CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE STUMBLED INTO "THE SHALLOW ZONE." WATCH OUT FOR THE ROCKS. SOME OF THEM ARE SHARP.
If you're looking for a blog with meaningful content on the important issues of the day, you've come to the wrong place. This is the shallows, my friend. Nothing but shallowness as far as the eye can see. Let someone else make sense of things. I like it here.
IN A WORLD FILLED WITH COMPLEX POLITICAL ISSUES, SOCIAL INEQUALITY, AND FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY, I CONSIDER IT MY GIFT TO YOU, MY READER, TO OFFER THIS SHALLOW LITTLE HAVEN, WHERE NOTHING IS TOO SHALLOW, TOO INSIGNIFICANT, OR TOO RIDICULOUS TO JUSTIFY OUR ATTENTION. IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT'S NOT IMPORTANT....SO WHAT? NEITHER WAS MARILYN MONROE'S BRA SIZE. AND THAT STILL SELLS MAGAZINES, DOESN'T IT?
VIDEO OF THE MONTH
Saturday, May 26, 2012
EUROVISION UPDATE: SWEDEN'S SONG SOARS SUPREME!
As you may have already heard, Sweden took top prize in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest last night. Loreen, a 28-year-old Swedish songstress, beat out all comers with a dance song called "Euphoria", garnering a total of 372 points overall, which constitutes a pretty hefty nod in her favor. Sentimental favorites Buranovskiye Babushki ("Grannies from Buranovo") won second place with 259 points, followed by Zeljko Joksimovic of Serbia, who was awarded 214 points. Thousands of Eurovision fans crowded Baku's "Crystal Palace", built especially for the occasion (to the chagrin of many residents of Baku, who have claimed that friends and relatives were unfairly routed from their homes by city officials so that the property could be used as the construction site for the new building), to watch the competition, which was, as always, more than a little cheesy, unapologetically kitsch, and undeniably fun.
LOREEN OF SWEDEN SHOWS OFF HER PATRIOTIC SPIRIT AT THIS YEAR'S EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
Loreen's victory gives Sweden its first win since 1999, a fact not lost on Swedish fans, especially those in Stockholm, many of whom celebrated by splashing around in their underwear in a downtown fountain where sports fans engage in similar behavior to celebrate the victorious outcomes of sporting events. Sweden's win was the result of voting by judges, which constituted 50 percent of the overall score, and phoned-in and SMS votes from fans, who were not allowed to vote for singers from their own country. Asked how she felt after her win, Loreen gushed, "Time has stopped." And as for concerns that this years's competition might be marred by protesters angry about the state of human rights in Azerbaijan, they turned out to be a non-issue, with things going as smoothly as they ever have. In fact, the only unusual occurrence at tonight's competition was, arguably, the fact that Loreen performed her winning song while barefoot. In keeping with tradition, next year's competition will be hosted by Sweden. And once again, this Eurovision fan will be watching...and reveling in the cheese.
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