don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliars

[the_siobhan]

So I haven't been posting much that isn't either complete fluff or "wow, the drugs make me fall down" posts. I'm definitely feeling a lot less overwhelmed and open to social interaction these days, but I'm also kind of being cautious at spending all this new mental currency, if that makes any sense. I haven't completely figured out my new limits yet.

I promise you that more substantial rants will be forthcoming at a later date.

Ontario had an election yesterday and we elected a Liberal minority government. I can live with that. Right now we have a conservative federal and municipal government and I was dreading the possibility of the PCs getting in on the provincial level as well. the_axel was a lot more blase about it, pointing out to me that he grew up under Thatcher. Of course he left England and I don't want to have to leave Canada because I really do like it here regardless of it's flaws. (Like for example the flaw of electing complete fucking incompetents like the Honourable Wife-Beating, Drunk-Driving, Racist, Homophobic, Illiteracy-loving Mayor who is currently running our city.)

Prior to the election I took a "who you should vote for" test on the CBC website. It pegged me as waaay to the left of the NDP. I thought that was pretty funny.

Tonight is the D.O.A. gig with tristam08 and 50_ft_queenie. This ought to be cool, I haven't seen those guys play in years.

The renos are moving along fantastically. We have wiring! We have walls! The drywall needs to be mudded, sanded and primed and the next major stage is the floor. Then the closet and window frames have to be finished and Charlie has to build the half-wall that will stop pre-caffeinated people from falling into the stairwell. Tentative prospective date for being finished is the weekend of the 29th. We're hoping we can get some volunteers (hint, hint) to help us move our stuff to the top floor and then break out the last of the remaining plaster-and-lathe on the ground floor so he can get started on the framing and insulation there. The timing isn't great since it's the Halloween weekend but we're going to pack up as much as we can realistically live without and stash it in the basement ahead of time so there shouldn't be too much to haul. And of course smashing holes in things with sledgehammers is just great fun any time.

Physical stuff is going really well. Work is going just great. Partners are amazing. I'm going to Haiti next month with bcholmes. And we are just about to start a three-day weekend.

So everything is looking pretty good from here right now.