The Collected Writings of Sardonicus

Well, it looks like the 2006 Olympic Games will have North and South Korea competing as one team. In the past few Olympics, as well as Asian regional sporting events, the DPRK and ROK have made it a priority to march together under a flag of a unified Korea, but this is the first time that the two nations will unite to field a single team. I think everyone will agree that this is an encouraging political victory for the two countries, but I wonder what concessions had to be made by the South, particularly economic. Also, I wonder if this has any effect on how many athletes in total can go to the Olympics from the Korean penninsula. South Korean athletes have been superior to North Korean athletes for some time now, and I think it may be unfair if a South Korean athlete would have to sacrifice his spot on the team just so the North fulfills some sorta representational "quota" that it wants. But small things aside, does this announcement yesterday signal real progress between the two nations? Sadly, probably not. It might be nice for Korean pride and brotherhood, but I doubt its impact- at least in the short term- will be significant in terms of its influence on state leadership.

Anyway, watched a BUNCH of dvds the past few days during my Fall Breaks. Some quick reviews.

The Aviator: Pretty fantambivalent about it. Thought it was well made, but I always feel uncomfortable watching movies about mental illnesses.

Hero: Dull-acious. Don't even know what I saw. I'm not a fan of these Chinese martial arts movies. Sure, they have pretty girls and pretty scenary from time to time, but the stories are always sucktastic.

Bullet Proof Monk: I deserve to be swallowed by an elephant for watching this movie. Not only have I lost 2 hours watching it, I lost my self-respect.

That is all.