Quick question;

Is 'smart arse' an exclusively British expression? Would an American say it?

This is one of those random 2am questions that seem to make very little sense isn't it?

*contemplative*

Well, it's not long until Happy New Year. I'm following my time honoured tradition of staying in with my computer and the curtains open so I can watch the very pretty fireworks. Sometimes I wonder if I'm even a student at all.

But it's sad - I liked 2004. I did some fun things. So I guess the last few hours of the year are as good a place to look back on it as any.

> I passed my A-levels very well. Yay!
> I didn't spontaeneously combust with stress at any point. Came close a few times though I think.
> I visited two new countries, Holland and Austria - native uprisings caused: 0. Diplomatic incidents caused: 0. Flights that crashed: 0. Foreign words learned: ?
> I can speak more German, Italian and Welsh than I could at the start of the year. Mae'n bendigedig!
> I've found a fandom to settle down in for a while and have actually written more than one fic for it. Yay!
> I've discovered that I like guacamole. After first discovering what guacamole *is*.
> I talked to Merc for the first time on the phone. And sent more letters and presents abroad than in the rest of my life altogether.
> I met more new people that I liked than new people I disliked.
> I'm actually taking a degree course in writing. I have to tell myself that every so often to believe it.
> I realised that I don't need a support group behind me to do things.
> I realised that I like my own company just as much as the company of other people.
> I realised that no matter where I am, I miss having a pet if I don't have one. Which is why if I decide not to go to Canada - because don't want the 'rents to have to look after it when I'm not here -then I'm getting a pet rat next term. Called Grizabella. If that's too expensive then I'll at least get some fish.
> I realised that if it snowed every Christmas, I would never ever need presents again because I'd be happy enough with snow. Which suggests I should move to the Artic perhaps.
> You do not own your obsession. Your obsession owns you.
> Cogito ergo sum.
> I realised that no one can make you unhappy but yourself, but the rest of the world can at times try very hard to prove that wrong.
> Some people you'll always miss and never forget, because they had something special. And often people won't understand why you miss them so much, but it doesn't make it wrong to miss them.

I probably realised other stuff too but I've forgotten it. And the fireworks are stunning so I'm off to watch them for a while. There will at least be some tennis fic posted later, even if no ficlets get done.

I love fireworks. That's something else I realised. ^__^

Clo

EDIT: ( That 2004 meme that's making the rounds... )