Polibabble

The pols are out in full force again. Yesterday the Conservatives were at my subway station -- I took a moment to point out to them why All Title Caps Throughout The Entire Campaign Flyer Is Maybe Not Such A Good Idea And Really Just Makes You Look Stupid, but I'm not sure they understood what I was talking about -- and today the Liberals were there. I expect the NDP tomorrow.

So, do you think the candidates for a riding get together and discuss who's showing up when? I mean, this is the exact order they were in last time, before Christmas, and there's never been more than one party there at a time. Or maybe it's a first come, first serve type thing, and they all run to the subway station first thing in the morning and then make fun of the candidates who didn't get up early enough. Of course, if they were smart they'd just send their lackeys to stand there overnight and save the spot.

I tried to watch the debates last night, I really did, but I don't like watching people debate -- it's too close to arguing, and my stomach hurts. Plus I really don't need two hours of Stephen Harper on my television screen. Did anyone watch? Did anyone actually say anything interesting?

Rick Mercer's Fantasy Conservative Cabinet is possibly the funniest thing I've read about the election so far, although it's not like he had to stretch very far to find good material.

Oh! And I saw the new Liberal ad last night, the one with all the quotes from American newspapers about how Stephen Harper is like George W. Bush, and how similar their politics are yadda yadda, and then at the end it says something like "If Stephen Harper gets elected, at least someone will be happy,eh?" HAHAHA. You know SOMEONE had to pull out the "we don't want to be like the Americans" card.

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I have what could charitably be described as no food whatsoever in the house. Of things that can be eaten on their own (meaning, not condiments) I have just enough cereal and soy milk for breakfast tomorrow, enough yogurts for snacks for the rest of the week, and one bunch (bunch? that's not the right work) of baby bok choy. This does not constitute dinner.

So I should go buy groceries after work. But OH LORD do I not want to. I mean, whatever, buying groceries isn't generally high on my list of enjoyable pastimes, but it's not a terrible chore. Today, though, it's like I told myself I had to have elective surgery without anesthesia. I feel like throwing a temper tantrum at the thought.

Just don't go, you say? You're an adult, you can do whatever you like that doesn't harm other people. Yes, but I have no food! If I don't go buy groceries, there will be no food and I will be cranky! I suppose I could just go buy something somewhere, but that also requires doing something other than going straight home and god, I'm so sick of this whole feeding myself thing. Blech.