Blurg. I hate going through my old hotmail account.
I haven't deleted it yet because I'm afraid someone I haven't spoken to in 5 years will suddenly remember s/he needs to contact me and won't have a way. So here I am, slogging through hundreds of emails to keep the account active and unwaterlogged.
Most of the emails are like a hideous prank from someone who likes to taunt unhappily ex-expats:
From: Boots
Subject: "Anna, do you still want your Boots Photo account?"
From: londonparties.co.uk
Subject: "Boujis on Friday!"
From: londonparties.co.uk
Subject: "You're invited to Kensington Roof Gardens"
From: KOKO
Subject: "DANCE PARTAY"
From: SkyEurope Airlines
Subject: "No catch, 25 EUR all routes & periods!"
Not to mention service updates on London Transport, Louvre membership newsletters, and Barack Obama-- the jerk-- hounding me for time and money.
THAT IS NO LONGER MY LIFE, HOTMAIL.
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Hot Off The Presses
Probably the most exciting part of my summer was finding out I could read The London Paper online: more than just reformatted articles, the paper opens up with graphics and a cool little page turning animation that makes me feel a teensy bit like I'm back on the Tube, fighting politely for a seat and turning up my iPod when the lady over the loudspeaker gets annoying. They even email me the cover every day at about 10 AM, so I can make the mental decision, while I'm clicking over to read it, whether to also pick up the London Lite. (If the cover was boring or I had a long train ride, I would have picked up both. Of course, I can't now, because I'm not in England anymore. It's just a shallow mockery of my former life. Okay? Okay.) 
(note: the site doesn't really work in Safari, so switch to Firefox if you're on a Mac)
Today, though, I was a bit taken aback by the cover. Obama assasination plot?? Well, it was my first news check of the day. I haven't even finished my Red Bull or gone downstairs to peek at the newspapers or turn on the TV, so it was entirely possible this had happened. I immediately checked The New York Times Online, and then CNN.com. Um. Nothing.
The London Times is not The National Enquirer of the British World: it's also not hard-hitting or anything, but most people respect it. The afternoon papers are sort of aggregators of all the AP and Reuters stories of the day, combined with features on weird British people living in isolation who wear sweaters made of dogs' hair, and then the Lovestruck column.*
My Mom also had heard a tiny bit about it but there were no long articles to tell us more. I read in TLP about how some Neo-Nazis had been arrested at the DNC and were planning to kill Obama. Whaat? How come there wasn't information about this in an American newspaper? Mom offered up the idea that they were trying to keep this under wraps. I can see that widespread national panic isn't ideal, but hello? This isn't China. We deserve to know what's going on.
More on this, as the story develops.
*Lovestruck was my favorite part of TLP. People text or email small snippets about seeing people they fancy on the trains, buses, or the street. Then, the person who it's written about can email the paper and get a phone number if they want to meet the person in question. It's really cute because a lot of the people are very creative and write very touching stories. I'm pretty sure someone wrote one about Jess last year-- it described a ginge in a black coat on the way to Ladbroke Grove, where she worked. CAUUUTE!
ETA: Looks like it's on Perez, which makes it true. Hmm.
(note: the site doesn't really work in Safari, so switch to Firefox if you're on a Mac)Today, though, I was a bit taken aback by the cover. Obama assasination plot?? Well, it was my first news check of the day. I haven't even finished my Red Bull or gone downstairs to peek at the newspapers or turn on the TV, so it was entirely possible this had happened. I immediately checked The New York Times Online, and then CNN.com. Um. Nothing.
The London Times is not The National Enquirer of the British World: it's also not hard-hitting or anything, but most people respect it. The afternoon papers are sort of aggregators of all the AP and Reuters stories of the day, combined with features on weird British people living in isolation who wear sweaters made of dogs' hair, and then the Lovestruck column.*
My Mom also had heard a tiny bit about it but there were no long articles to tell us more. I read in TLP about how some Neo-Nazis had been arrested at the DNC and were planning to kill Obama. Whaat? How come there wasn't information about this in an American newspaper? Mom offered up the idea that they were trying to keep this under wraps. I can see that widespread national panic isn't ideal, but hello? This isn't China. We deserve to know what's going on.
More on this, as the story develops.
*Lovestruck was my favorite part of TLP. People text or email small snippets about seeing people they fancy on the trains, buses, or the street. Then, the person who it's written about can email the paper and get a phone number if they want to meet the person in question. It's really cute because a lot of the people are very creative and write very touching stories. I'm pretty sure someone wrote one about Jess last year-- it described a ginge in a black coat on the way to Ladbroke Grove, where she worked. CAUUUTE!
ETA: Looks like it's on Perez, which makes it true. Hmm.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
CNN Coma
Camped out on the couch for hours with my laptop and CNN in HD, I feel slightly woozy. But it's (basically) official--- Obama's got the nom.
The little red white and blue graphics trucking across the screen are dizzying. Whew. But what a great speech-- whether or not you agree with his policies or even like him personally, you have to agree that his speeches and oratory skills are beyond anything else any other candidate can offer.
Hillary sure is acting like a spiteful bitch. What a waste of time and money. She could have proved herself to be a willing VP candidate (definitely not my first pick, but still) and a cooperative, important part of the Democratic party. Instead, she decides to be stubborn beyond all reason and undermines his clear right to the nomination. I avoided talking bad about her, choosing to focus on her strong points and policies, not making it personal. She's done it for me, now.
Love how Obama basically ignored her ridiculous speech and decided to completely move on, accept the nom, encourage his party, and challenge McCain. Yes we can people!!
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