I'm going to VanCon!

[hells_half_acre]

Thanks to the extreme kindness and generosity of this fandom, I get to go to VanCon!

Yesterday I woke up and did my finances and discovered that not only could I NOT afford to even a second hand ticket this year (and I was seriously only going to spend $100 on it), but I also am probably not going to be able to afford my rent on the 1st. So, yeah, no VanCon for me. I can borrow money for the rent, but I can hardly borrow money to goof off with my friends for a weekend. I spent the whole day trying to think of ways I could get the money, failing, and then being sad that I really just couldn't go.

And then at the end of the day I sat down at my computer in order to compose a "I can't go to VanCon :( " LJ post, and before I could even type it, I got a message about this lovely donated ticket that was available for someone in my situation.

Yay!

Comments

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well, I hope the BL posts the job you want soon and then realizes that you are perfect for it. :)

And thanks for the good luck wish!

HOPEFULLY the election means that Harper is leaving, but we don't have term limits in Canada, so if his party gets enough seats, then he'll still be there, ruining everything forever (or another 4-5 years). So, it's up to the country to vote him out, but we have a couple of things going against us 1)uneducated/confused people who vote against their best interests, 2)a broken electoral system wherein however Ontario (and to a lesser extent Quebec) votes is who has power, and 2b)the left vote is split between the liberals and the new democrats (and to a lesser extent Green), which means that due to the broken electoral system the country can effectively say "NOT HARPER" and by default Harper will get in because we all said "NOT HARPER" a little differently than each other.

Yes! I built an archery range last summer when I lost my job and had time to kill in August while I was there. It's pretty sweet, and a nice length for a range (unlike the range that I built in my apartment which is a little short).

And yes, I'll fill you in on SPN stuff if you are confused with PPP, but HOPEFULLY you can sort of get the jist of what's going on. I have to explain things to the HP characters anyway.

(And thanks! You'll probably be faster at pestering people on my behalf than I will be in tracking down the icon. I tried to make one myself, but I have absolutely no graphics skills, apparently.)

[franztastisch]

You don't have term limits? That seems like a gross oversight. :/ New Democrats are the ones in Alberta right? The ones who had the surprise landslide victory? Still impressed with that. It was my one nice political thing to happen that week, seeing as we got stuck with Cameron fucking us over for four more years because people are morons. :/ Which way is Ontario likely to vote do you think?

Haha what a fantastic idea! Very Clint Barton of you. :P And I will get on that icon ASAP. :)

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

We have a rule that there has to be an election every 4 years, but we don't have a rule about how long someone can be Prime Minister for. Pierre Trudeau had three, non-consecutive, I think so did Chretien (he was PM for pretty much all of the 90s).

And yes, NDP (as they're known) were the ones who got in in Alberta provincially. They also had a sweeping victory in Quebec last election federally, but it wasn't enough to usurp the Conservative majority in the house, because in Quebec the vote is also split with the Bloq, which is the Quebec Independence party. The NDP outperformed the Bloq, but not the Cons.

I don't know how things will shake out this election in Ontario. I'm fearing the worst though, because last election I really had my hopes up and then they were brutally crushed.