So I can no longer ruthlessly mock the American political system because... well, it seems to work. I watched the Obama inauguration coverage on Tuesday with a bunch of friends all sitting around the TV eating birthday cake. It was CAKE and OBAMA and what more could you want? I thought his speech was excellent, although there were a few moments ( Read more... )

A happy new year to everyone!

20 things that happened in 2008:

1. Heath Ledger died.
2. I turned 16.
3. Became a proper Brit (but still have dual Canadian citizenship).
4. Got properly drunk for the first time.
5. Visited Cardiff.

THANK YOU AMERICA.

What on Earth are comedians going to talk about now we don't have a Republican?

This is the first time in my memory that there has ever been a president who I thought deserved to be in the White House. I've always been able to go, "Well of course he's crap, it should have been Al Gore..." I no longer have that fall back so HE'D ( Read more... )

Of course, tonight is when the most powerful country in the world - which also happens to be the most scarily insane country in the world - decides who will be the most powerful man on Earth. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I HOPE WE DON'T GET MCCAIN. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE AMERICA DON'T VOTE FOR HIM. PLEASE.

I'm inclined to say that Obama is far more likely to ( Read more... )

How was Hallowe'en? Well for me it consisted of dressing as Ziggy Stardust, sitting in Batgirl's front room and playing Never Have I Ever drinking games with Alex DeLarge, a Moulin Rouge burlesque dancer and a boy dressed as a wench. SO. MUCH. FUN.

Barack Obama was on The Daily Show! And was wonderfully witty and eloquent. Election day is getting ( Read more... )

So, I got back from America four days ago and have finally had time to update. I am far to lazy to put my photos up on Photobucket yet, so I'll follow this up with a photo entry pretty soon.

American security is SCARY. To get into the country, they gave me this green form temporary Visa thing, which I had to sign but it was... weird. I had to say ( Read more... )

Hooray! Obama is the Democratic candidate! I was rooting for him, Hilary is just kind of scary. And I don't think the best way to advance feminism is to have a US president that got there by clinging to her husband's shirt tails. Because let's be honest here, yes, she's an important politician in her own right, but she never would've gotten this ( Read more... )

There is a cadence in music (I think it's a first chord to a flattened fifth) that is very discordant and eerie. So 'evil-sounding' was it, that in the Middle-Ages, the church in fact banned this cadence for ever being used in compositions, because it was supposed to be 'the devil's cadence'.

Also, I'm enjoying observing the way that the ( Read more... )