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VOTE!

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I'd tell you who to vote for, too, but I suppose that's going a little too far. ;) I'm very nervous about what might happen - so much is up in the air this time around. Definitely the TV will be on tonight, though, to watch the results come in.

I don't like Mondays

I had a mostly very lazy weekend, during which I ignored my to-do list in favour of re-connecting with the internet and spontaneous purchasing of new sheets. Dark green! Pretty.

On Sunday I went to Kitchener to help a friend organize a recital of her dance students (adults, so at least it didn't involve herding little children). Through a variety of circumstances, it had turned into a huge event that was being held at an actual theatre, complete with fancy lighting and sound, and actual front-of-house and tech people. I spent the afternoon running around putting up signs and directing people through the maze back stage while D. did the tech run with the dancers. Oh, and every 10 minutes or so I had to check all three doors - they had to be kept locked, but there were people arriving all afternoon, and there had been a bit of mix-up about which door they were supposed to use. So I ran up and down a lot of stairs.

During the show I got to stage manage, which was actually really fun, since I had a headset on, and could listen to the tech guys. They were hilarious. One comment about "inhuman hips" devolved into an entire riff on vampire dancers. Oh! And the best moment of the show was the guy who got up and walked across the stage (right across, mind you, not along the edges) while someone was dancing! It turns out he was the husband of one of the other dancers(!), and he saw her sitting on the side after she danced, so he went over to talk to her. Right across the stage. I hope she's well and truly embarrassed by him.

Then after the show we drove around Waterloo for ages trying to find a restaurant that was still open and looked like somewhere that we could get some edible food. Did you know that at Eastside Mario's they give you neverending salad with your pasta? I have never eaten so much salad in my life.

And now start the weeks of I Am Never Going To Get Enough Sleep Again, which were heralded by the 5:30 alarm clock this morning, so that I could get to the train in Kitchener that would bring me to work on time. Oof. Tonight vestra comes home, so I'll probably stay up (if I can) to hear all the Victoria news, and then it's Fringe! Yay Fringe! We've plotted out our schedule, and it's 15 shows in 5 days, and there are 11pm shows (or later) every night. So no sleeping for me. And then it's the arrival of the parents and the mini-vacation, which will also, I'm sure, result in less sleep than usual. But it's all for a good cause, right?

Meanwhile, though, I need lunch. Fooooood. Also, I walked by a book sale, so there are books waiting to be purchased by me. Fun.

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Fuck. The most recent predictions have my riding going to the Liberals. I really thought we were going to go NDP. Oh well - nothing's set yet. There are results coming in from Ontario, but I haven't seen anything from my area yet.