We need the Falkands for strategic sheep purposes
1) I read the interview Time magazine did with their Man of the Year Barack Obama (go, read - it's a great interview)
This is just one bit I really loved:-
"Two years from now, I want the American people to be able to say, "Government's not perfect; there are some things Obama does that get on my nerves. But you know what? I feel like the government's working for me. I feel like it's accountable. I feel like it's transparent. I feel that I am well informed about what government actions are being taken. I feel that this is a President and an Administration that admits when it makes mistakes and adapts itself to new information, that believes in making decisions based on facts and on science as opposed to what is politically expedient." Those are some of the intangibles that I hope people two years from now can claim."
It made me go and find his acceptance speech from Election Night:-
2) My reel_merlin fic jumped into my head over the weekend, more or less fully formed. While this is great, it does mean that it's distracting me from all the writing I was going to do over Christmas *eyeroll* I'm very excited about it, though.
3) I've only got two Christmas cards left to send. Go me!
4) I want to clean up my memories. The problem is that I've so damn many and they aren't sorted in even a remotely intelligent way. This is going to take forever.
5) Can I just point out that we are three days away from the Dr Who Christmas Special *bounces*
And there's new Wallace and Gromit, too. There are a few gems out there this Christmas and New Year
This is just one bit I really loved:-
"Two years from now, I want the American people to be able to say, "Government's not perfect; there are some things Obama does that get on my nerves. But you know what? I feel like the government's working for me. I feel like it's accountable. I feel like it's transparent. I feel that I am well informed about what government actions are being taken. I feel that this is a President and an Administration that admits when it makes mistakes and adapts itself to new information, that believes in making decisions based on facts and on science as opposed to what is politically expedient." Those are some of the intangibles that I hope people two years from now can claim."
It made me go and find his acceptance speech from Election Night:-
Click to view2) My reel_merlin fic jumped into my head over the weekend, more or less fully formed. While this is great, it does mean that it's distracting me from all the writing I was going to do over Christmas *eyeroll* I'm very excited about it, though.
3) I've only got two Christmas cards left to send. Go me!
4) I want to clean up my memories. The problem is that I've so damn many and they aren't sorted in even a remotely intelligent way. This is going to take forever.
5) Can I just point out that we are three days away from the Dr Who Christmas Special *bounces*
And there's new Wallace and Gromit, too. There are a few gems out there this Christmas and New Year