Hello all! Firstly, Happy Birthday

bearfacedcheek! Hope you're doing well. :)

Secondly, thank you lots and lots to

gamiila for the Christmas cards! *manymanyhugs*

Thirdly, did anyone else watch the Shooting Stars docu-thing + new episode last night? Loved it all, and also felt horribly nostalgic! And The Inverntor's Song and the bluetit *totally* killed me. Ah, Vic and Bob...

Fourthly -

Happy New Year!!!!

And thank you lots for the old one - it really, really wouldn't have been the same without you! Snagged from

zanthinegirl here is an overview of 2008 (from a US perspective, but hey - it's certainly been America's year!):

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And fifthly and finally, because the girls love it, and it is curiously addictive, a link to another video: There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama. :)

(Oh and I changed my layout, the banner v. kindly made for me by

moscow_watcher from one of my favourite panels from the latest issue of 'Angel: After the Fall' which continues to rock my world. I also had to change my gmail theme, since the colours clashed. I've now got the planets one, and it's lovely!)