British .. and PROUD

19Apr09

I think I have posted aout this before, but I have had a day of being proud to be British today!  I, like so many other, follow Stephen Fry on Twitter and this morning he tweeted about a walk he took along the Thames from Putney to Hammersmith, mentioning the rowing crews, the families of ducks, the fresh air and the sun shining, and I smiled as I had been thinking something similar myself.  I love weekends (particularly Sundays) when the sun shines warmly but the air feels fresh and you have nothing pressing to do .. delightful and something rarely found elsewhere.

Then a little later when surfng the web, I came accross a website which had a vlog on it from a British Plus-sized model and actress frm the UK.  She has set up a site for plus sized ladies in an effort to help them feel better abut themselves, as well as trying to re-educate the public at large that larger ladies have good personalities too.  I didnt bookmark it and cant remember the name of the blog so cant share it – sorry!

This evening, I have finally found out what all the Susan Boyle fuss is about; I had a really busy week at work, hence the delay!  My god .. that woman can sing.  When I started watching it, I of course had prior knowledge that something was going to be different, whether it be really bad or really good.  I am happy to say that I was really rooting for her.  Something told me she was going to be amazing, and I wasn’t dissapointed.  I cried.  I love an underdog like anyone, but the whole ‘never judge a book by it’s cover’ saying just means so much to me.  I get judged constantly .. and I hate it.  Go Susan.  I don’t normally watch Britain’s Got Talent, but I will from now on when I know she’s on – both to vote for her but to hear her amazing voice.  I also found her singing ‘Cry me a River’ on Youtube – Bliss.

I ended up looking at a few more auditions for the show and soon realised that we have some amazing undiscovered talent out there – Flawless, Good Evans and Julian Smith to name just a few. In these horrid times that we are going though at the moment, these people are really putting smils on faces .. and that’s all that counts. So on Thursday, St Georges Day, I will be wearing a Red Rose and marking ‘our’ day in other ways too.  I am British and proud and don’t care whether that makes me cool or not.

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