The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life

[poliphilo]

I made a resolution yesterday: I'm going to stop taking a day to day, close-up interest in politics. What good has it ever done me or anybody else? It's a bad habit and merely stirs up negativity.

As it happens I dreamed about Gordon Brown last night. He was presiding over a school dance. I guess my subconscious had clocked a resemblance between him and "Ted" Maidment- popular history teacher of my youth- and  was using it to seal the pact. Discipline at school dances was pretty strict- no snogging, no hanky-panky- but Ted was permissive and looked the other way when I sloped off to the curtained cubicle with my partner. Good bloke. In the dream I felt about Gordon the way I felt about Ted. 

And now I'm off to vote against him in the local elections.

Comments

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

My partner does that. She gets SO worked up about the election. Then she tells me, in great detail, who said what to who. To me, I have already voted in our primary, and I have decided who I am going to vote for come November. I don't have to think about it any more. And, she & I agree. She doesn't need to convince me. I keep telling her, she has an LJ account. She should blog this stuff and convince others. She is preaching to the choir, here.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I've done OK so far. This has been an exciting time in British politics- what with the local elections and the election for London mayor- and I've registered the news in passing but kept away from the columnists. So one set of politicians has replaced another set of politicians- big deal!

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

I know this is important, and I have my personal favorite, but, frankly, it WILL be one of the three that are running, and ANY of them are going to be WORLDS better than Bush/Cheney. Even the worse of the lot is going to seem like heaven.

Kind of like when we think it is warm when it is 35 degrees here, because it is above freezing.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Exactly. The main thing is that Bush/Cheyney will be bowing out.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to be rid of them.