donating altogether after that.
too bad about the Italian boxer losing and quitting because she had to fight a transwoman. how that is allowed to happen is rather sad. if there is a para-lympic, can't they organize a trans-lympic? just a thought.
Wow, what a brilliant capture of this acorn in the making!
I haven’t been closely following the Olympics, but I don’t have to apparently because you are doing a great job of commenting on some of the highlights
I know this will be controversial but I'm really not sure that trans people should be allowed to compete as their chosen sex, it doesn't seem fair to me.
PS - Even though I stand by my comment above I have since done some research and the Algerian boxer is a female, was born female
I wasn't going to watch much of the Olympics, but I got hooked by the gymnastics. My son's girlfriend is Brazilian, so it was nice to see the Americans and Brazilians give such inspiring performances. And that photo of the Brazilian surfer!
Good idea about separate competitions for trans athletes.
Do your box room girly!! You've been meaning to do it since you moved after the flood. Don't open them, they've been closed for years, just donate, then if you see an item in the charity/thrift shop you can think I had one of those once (and buy it back!)
@kjarn - same thoughts as yours. did read a lot of articles about the Algerian and could sympathize for both athletes.
it came to mind a very distant relative who was freakishly big boned and tall. we thought she was a man but she wasn't; tried desperately to look feminine. we were surprised when she became pregnant after she married a short thin mousy man to whom she was so very subservient. the husband disappeared after their second child was born. she herself died in her 50s when i was in college. her children were normal looking though.
For god’s sake ignore Jackie’s @30pics4jackiesdiamond suggestion of not opening the boxes. You may think you know what’s in them, but find you are wrong. At least take a peek inside—THEN donate, discard, or keep!
Now that I’ve dispensed this bit of advice I’d better get back to dealing with MY stuff! Oh—p.s. beautiful photo!
I haven’t been closely following the Olympics, but I don’t have to apparently because you are doing a great job of commenting on some of the highlights
I know this will be controversial but I'm really not sure that trans people should be allowed to compete as their chosen sex, it doesn't seem fair to me.
PS - Even though I stand by my comment above I have since done some research and the Algerian boxer is a female, was born female
I wasn't going to watch much of the Olympics, but I got hooked by the gymnastics. My son's girlfriend is Brazilian, so it was nice to see the Americans and Brazilians give such inspiring performances. And that photo of the Brazilian surfer!
Good idea about separate competitions for trans athletes.
it came to mind a very distant relative who was freakishly big boned and tall. we thought she was a man but she wasn't; tried desperately to look feminine. we were surprised when she became pregnant after she married a short thin mousy man to whom she was so very subservient. the husband disappeared after their second child was born. she herself died in her 50s when i was in college. her children were normal looking though.
Now that I’ve dispensed this bit of advice I’d better get back to dealing with MY stuff! Oh—p.s. beautiful photo!