Watching the leaders' debate live. It's pretty cool to be watching British politics from the outside. It's interesting, but I'm not so invested, which is nice. And I like Nick Clegg. :p

Tomorrow is Shakespeare's birthday, and I will be in Stratford-Upon-Avon for it! And I'll get to see King Lear! This is going to be so awesome.

So nothing much has been happening lately. I finished a six-page paper today that I did not completely hate writing, so that was nice. XD I've got another paper to write before Monday, but it's just a one-page abstract for an article that I did, actually, read, so no worries ( Read more... )

YAY PRESIDENT OBAMA! I'm trying not to be cynical. The campaign is over, and now he has to actually live up to those promises--or not. He's a man and a politician, and compromise and failure are inevitable. But when I watched the Inauguration and the camera panned over the crowds, I occasionally saw people wearing shirts that said "YES WE DID ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, thistlerose! It may not be your birthday anymore where you are, but it's still the 17th here, at least. :p I hope you had a lovely day ( Read more... )

Canada, WTF? Are you having a coup?

*eyes*

I understand my government much better than I do yours, but this coalition thing is significant, yes?

Also, Thailand.

This is a bit crazy. On the other hand, Hillary Clinton is going to be the Secretary of State. Sounds good to me.

In much less global news, heart_of_man and I watched Smith and Jones and The ( Read more... )

YES ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I'm going to be at the office by 6:45, so I'm going to bed now. I had a paper due on Wednesday that I got extended to Friday, and an exam on Friday extended to Monday, so tomorrow I don't need to worry about anything except, you know, the future of the country. XD ( Read more... )

So today I ended up writing that paper I'd been putting off and got an extension on. Now I remember why I'd been putting it off--it sucked. This was for my Oceanography class, so it was more of a report, with a bunch of questions I had to answer and data to include as well as a two-paged (single-space with half-inch margins, of all things) paper ( Read more... )

Felt sicker today. Could not bring myself to go to work today. I am feeling better now, but dunno how long that will last. shinyopals and I had a conversation where I got her to write about bears and she got me to write more crackfic in the With a Little Help from My Friends-verse (a universe which desperately needs a good name, btw), except which will ( Read more... )

I HAVE MY ABSENTEE BALLOT ( Read more... )