what joy

World Youth Day spokesman Bishop Anthony Fisher said the infusion of teen spirit and unbridled joy had wowed the often grumpy residents of Australia's biggest city. He said pilgrims had won over those who had complained of the expense and of the disruption.

"Even people who have been a bit cranky with World Youth Day, or have their own other issues whatever they are, will be swept along by the beauty and joy of these young people, by their goodness, and they'll just want to be part of that," he said.

Uhhhhhhh.........NO IT BLOODY HASN'T!!!!!!!!

I woke up in a great mood today, but walking by the teeming masses of chanting people breaking out randomly into song and dance and rabid screeching just made it impossibly worse =__=+ I think I'm even turning xenophobic just by seeing them too much.

I haven't been swept along by no beauty and joy! I've been tossed and pummelled by their outpouring of inebriated glee and now I'm feeling bruised and indignant and cranky.

Aye, just let me go back to my cynical gloomy world where all celebration (apart from one's own) is the cause of annoyance.

XD

(Seriously, I'm not saying they should all shut up and go home, though I can't deny a secret small part of me wishes exactly that, but we grumpy people of Sydney certainly have not been placated by the screaming thousands taking up precious travelling time and eating space.)

And what's with the Americans screaming USA! U! S! A! and Italians screaming "ITALIA!!!" and Australians screaming "AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!" .........You'd think you accidentally walked onto a movie set for a bad musical about sports. =0=;