Should he stay or should he go?

Go!

I talk of Christiano Ronaldo’s summer saga of “will he play for Uited or Real next season”. Yes he’s a bastard good player, but I’m fed up of his arrogance, his “I so good, I play well” and his, erm, arrogance.

One thing I would like to see, if a player “commits his future” to a club by signing an extended deal (in Ronnie’s case, his last until 2012), surely it should be the player who buys themselves out of the contract. Wouldn’t that perhaps make them think twice about making empty promises? That’s what hapens in the real world – if you want out of a contract you have to take a hit. But, oh yes, I forget, please excuse me, footballers don’t want to be a part of the real world – just the Real world!!!

Focal point

One of the reasons I’ve not posted recently, along with all the usual seasonal stuff, is that I’ve really got into my photography this year. I do have a bit of a dilemma though – what do I do with it, where do I go with it?

I’ve often been asked why I don’t join Flickr. To be honest, I don’t see the point. What’s the point putting your images in the public domain so you get a load of comments saying “wonderful, join our group” or “Fab, have 6 gold awards”. Pointless drivel. Then you get all the “etiquette” arse! “Oh, I commented on yours so you have to comment on mine”. Fine, quite apart from the fact your comment was pointless, and that I don’t have the time, I’d tell it as it is. If someone gave me 10 “awards” but I thought their photo was rubbish, I’d say so.

Actually, it might be quite fun to join and see how long it took me to get thrown off. What’s it they say, truth hurts! The fact is, I’d be happy to join if it was geared to constructive criticism, and yeah, if the image is shit for God sake let me know! I wouldn’t do it for a slap on the back, some kind of social therapy, I’d do it to learn, to challenge myself.

So, for the time being, the images stay on the computer with occassional outings to The Club, The Forum and (you lucky people) The Blog  : )