First Tuesday of November

[active_apathy]

Today, for a change, let's go from the trivial to the important.

It rained today. Unhappily, it elected to do so on a day in November in a period of severe drought, so I had neither coat nor umbrella. Also, because I wanted to, I was wearing copious amounts of white. Happily, this near-disaster was averted by the rain carefully only falling while I had some form of shelter.

I suspect the final scorecard looks something like this:

Entity	Result
Rain	|||||
Plants, etc.	:D
Me	:)
Bystanders	:(
People actually rained on	:(∴∵▒

In completely unrelated news, there were two rosellas outside the window this morning, and I really couldn't help myself. So, I spent the next few minutes saying something like:

"Two by two, tails of blue, two by two, tails of blue, two by two, tails of blue, two by two..."

Next! Here in Australia, the first Tuesday of November is the day of the Melbourne Cup, a big and moneyful horse race. Like many other people, I picked one of the ones that lost, and I'll never get that $2 back. Much as you'd expect, horsies ran, and a horsie won, and two horsies placed, and all the other horsies lost.

And seeing as how it's a race that stoppifies the whole. damn. nation, it's rather nightmarish to try to get home after it's finished. Except, I imagine, in Melbourne, where the peoplefolk actually get a day off instead of just leaving their places of gainful employment to slip off to the pub at lunchtime (and having their lackeys subordinates cover for them).

Coincidentally, the day with the horsies (ie, yesterday) is also the day with the midterm ejection in the US (ie, today). Fox is probably already calling results.

So! If you're a US-type-person who can vote, go and do so. If you know US-type-people who can vote, get them to go and do so. We (ie, the rest of the world) would be happier seeing as many of you as possible going along to have a say in how you want your country to be run.

(If it helps, in return I promise near-full voter turnout for the Australian federal ejection next year.)

And... that's about it for today.

Comments

[shaysdays.livejournal.com]

I'm going to go vote.

I live in a state where I get the great pleasure of voting against Santorum, which is really the only pleasant thing about having him on the ballot.

[fireflyfailure.livejournal.com]

damn you and your mezmerizing two by two song.

oh how i wish i could vote. the only person in my family who can is my mother, and luckily, ALL of us are so left we couldn't turn right to save our lives.

[laurenmitchell.livejournal.com]

I forgot about the US election. I might need to work it in to my NaNovel.

[phorie.livejournal.com]

Yay for day off! Rain.. well it was good, but not so good when hiding outside the TAB in the comfort of a smoke-free zone while my dad went and bet.

and we didn't even win. woe. ^-^

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

Augh. As if the birds weren't evil looking enough without that image.

I support informed Americans' right to refuse to vote on the principle that they can't figure out who's the lesser of the two evils. Laziness, however, is no excuse.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

(If it helps, in return I promise near-full voter turnout for the Australian federal ejection next year.)

Only because you're bound by law to do so :p

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Indeed. And that makes sure that everyone is worth lying to.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I still don't support informed Americans' right to refuse to vote. If more of their people voted, maybe the candidates would be better.

And if they were more informed. And, for that matter, if our voters were more informed too.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Rain is good, but not on the days where it threatens to make you invent the Wet Whole Damned Outfit Contest.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Blame River. Or, rather, Summer and Joss.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Your self-made sticker truly wins.

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

Well, that doesn't really change the candidates... if more informed Americans ran for government, that would change the candidates.