I KNOW I haven't made a blog in ages /stares at Francis and Dougal/. The reasons for this are as follows:
1. My personal life for the last month has resembled a small furry animal that accidentally fell asleep in the washing machine and wasn't discovered until after a particularly vigorous spin cycle.. It's now dried itself out, I'm sure you'll all be pleased to know, but it hasn't really leant itself to blogging.
2. The only interesting observations I have made recently that may have made for highly exciting reading have all concerned work which I don't want to write about.
3. Guitar Hero: World Tour was released.
I promise that as soon as a flash of inspiration hits, I will run immediately to the nearest computer and start typing furiously....
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
2 pints of hope and a packet of joy.
I can't believe it actually happened. I am so god damn happy today. I can't really think of anything to say that doesn't sound like a cliché, last night felt like watching and being a part of history, of having political hope for the first time, feeling like the world is going to get better and that things will change. So I'm not going to try, this is going to be a clichéd filled blog of the highest degree of cheese.
It really hit home last night that watching Obama being elected will be the defining moment of my political life, this the Berlin wall for those of us in our twenties. I was too young to appriciate Labour's landslide in 1997 (and in retrospect probably a good thing for the disapoint that has ensued) and I'm so happy I made the decision to stay up until 7am watching. I like the idea that I'll be able to recall where I was and what I was doing for this election when I'm old and grey.
One of the biggest things to come out of last night was just how much I want America to be great again. I truly believe that the best of the US is the best of Western society - it's just that their worst is the world's worst and that's what we've had for the last 8 years. I am truly looking forward to being able to respect the US again, to not minding their dominance of culture - but a dominance that arises from world acceptance of it rather than it being enforced.
I'm blathering. I don't care. Obama's victory speech was awe-inspiring. I have hope and for that I thank him.
It really hit home last night that watching Obama being elected will be the defining moment of my political life, this the Berlin wall for those of us in our twenties. I was too young to appriciate Labour's landslide in 1997 (and in retrospect probably a good thing for the disapoint that has ensued) and I'm so happy I made the decision to stay up until 7am watching. I like the idea that I'll be able to recall where I was and what I was doing for this election when I'm old and grey.
One of the biggest things to come out of last night was just how much I want America to be great again. I truly believe that the best of the US is the best of Western society - it's just that their worst is the world's worst and that's what we've had for the last 8 years. I am truly looking forward to being able to respect the US again, to not minding their dominance of culture - but a dominance that arises from world acceptance of it rather than it being enforced.
I'm blathering. I don't care. Obama's victory speech was awe-inspiring. I have hope and for that I thank him.
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