The reaction in the face of a looming coalition government has put me on the rant path.

Rant The First Over the past several days, I've heard and seen the words "undemocratic", "unconstitutional" and "coup" bandied about with vigor. NO, IT ISN'T! People aren't obligated to like the idea of a coalition. And if I actually liked our prime minister ( Read more... )

( Wow. Just...wow )

Dear America,

THANK YOU!

Love,
DQ23

I'm watching streaming video of the U.S. Election coverage on ABC's wesbite. It is SO obvious that everyone involved thinks that McCain losing Pennsylvania has secured Obama's victory. All of their analysis and analysts are speculating about Obama's presidency ( Read more... )

Yesterday turned out to be very nice birthday. Drama King took charge of Drama Prince's morning routine so I could stay in bed. I wanted to sleep in, but failed completely. I was up and about by seven-thirty. Even though it was early, it was nice to get up on my own terms ( Read more... )

It began as a reply to starfishchick thoughts on the low voter turnout. But as is my way, I started rambling and so I decided to make a post of my own.

( Fifty-Nine Percent )

It's election day here in Canada. Drama King and I were going to take Drama Prince and vote as a family this morning. Alas, our polling station doesn't open until 9:30. So after this post and a little breakfast, I will cast my vote alone ( Read more... )

So my weekend went a little something like this.

Saturday brought about some extended family tension. Nothing huge but it left me fighting some icky feelings. I don't care to elaborate beyond that but sufficed to say: LOSE.

Saturday also brought about a fun shift at Venus Envy, followed by pizza, rehearsal and socializing with the cast of ( Read more... )

I have weekend updates to share, but I'm off to work in a few minutes so that will have to wait. In the meantime, here, have this (possibly NSFW)

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.

"I think when ordinary working people come home, turn on the TV and see a gala of a bunch of people, you know, at a rich gala all subsidized by taxpayers claiming their subsidies aren't high enough when they know those subsidies have actually gone up - I'm not sure that's something that resonates with ordinary people," Harper said during a campaign ( Read more... )