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prillalar ([personal profile] prillalar) wrote2005-08-04 05:58 pm
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Reason #459 to love being Canadian

Our next Governor-General is a fucking babe.
Michaëlle Jean, whom you may have seen hosting The Passionate Eye or Rough Cuts on CBC.

(To be fair, I'd do Adrienne Clarkson too.)
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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/ 2005-08-04 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoo.
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[identity profile] kelly-yoyo.livejournal.com 2005-08-05 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
And she was, like, a professor of Italian literature, a documentary filmmaker and a journalist. I worship her!
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[personal profile] prillalar 2005-08-07 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't get to hear the speech, but the more I read about her, the more impressed I am.

[identity profile] iamrosalita.livejournal.com 2005-08-04 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow.

[identity profile] svz-insanity.livejournal.com 2005-08-04 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I wanna move to Canada.

Now. <3

[identity profile] rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com 2005-08-04 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
How do you pronounce her name? I keep looking at it and thinking: "Michelle? Michael? Mik-ayla?"

[identity profile] lerefuge.livejournal.com 2005-08-05 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
The French Michael way :) Mik-ay-l.

[identity profile] 3jane.livejournal.com 2005-08-04 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't she fab? I just bounced and squeed when I heard.

[identity profile] lerefuge.livejournal.com 2005-08-05 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
And she's really a good journalist. We are lucky here to see her regularly on the news channel and I loved her on it. It's a great choice.

[identity profile] laurashapiro.livejournal.com 2005-08-05 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
Dude, where can I get a politician like that?

Another reason to envy Canadians...
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[personal profile] prillalar 2005-08-07 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
She's not a politician; the Governor-General is an appointed position. In the past, it has usually gone to retired politicians, but both Jean and the current GG, Adrienne Clarkson, were not. Actually, they were both broadcasters, among other things.

In any case, she is smart and creative and speaks something like five languages in addition to being drop-dead gorgeous. I'm pleased she'll be our Head of State.

[identity profile] laurashapiro.livejournal.com 2005-08-07 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the information. P. and I plan to study up on how Canada actually works, since (like most Americans) we are shamefully ignorant about the way other countries function. We may pester you for the phone number of information about the Governor-General when we see you this week.

We see you this week! Eeeee!

[identity profile] latxcvi.livejournal.com 2005-08-05 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
That's one of your *politicians*? She's such a hot-ass!
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[personal profile] prillalar 2005-08-07 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! She is a hot-ass, but not really a politician. See my comment to Laura, above.
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