Stand off, a stand off, we're off to the send-off.

[reddragdiva]

• Vale Robert Quine (courtesy zotz). "You gotta hear this new box I got, it creates the most offensive noise ..."

• I do hope our British readers have all committed democracy today. Of course, you could feel free to let the BNP speak for you. (I voted Greens for EU on the software patent issue and straight Greens for everything else because Labour, Tory and Lib Dems appear populated with weasels, except Ken for Mayor because he's good with public transport. I might have voted RESPECT but I failed to research them beforehand.)

• I concur (courtesy shocko). I was terrified anyone could elect such a man. Twice.

• More photos: Cabaret Nocturne at Dream, Melbourne, 16th April.

• Happy birthday to severina_242! How's the Polish passport application going, my sweet?

• arkady is out of circulation again, with another bout of gastroenteritis. Our apologies to nou on missing her dinner.

Comments

[megabitch.livejournal.com]

I commited an act of democracy twice - I had my own vote to cast and a proxy vote for the Hamster (who has had to hit the head office today, so is the other side of the country) :)

[horngirl.livejournal.com]

Oooh, piccies of me (vain, who me??!)
;-)

Can I link to the ones of me in my journal? And did you ever post the ones from the night at Polly?

[reddragdiva]

Of course! Be sure to link to the HTML pages - trying to include the images directly will not work reliably.

Those are the first Melbourne trip pics I've put up. The Polly pics shall be put online in due course.

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

My (poorly-researched) impression of RESPECT is that they're a bunch of incoherent whackjobs mostly acting as a front for the Socialist Worker Party. I'd rather have weasels than whackjobs, really.

[reddragdiva]

At least the Communist Party of Britain used an actual hammer and sickle as their logo on the ballot paper. You've got to admire such cracksmoking, though not enough to vote for it.

The Greens have been strikingly coherent, particularly regarding software patents - we've managed to get it into their consciousness that this is an important issue and that they can pick up a niche but noisy bunch of voters with it.

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

I find that there are significant points on which I am in really, really fundamental disagreement with the Greens, unfortunately. (Nuclear power and the military spring immediately to mind).

[damerell.livejournal.com]

The Greens seem fine on everything that doesn't directly pertain to being Greens. I wouldn't want them in power but we could do with them as a large minority...

[(Anonymous)]

I committed an act of democracy some days ago. I hope.

At least with ballot boxes you are sure your piece of paper went through the hole into the box.

(morwen/abigailb, who has not got her password on her)

[reddragdiva]

Is anyone not on LiveJournal?

[vatine]

Neither Smoke nor Mirrors are...

I was terrified anyone could elect such a man. Twice.

[ewx.livejournal.com]

What a marvellous rant.

[severina-242.livejournal.com]

gosh I look pished in that photo....... Yes the Polish passport application is on my 'to do' list.....