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		<title>Eurovision Shmurovision</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 17:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Well Eurovision is over for another year, and the UK has had it&#8217;s highest ratings for about a decade, coming 5th overall.</p>
<p>We may have earned a few more points if  <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3r5eVNysUw#t=1m22s" target="_blank">she hadn&#8217;t been smacked in the face by a violinist</a></span> when she was coming down the stairs.</p>
<p>I am very surprised Germany didn&#8217;t score higher, after pulling out all stops on eyecandy levels, and the song was damn good too.</p>
<div id="attachment_37" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 266px"><img class="size-full wp-image-37" src="http://www.markattack.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3533989448_7652fdd33a.jpg" alt="&quot;Phwoar&quot; would be the word" width="256" height="192" /><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;Phwoar&quot; would be the word</p></div>
<p>Then again, they haven&#8217;t won in <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">53</span> 54 years, so I don&#8217;t know what I was expecting.</p>
<p>I may go down as being a wanker (hey, that&#8217;s what this website is here for right?) but I really did not see the attraction of Norway&#8217;s winning entry at all. Especially less so after his little &#8220;homophobic&#8221; issues.</p>
<p>Not heard about that? Well apparently some gay chaps wanted a photo taken with him. He refused because &#8220;he&#8217;s not gay&#8221;. That&#8217;s like refusing to have your photo taken with black people because you&#8217;re not black.</p>
<p>He also struck me as an arrogant asshole. Interrupting the presenters while they translate, and even during the end when he came back on to perform again, the presenters were attempting to officially close the show but were stopped mid-word by him addressing the crowds. The.. rapidly.. diminishing crowds I might add.</p>
<p>I could have sworn I heard a lot of booing as he was announced as the winner as well.</p>
<div id="attachment_38" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 152px"><img class="size-full wp-image-38" src="http://www.markattack.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/waldo0.jpg" alt="No, not that Waldo" width="142" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">No, not that Waldo</p></div>
<p>A song I thought would have done a lot better was Finland&#8217;s entry by Waldo&#8217;s People. Very catchy, very Euro, very random capitalization. Then again I was surprised to see them get through the semi-finals at all. The dark haired one of the trio of backing singers was <em>incredibly</em> out of tune on that day, luckily she picked up for the final.. though obviously she didn&#8217;t do a good enough job.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong though, Eurovision is a lot of fun, it always just seems to incite anger during the results, when, despite all of their attempts, they just can&#8217;t seem to stamp out friendly voting.</p>
<div style="display:block"><small><em>by Mark <a href="http://www.markattack.com/2009/05/eurovision-shmurovision/#comments">Leave A Comment</a> | Visit <a href="http://www.markattack.com" />Mark Attack</a> for more rants and raves.</em></small></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well Eurovision is over for another year, and the UK has had it&#8217;s highest ratings for about a decade, coming 5th overall.</p>
<p>We may have earned a few more points if  <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3r5eVNysUw#t=1m22s" target="_blank">she hadn&#8217;t been smacked in the face by a violinist</a></span> when she was coming down the stairs.</p>
<p>I am very surprised Germany didn&#8217;t score higher, after pulling out all stops on eyecandy levels, and the song was damn good too.</p>
<div id="attachment_37" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 266px"><img class="size-full wp-image-37" src="http://www.markattack.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3533989448_7652fdd33a.jpg" alt="&quot;Phwoar&quot; would be the word" width="256" height="192" /><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;Phwoar&quot; would be the word</p></div>
<p>Then again, they haven&#8217;t won in <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">53</span> 54 years, so I don&#8217;t know what I was expecting.</p>
<p>I may go down as being a wanker (hey, that&#8217;s what this website is here for right?) but I really did not see the attraction of Norway&#8217;s winning entry at all. Especially less so after his little &#8220;homophobic&#8221; issues.</p>
<p>Not heard about that? Well apparently some gay chaps wanted a photo taken with him. He refused because &#8220;he&#8217;s not gay&#8221;. That&#8217;s like refusing to have your photo taken with black people because you&#8217;re not black.</p>
<p>He also struck me as an arrogant asshole. Interrupting the presenters while they translate, and even during the end when he came back on to perform again, the presenters were attempting to officially close the show but were stopped mid-word by him addressing the crowds. The.. rapidly.. diminishing crowds I might add.</p>
<p>I could have sworn I heard a lot of booing as he was announced as the winner as well.</p>
<div id="attachment_38" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 152px"><img class="size-full wp-image-38" src="http://www.markattack.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/waldo0.jpg" alt="No, not that Waldo" width="142" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">No, not that Waldo</p></div>
<p>A song I thought would have done a lot better was Finland&#8217;s entry by Waldo&#8217;s People. Very catchy, very Euro, very random capitalization. Then again I was surprised to see them get through the semi-finals at all. The dark haired one of the trio of backing singers was <em>incredibly</em> out of tune on that day, luckily she picked up for the final.. though obviously she didn&#8217;t do a good enough job.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong though, Eurovision is a lot of fun, it always just seems to incite anger during the results, when, despite all of their attempts, they just can&#8217;t seem to stamp out friendly voting.</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Not Gay Anymore!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Did you hear me world? I&#8217;m not gay anymore! Wheee!!</p>
<p><span id="more-26"></span>I&#8217;m cured! I&#8217;m straight! I hugged a man and didn&#8217;t get a hard on! I always knew God wanted me to be straight and have a wife and children, and now I can be the way God intended! Everyone was right, being gay <strong>is</strong> a choice! I just didn&#8217;t realize it!</p>
<p>Ugh, Christ. Sorry, I just can&#8217;t keep that up. In case you didn&#8217;t realize, all of the above was total <em>bollocks<strong>. </strong></em>I&#8217;m a dirty Commie, not a crazy person.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m probably a bit late on the uptake with this, but I just happened to notice it while doing my internet rounds. This &#8220;ex-gay&#8221; chap is running around giving people therapy. To help &#8220;rebuild&#8221; their father-son connection. Because, you know, it&#8217;s all Sigmund Freud&#8217;s fault. Gay men just have the Electra complex instead of the other one.</p>
<p><!-- Smart Youtube --><span class="youtube"><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJXWFZz0Qjo&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=3a3a3a&amp;color2=999999&amp;border=0&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJXWFZz0Qjo&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=3a3a3a&amp;color2=999999&amp;border=0&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355" ></embed><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /></object></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJXWFZz0Qjo"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/jJXWFZz0Qjo/default.jpg" width="130" height="97" border=0></a></p>
<p>Comments are especially welcome on this one. You know, in case you disagree with this nutcase. Just saying. Tell you what though, while we&#8217;re curing gay people, let&#8217;s cure&#8230; erm&#8230; Jews too. That ought to go down a treat.</p>
<p>I can see it now; &#8220;West Midlands Jewish Cure Therapy&#8221;. Got a ring to it, don&#8217;t you think? I&#8217;ll just focus on rebuilding their Father/Son relationship (see what I did there?).</p>
<p>Visit <a href="http://www.markattack.com">Mark Attack</a> for more rants and raves.</p>
<div style="display:block"><small><em>by Mark <a href="http://www.markattack.com/2009/04/im-not-gay-anymore/#comments">Leave A Comment</a> | Visit <a href="http://www.markattack.com" />Mark Attack</a> for more rants and raves.</em></small></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you hear me world? I&#8217;m not gay anymore! Wheee!!</p>
<p><span id="more-26"></span>I&#8217;m cured! I&#8217;m straight! I hugged a man and didn&#8217;t get a hard on! I always knew God wanted me to be straight and have a wife and children, and now I can be the way God intended! Everyone was right, being gay <strong>is</strong> a choice! I just didn&#8217;t realize it!</p>
<p>Ugh, Christ. Sorry, I just can&#8217;t keep that up. In case you didn&#8217;t realize, all of the above was total <em>bollocks<strong>. </strong></em>I&#8217;m a dirty Commie, not a crazy person.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m probably a bit late on the uptake with this, but I just happened to notice it while doing my internet rounds. This &#8220;ex-gay&#8221; chap is running around giving people therapy. To help &#8220;rebuild&#8221; their father-son connection. Because, you know, it&#8217;s all Sigmund Freud&#8217;s fault. Gay men just have the Electra complex instead of the other one.</p>
<p><!-- Smart Youtube --><span class="youtube"><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJXWFZz0Qjo&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=3a3a3a&amp;color2=999999&amp;border=0&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJXWFZz0Qjo&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=3a3a3a&amp;color2=999999&amp;border=0&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355" ></embed><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /></object></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJXWFZz0Qjo"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/jJXWFZz0Qjo/default.jpg" width="130" height="97" border=0></a></p>
<p>Comments are especially welcome on this one. You know, in case you disagree with this nutcase. Just saying. Tell you what though, while we&#8217;re curing gay people, let&#8217;s cure&#8230; erm&#8230; Jews too. That ought to go down a treat.</p>
<p>I can see it now; &#8220;West Midlands Jewish Cure Therapy&#8221;. Got a ring to it, don&#8217;t you think? I&#8217;ll just focus on rebuilding their Father/Son relationship (see what I did there?).</p>
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