Here's a little bit of techno news, Ever seen "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind"? It's my favourite V-day movie.

 

 

 

It was that time again to cast our votes and take part in the "democratic" process.

 

I had been thinking hard this year on who to vote for and the biggest issue facing me was what kind of Canada do I want.

 

Now in my opinion, the most ideal thing that could happen after this election is a minority liberal government, packed with conservatives, a handful of NDP, 2 green and an independant, but that's just wishful thinking. What'll actually happen is it'll be some kind of minority government between the libs and the cons mixed with NDP maybe a bloc or two, no green and maybe 1 independant if they're lucky.

 

The fact is Harper needed to be taken down and out.

 

Now I normally vote for the green every since the liberals fucked us and the whole Gomery report and they still haven't won back my trust.

But in all reality the only way to ensure a minority government without Harper is to vote for the only other party that stands a chance which happens to be liberal... but wait, I can't trust the liberals! Now I could vote Green but that doesn't help at all to bring down Harper, it only helps my cause of backing the Green.

 

So we come to this problem. A strategic vote or one for the cause.

 

Now coming up to today I was under the impressiong that I was going to vote green no matter what. Fuck it, I guess I can live with a minority liberal or conservative gov. I'm also now in a new riding and I really wasn't aware of it until a day or two ago. I was under the impression that I was going back to where my parents live to cast my vote in that riding.... wrong! I ended up in the York Centre riding and was then faced with voting for some canidates I was not familiar with. Now I knew what the parties stood for but it's more than just about parties, it's also about the characters.

 

Again I was under the impression of voting Green but as soon as I saw the ballot and his name.... well.... I had to... I feel like a total fucking sell out.

So there I was ready to put a big check beside the green when I read his name and obviously growing up in Canada, I knew the name well. Ken Dryden.

well fuck me sideways, how could I not vote for a guy who has 6 stanley cups? and I know what you're thinking "How could I vote for a guy just because he played hockey?" and it's not that he just played hockey but he fucking played in the "summit series" the fucking "'72 summit series!" that's heavy in the streets.

 

and to be fair... he does have some points in his campaign I do agree with, in fact many points... all be it I wasn't aware of them at the time while voting but none the less, he's a good canidate and I'd be proud to have him represent my riding.... And yes, I do feel bad not voting Green like a jew who just ate pork on Yom Kippur

 

No wonder he's on the list of top 100 most influencial British people.