football, crypto, mtp
Originally written 04.17.2002.
rob brought home a football today, so rob, marco, and i headed over to the meadows to kick the old football around. we played a bit of heads and volleys which is a game where one person plays keeper and the rest try to score, but only from balls in the air. i realized that i was a bit out of shape, and that my football skills totally suck at this point. my fitness was at least better than my flatmate’s, but i just couldn’t finish and put the ball between the posts. oh well, it was a good study break.
i’m watching this show on channel 4 in the uk called the mark thomas project. iain says that mark thomas has been doing this thing for quite a while now, and i would describe him as a uk version of michael moore. but better. the show is part highly political activist stand-up comedy and video of michael moore-esque antics against corporations. it’s like tv nation, but arguably better because it seems like thomas has has more money with which to pull his antics, and as an individual he’s very angry and confrontational, but in the way that most stand-up comics appear to be. so on tonight’s show he’s talking about going after multi-nationals who plan to build dams in turkey which, besides having devistating environmental implications, will also displace thousands of kurish people living in the region. before marco switched the station to watch football, it looked like thomas was posing as an artist and building a giant ice-sculpture version of a dam in front of the headquarters of a french company involved in the dam construction. rad! this show is entertaining and empowering in a way that just makes you feel good. it makes me feel like i do when i watch the truth anti-tobacco tutorials. it’s a amazing. i wonder if i can get it back in the states.