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mmoa_writes at 04:03pm on 07/03/2009
mmoa_writes at 04:03pm on 07/03/2009...is the sheer volume of the friends pages I get to read. In my defense, I have been having a whale of a time in real life. 'The Sorceror' finally came to an end a fortnight ago - rather sad, but on the other hand, I've met some very cool people indeed in the society and have finally found another reason to go out: parties! With people who I actually know... and like! A miracle to be sure...
Also got our exam results back. I didn't do nearly as badly as I thought I did (the paper I thought I'd failed would have got me a low class second by itself) but there's always that 'ach, could have done better'. A lot of it is just to do with getting used to sitting these sort of exams, I guess, and I am determined to rock the May ones.
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The bits of Gordon Brown's speech to Congress that I've watched were quite bizarre. It struck me, for the first time ever, that it might be easier to be a politician in the US than the UK. Nothing to do with that 'oh Americans are so easy to please' nonsense (because they aren't) but there is a genuine difference in our approach to politicians - Americans seem to appreciate - or be able to pretend to - a politician who's trying, to a fault perhaps. Here, trying to improve oneself seems almost as offensive as remaining the corrupt ass that you were before. It's that instinctive reaction, to disagree and put down a politician even if you agree with them, that one doesn't really question because it's so innate.
Anyway, I haven't really watched it all, and I doubt I will because I'd find it a bit dull (poor Brown is capable of sending me to sleep with a random photo of his face in a newspaper). Some people have seen it all, and they flip between finding him ather creepy and embarrassing, to having done a good job of a bad deal.
Also got our exam results back. I didn't do nearly as badly as I thought I did (the paper I thought I'd failed would have got me a low class second by itself) but there's always that 'ach, could have done better'. A lot of it is just to do with getting used to sitting these sort of exams, I guess, and I am determined to rock the May ones.
( Read more... )
The bits of Gordon Brown's speech to Congress that I've watched were quite bizarre. It struck me, for the first time ever, that it might be easier to be a politician in the US than the UK. Nothing to do with that 'oh Americans are so easy to please' nonsense (because they aren't) but there is a genuine difference in our approach to politicians - Americans seem to appreciate - or be able to pretend to - a politician who's trying, to a fault perhaps. Here, trying to improve oneself seems almost as offensive as remaining the corrupt ass that you were before. It's that instinctive reaction, to disagree and put down a politician even if you agree with them, that one doesn't really question because it's so innate.
Anyway, I haven't really watched it all, and I doubt I will because I'd find it a bit dull (poor Brown is capable of sending me to sleep with a random photo of his face in a newspaper). Some people have seen it all, and they flip between finding him ather creepy and embarrassing, to having done a good job of a bad deal.
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