I'm an American lass and have been living in the UK for the past 7 years. Originally from the Lone Star State , I've spent so much time here that I sound like I'm from somewhere over the Atlantic, except when I've had a few to drink and then my accent comes flooding back.
I'm currently studying for an MA in English Literature at Leeds Met and should be finished with by September, after writing an arduous dissertation.
A Guardian reader, I'm also into organics and local produce .
And finally, I'm a big fan of The Idler as I think he's got a great idea. Also, this is a great read. It's too bad greed gets in the way for it to work effectively.
A stunning piece of prose written by Vaclav Havel, regarding Hope...
a state of mind, not a state of the world. Either we have hope within us or we don't; it is a dimension of the soul, and it's not essentially dependent on some particular observation of the world or estimate of the situation... It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond the horizons. I don't think you can explain it as a mere derivative of something here, of some movement, or of some favourable signs in the world. I feel that its deepest roots are in the transcendental, just as the roots of human responsibility are...It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
