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January 20, 2008
I arrived back in Adelaide last night to discover The Tour Down Under starting to wind up into action. The riders and crews were all staying in my urban neighbourhood with tour HQ in Victoria Square. The party had started according to the major events publicity machine that brands Adelaide as sensational:
Gary Sauer-Thompson cyclists, Adelaide, 2008
As it was overcast this morning I slipped out from my household tasks to feel the buzz---the rush-- on Gouger Street. Alas:
Gary Sauer-Thompson, lamp post, Gouger St, Adelaide CBD, 2008.
Where is 'the rush'? What is 'the rush'? I couldn't find it. It was empty streets with the odd person having coffee at Cibo's. A lazy Sunday morning.
So I came back to scrubbing graffiti (scrawls) off the townhouse wall, then painting the wall whilst listening to the Korean Christians singing something or other about saving Jesus to save their souls.
Update:12 Jan
Then it was scrubbing down the wooden deck in the front garden before giving it a much needed oiling. I looked up from the cleaning and saw this:
Gary Sauer-Thompson, street tree, Sturt Street, Adelaide, 2008
I found out latter that 'the rush' could be found at the Tour Down Under party at Glenelg, where the street races began. Silly me I was looking in the wrong place. It was sensational, say the publicity crowd in the culture industry who try so hard to manufacture the public mood for the Rann Government and the Big End of town.
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What is it with Asian christians? (Or as we stand-up comedians might say, "What's the deal with Asian christians?") They have thousands of years of their own nonsense to draw on, but take to the even more dumbarse christianity. Even for those born to christianity, it can take some swallowing. Surely they can't pretend to be able to understand this bollocks? If you had to come to christianity fresh, wouldn't you say "Ai Ya! You are having me on isn't it?"