Monday, January 23, 2006
Vote and Die Anyway
An historic day: I have just gained the right to complain about our government. Yes, that's right, I just participated in the democratic process. And the polling station was in the lobby of my building, so I could have voted in my pyjamas had I wanted to. Awright. My poli sci class is cancelled tonight so that we can all watch the results come in. I'm pretty psyched. Katherine and Emily have gone out to scrutineer at the polling station; I was going to but then didn't get my stuff together and call the Dewar office on the weekend. Oops.
Saturday I hung out with Jeanne, for she was in town. Two of her fellow Wildfire dancers came along (Nathan and Alyssa) and we tooled around downtown for a couple of hours: a groovy bead store, a peep at the vacant Parliament, dinner at Zak's Diner, and then to Chapter's to browse. A crazy French guy guided us through the selection of calendars with great concern and care, then drifted away (we agreed that the ones with the kittens on them were particularly nice). The Suicide Burger at Zak's isn't as scary as it sounds; I recommend it highly. I arrived home and went out again for dessert and coffee with my Mini-Res (Katherine, Emily, Nate). Sunday I behaved myself, staying home to do laundry, read, and make a curry for dinner.
Nobody came to cross-country practice today. Am not impressed. I ran by myself but my calf's been giving me guff the past few days, so I didn't go at all far. And now I must away to read for political economy.
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3 comments:
mmm ...suicide burger? Made of tofu or some other vegetarian friendly substance Jess? Did you trade your morals this time for something other than a tuna sandwich?
hahahahah just kidding
you know I love ya,
The Omniverous Bacchanalianist
Ugh, stupid tories. No wonder there's voter apathy. What is the point?
It was a veggie burger, don't worry! At this point I don't think I could get far with meat-eating without making myself ill.
Tories... feh. At least it's a change of pace, people might pay attention to the process if they think big changes in policy could be on the way. A Conservative government is something new, particularly to those of us who were only six when the Liberals came into power. My CHILDHOOD, man!
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