ted morton came in a close second in the tory leadership race's first ballot. i didn't honestly think members of the conservative party were so, i don't know, ignorant? stupid? ...vicious?

he believes that alberta has to be cured of socialism and that homophobia should be supported and institutionalized by the provincial government. 

nicely done. now he's one of three potential premiers (let's not kid ourselves. we live in a one-party state.) i'm not thrilled at the prospect of any of them, ...but ted morton? sorry. i'm flabbergasted. 

sometimes, i hate this place. 

i would like it very much if you stopped playing that new song by My Chemical Romance. i can't think of the name offhand, but it sounds as if Sergeant Pepper ate Blink 182 and shat out something awfully mopey. and, i mean awfully. 

i hear this song every time i'm in a car; it's getting to me. 

i can overlook your obsession with other crappy bands like Metric, Jakalope, Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab for Cutie because they don't make me want to kill. but this song? c'mon! i'm vegan - i shouldn't want to kill anything. 

ok? thanks  :)

emma

it seems that yardi needs extra-special care and consideration when you have a certain number of users. so, yippee, i get to get to know server 2003. i can't believe how much money the boss is letting me spend. i also have a stack of legal copies of xp pro on my desk. heh. 

the kat has offered his expertise and will set up the computers in the new office. if i were to tackle this on my own, i think i'd cry. i'm already faced with the task of merging data from two offices ... one of which is too lazy to use proper file names. 

one document will be named something like "GV", the abbreviated name of the property. if  you open it, you'll find that it's mailing labels. another document will be "GV 2", and it'll be minutes from a meeting. to make everything super-wonderful, all the so-named documents are in one folder. brilliant! at least things are separated by property.  

i sent Garth Turner a note of support this morning. he was booted from the conservative party because he had the nerve to criticize their "plan" for the environment. (yes, the plan that doesn't start to take effect until several decades from now.) i'd love to see him work up some public interest in real democracy. it's insane that canadians can elect a person, but the moment he steps in parliament he's subject to the whims of the party, not the people. i'd love to see our mps voting according to their own beliefs, rather than their parties' beliefs. 

usually. some mps are idiots, of course, but it would be nice to see democracy in action. 

sorry, rae. i know you hate it when i bitch about politics.

ahh, wow. so i was playing world of warcraft yesterday and encountered an idiot who wouldn't stop bothering me, or rather, killing me. bastard. that game would be much improved without the idiots. (but, then, wouldn't everything?) especially stupid orc warriors of indeterminate level who get their rocks off pushing around lower level squishies like me ... over and over and over. 

next time, i'll think to call those guildmates of mine for help. gods, they're so nice to me. props to the kat for having really great friends ... and for sharing them with me  :D 

tomorrow is remembrance day and i finally found poppies for sale. strangely, they've been hard to come by this year. (i seem to have picked an evil poppy, intent on poking and scratching me.) 

...for my american readers who will be observing veterans day, canadians wear red poppies to commemorate the dead. the poppies reference the poem In Flanders Fields, by Lt. Col. John McCrae.

it seems that Earth's General Store, who's owner and patrons are environmentally conscious peacenik-types, is selling white poppies as a commemorative symbol that also promotes peace. i'm not sure how promoting peace is anti-soldier or in any way disrespectful, but it's being taken that way by some people. naturally. 

i, for one (for two, click here), am happy to see the white poppies. i don't think they're any more political than the red ones. 

thinking that there's no politics involved in red poppies, especially with our current crop of politicians, is just ... naive. 

as you may or may not know, we use this program called Yardi at our office. you may also know that sometimes it's the *bane of my existence.* why? because we pretty much rely on this program to make our business, um, go. it uses ancient printer technology (parallel ports, for crying out loud) and i'm worried about the existing printer.  :\  it's making sad noises.

so, how about them democrats? deee-licious. america, you only could have made me happier if you'd voted in a bunch of independents (other than joe lieberman). i was particularly amused at rumsfeld's immediate resignation and bush's whiny speech. awesome. now the terrorists have won and americans, obviously, hate america. 

"I thought when it was all said and done, the American people would understand the importance of taxes and the importance of security." gee, mr. president, maybe they *do* understand.  

i'm still troubled at how many people bought into bush's feigned horror at john kerry's bungled joke. 

did they seriously think to themselves, "oh my god, this decorated war hero guy thinks the troops are stupid/incompetent. i, on the other hand, only think the troops are stupid enough to be offended. we *must* protect those marines and their delicate sensibilities because, surely, they don't have anything better to think about right now" ?

i was pleasantly surprised to see arizonians kill a proposed ban on same sex marriage. (but, we all know awesome people are from arizona. *hugs*) *six* states passed ballot initiatives to increase the minimum wage. voters in nine states said "no" to local governments claiming eminent domain over privately owned land for the purpose of handing it over to private commercial developers. 

if the democrats can't seize upon this obvious cry for respect for the middle class, then they're hopeless. 

hmm - i feel good about the election ... even if a bunch of backwater busybodies voted to ban gay marriage. (glorious alliteration) 

whatever. i'm leaving my bats up for a while. i could throw tinsel on them and call them christmas bats. what? it makes as much sense as a christmas tree. *thumbs up*

i feel crappy today. i went to that schmooze-fest last night and watched people get drunk. well, drunker than i. there were *no* non-alcoholic beverages to be found in the entire ballroom - just booze and food. geh. i can't drink anything now without feeling it the next day. i'm so old. 

hm. some of you may have an appreciation for this: 

ahh, master chief, good job.

it appears that a certain pillar of the evangelical community has been accused of paying a prostitute for sex. sure that's "bad" - just ask jimmy swaggart - but, here's the kicker: both pillar and prostitute are men. *gasp* 

it's so hard to contain a bit of schadenfreude. the prostitute, mike jones, made the accusation after he saw the evangelist, ted haggard, on television showing his support for a constitutional ban on gay marriage. glory.