It's funny how within a few minutes of SG photo sets, my immune system can instantly feel better. I should just call my work and tell them I can't leave home for fear of getting worse. This is perfectly reasonable... right? pssssssh hahaha If only it was that easy.
In other news, the Sochi olympics officially started last night and already there have been olympians combating Putin in some way or other. Mr.Alexey Sobolev showed up to his event with a snowboard oddly resembling a member of the punk band Pussy Riot. It's pretty fucking rad that he is also Russian. If anyone reading this doesn't know about what has been going on in Russia, here is a crash course:
1. two members of the band Pussy Riot were released two month early due to their family situation, but still left the last member and anti-government protestors in prison.
2. anti-gay movement stirring up family dynamics in Russian families. Putin is actually trying to remove children from their gay parents.
3. law passed banning gay 'propaganda'
4. world leaders boycotting the Sochi Olympics : Barack Obama, David Cameron, Angela Merkel
Unfortunately many people will let Putin continue to slide due to their very strong conservative uprising and skewed view of the situation. Not to mention they must be under a lot of pressure to conform. All in all, this marks the worst time in post-soviet Russia. Let's wait and see what happens next...