2010

So, I've made it to the end of the year, and at the end of this year, I get to say that I liked it. I would never go as far as to say that I loved it - that's extreme. But, it really was very good. Good things happened. Less bad things happened than the year before the year before. It's true, I look back on 2008 and think it was a bad year for me. The first half of 2009 wasn't so peachy either, but only by my rather middle class, spoiled, cynical standards.

The good things for me this year were:

1. Reaching gainful employment, and avoiding being unemployed, like far too many brilliant graduates out there

2. Watching the student protests on Millbank. Shameful as some people may think this is, I quite enjoyed it



- as an aside point to that, I think reactionary comments condemning the violence of that day are over exaggerated. It was wrong of one individual to throw a fire extinguisher off the top of a building. But that was just one individual. I think it is perfectly acceptable for people to feel virulently angry towards what is happened, and it is only right that in a democracy that anger is expressed.

3. Reading Laurie Penny's blogs, which I suppose is related to the other points

4. Living in London and watching how Londoners live. It is such a love hate thing. The transport system is an absolute nightmare, probably not much short of hell of earth, but yet it is extremely fascinating. The living conditions also leave much to be desired, but again, this is an interesting experience to have

5. Going on holiday to Rome and eating really good pasta. And laughing at the rudeness of foreigners - thank God for this green and pleasant land