tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836819.post6629467464809341730..comments2023-10-17T03:48:45.095-07:00Comments on finding cohen: enjoy it!thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17526634872181869258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836819.post-53451358265576691912010-02-13T15:19:37.833-08:002010-02-13T15:19:37.833-08:00i've been in the anti/apathetic camp for as lo...i've been in the anti/apathetic camp for as long as i can remember this process being around us, for those same reasons. but we live right in the middle of it all and it's hard not to get swept up in the community excitement - the shared experience and the patriotism and togetherness of it all. i do wish it didn't involve so much fucking coca cola though - i mean, seriously. we went on the last possible day to see the torch, and the crowd that came to watch it was amazing, but the brouhaha of dancing ding dongs and carbonated sugar that preceded it felt so tacky and overt and intended-to-brainwash. <br /><br />i hope you find things that move you in the best ways.mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516119088473624516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836819.post-49027825451794751592010-02-13T08:50:24.203-08:002010-02-13T08:50:24.203-08:00Maybe I am too jaded but I didn't feel affecte...Maybe I am too jaded but I didn't feel affected by the commercial aspect of the torch relay. I have never been able to see the Olympics as a Celebration of Sport because it's always been shrouded in commercials, sponsors, last-year's-gold-medalist-now-shilling-yogurt-to-make-a-living-ness.<br /><br />And I always have my guard up and I refuse to be moved to tears by a coke commercial. <br /><br />But people are indeed Cranky about this. The librarian went on about it for 10 minutes the other day when I was just browsing with the kids. I wonder what they expected. I guess magic...that moment you describe with the torch going from human hand to human hand.<br /><br />Have fun tonight! I think you will.clarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12944084489177974511noreply@blogger.com