In Which Carmen Goggles

[xaara]

God I love Tony Blair.

He's amazing. He woke up this morning to news of a terrorist attack in the capital of his country, calmly issued a statement along with the rest of the G8 leaders, helicoptered from Scotland back to London, wrote and delivered a simultaneously heartbreaking and galvanizing speech there, and then returned to the summit. I would have woken up, heard the news, and curled myself back into a ball, preferably in the company of a healthy amount of Scotch. He woke up, heard the news, and stepped up to the task of leading his country with a grace that impresses me more with each passing minute.

Why can't we have a president like that? More to the point, why am I not a British citizen? Clearly, I'm living in the wrong English-speaking country.

Or maybe I should just avoid English-speaking countries altogether and buy myself an island off the coast of South America where we would eat grilled eggplant with parmesan and speak pig latin and watch the sunset stretch over the water.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

I'm off to check on prices.

Comments

[miana-dude.livejournal.com]

I was ironically online and surfing through the London fanforce when news of the attack came. Scary times. :(

[xaara.livejournal.com]

No kidding. And you know what else is scary? When I woke up that morning to Mom's, "They attacked the London Underground," I was not surprised and did not have to ask who "they" meant. That fact only occurred to me later, but it disturbed me almost as much as the attacks themselves.

Hmm...I may have to expand on that once I've thought it the rest of the way through.

[lady-of-winter.livejournal.com]

All of the above: seconded with great fervour.

[xaara.livejournal.com]

He's just so...I dunno...together. Collected. He seems like a leader I can trust, and that's so rare.

You are, of course, perfectly welcome to join my island nation venture. The cocktails and beach towels are on me. ;)

[dancinggoldfish.livejournal.com]

Reiterates lady_of_winter's statement. I want to live in Britain. I will at some point in my life. I swear it.

But for now, can I join you on your island nation?

[xaara.livejournal.com]

Well, in exchange for granting you dual citizenship on my island nation, I'll have to warn you that I'll be along to invade your home in Britain at some point. ;) I'm considering this one. (http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islaparadita.htm) It's only a few million--why not?

Of course, I can always waive this clause if you decide to bring those little drink umbrellas to the island with you--those things are beyond cool.

[dancinggoldfish.livejournal.com]

You may invade away (once I have a home in Britain, that is).

Ooh, good point. And maybe I'll bring drink mix too :D