Banksy

Banksy is a graffiti artist. He mainly uses stencils to create his art, but when he first started he did freehand graffiti. Instead of just spraying doodles and words on to walls, he makes stenciled graffiti that often refers to politics and global issues. He incorporates humor into his art,using jokes and playing on words. What I think is one of the most interesting things about Bansky is the fact that he has chosen to remain faceless in the sense that nobody has really seen him at his work. Of course, every so often, there will be an outburst in the media, claiming so-and-so had spotted Banksy and maybe a photo or two. But generally Banksy is relatively unknown. He also makes installations including The Elephant In The Room, where he took a circus elephant, painted it all over to match the wallpaper, and stuck it in a room. There was lots of controversy over the elephant bit. 

The Elephant In The Room

More Olympics

Now That Is Hot

I'm going to tell you all about my opinion on Skeleton Racing. I think it looks pretty cool, but after the third person to go, it gets pretty repetitive. The track is the same for every person, and you can't exactly personalize your run unless you mess up badly. With other winter sports like freestyle skiing, you can do your signature trick, do something spectacular and generally make it different. But with Skeleton racing, there's a track. You go down it. You try to make your helmet interesting.  

How It Works

 Although, some of the art on helmets are pretty interesting. It's the way to personalize your look, and make you different from the rest. My opinion is that it hurts a lot if you mess up, and you're basically training for your whole life for this moment, and you just go down a slippery track... but the science behind it is cool. You can go up to 130 km/h and experience up to 5 g of force. Obviously you have to be strong for this. Hope this has given you more thoughts on the sport! 

Russia's Anti-Gay Bill

So as you know, the Olympics are in Russia. There's a lot of controversy over that, especially about gay rights. The bill that was passed that foreign gay couples can't adopt children in Russia and that gay marriage isn't allowed.
 Obviously, there have been protests and boycotting, but the bill is still around. Even big companies aren't really speaking out against this (I'm not saying all of them all) but Coca-Cola made this thing where you can personalize a virtual Coke bottle with a word, but when you type in "Gay" it says: "oops... let's pretend you didn't type that." It lets you type in "Straight" but not "Gay". Obviously people have found other ways of expressing their opinions with typing in things like "BoycottRussia" and stuff like that.

Of course, people are speaking out against this and there are tons of protests going on. My opinion is that if you're gay, you're gay. That's completely fine, and people should accept that. This is no way of making a gay person un-gay. People have got to accept that, because being gay isn't like being sick and dirty, it's just how you are. It's the 21st century, and people have got to stop being so oblivious to the fact that gay is COMPLETELY alright.  Accept it.  

Time For A Comparison

Doctor Hoo

Is it just me or does the 10th Doctor look like an owl with super hair? Well, we need pictures as proof. I think he does look a lot like an owl. Doctor Hoo should really be a thing by now. 
 

Lego Movie

Even He's Happy

I'm pretty excited. Yes, it's geared towards little kids, but I read that there's a joke about Starbucks and it got really good reviews. Plus hey, Lego's cool. Anyway, I'll probably have to see it pretty late as to avoid loud tiny people... But it's pretty exciting. 

Who's Your Favourite Doctor?

Now, if you watch Doctor Who, and regardless of whether you like it or not, I want you to think about who your favourite Doctor is, hence the title. It doesn't matter whether they're from New Who or not. So far, mine is the although I think Peter Capaldi will be one of my favourites too. Alright, think carefully! Who's your favourite? If you don't watch DW, you should try it. Anyway, bye!

He Would Make A Good Owl

 

 

 

 

So Would He

Little Explanation

 So, for non-Whovians, you might not understand my profile picture. Fair enough. So, it's the Doctor (10th) which probably doesn't help much either, so I think I'll just post a bigger picture of my profile for you to marvel at. 

So Beautiful

Forever Yours

Don't be confused by the name of this post, it's just the name of the song I'm putting up. Anyway, it does have zombies in it, but it's a cute song and the special effects are quite clearly homemade. I thought you should listen to a good song, especially since it's Saturday and Saturdays need good music. I hope you like it! Yes, the picture looks a little un-pretty, but DON'T WORRY.