A political view, a play, and more manga (of course).

Argh, six days, and only a half-post! Now I'm really falling down on the job. Ah, well, that is life and all that jazz. I'm writing now, so I'll make up for lost time. Firstly, as my title says, I have a political view to discuss. For those of you who don't follow Canadian politics, or don't know how our parliamentary system works, I'm sorry, but I just don't have the energy to explain. (Comment if you want to, and I'm sure I'd be able to give an in-depth explanation tomorrow, when I'm not so tired).
Am I the only one who feels that Stephen Harper is just being a really sore loser? He does nothing, then as soon as the opposition parties decide to form a coalition, it's all 'the other parties are plotting with the evil separatists to overthrow the government! It's not democractic!' Guess what, Mr. Prime Minister? There were more votes given to the Bloc Quebecois, NDP, and Liberals combined than there were votes for the Conservatives. So if these three parties work together, the great majority of the country is getting exactly what they voted for. It's not illegal, it's a valid part of our political system, and it's certainly democratic.
Also, is it just me, or is it ridiculous that Harper keeps saying 'the separatist party' or 'the separatists'. Um, newsflash, the 'separatist party' has a name. The BLOC QUEBECOIS. It's not really that hard. And what's with this talk of 'Jacques Parizeau and the separatists'? Where is Jacques Parizeau hiding, behind the speaker's chair? Because last time I checked, he wasn't a member of the Bloc. Seriously, what is our Prime Minister doing? The answer, in my opinion, is a resounding nothing, and that's definitely what it's going to be for the next two months. It seems very, very silly to prorogue parliament in the middle of an 'economic crisis' (not to mention the environmental crisis everyone seems to have forgotten about lately). Sigh.
Well, in all of this, I feel sorry for the Governor General, having to make such an iomportant decision. I mean, normally it's just pretty speeches and cutting ribbons. Anyway, rant over. (Sorry if I've offended any supporters of the Conservative party. I don't take other people's rants against my political favourites personally, so I'd ask you to try not to either ^_^).
In other news, I went to see a play on Friday. One of my friends insisted I come see it, as she had a part in the performance. Since the school she goes to is well known for it's great drama program and I've watched two very good plays there before, it wasn't exactly like I minded watching. I didn't have anyone to go with, but, luckily for me, an old friend who also attends the school was chatting with me on msn the night before, and she suggested we grab seats together. The play, set in the age of Beatlemania and centering on the story of a few teenagers in a small town where the famed band was coming to play, didn't disappoint. Sure, it was a school play, so it wasn't exactly Globe Theatre quality or something, but it was entertaining, and I'd definitely say I enjoyed myself. One really cool aspect was that the song supposedly composed by one of the characters was actually made by the actress. Oh, and the band in the play all actually palyed there intruments, and performed the song as part of the play! How cool is that? Anyway, I'm still very tired (seven hours wasn't enough sleeeeep), so I think I'll have to wrap up here and try to write some more tomorrow.

Emi

Quote of the post: People tend to think of time as simple, like a straight line, cause to effect. But it's much more complicated than that. In reality it's more like a great big ball of squgelly wiggelly...timey wimey...stuff.
-The Doctor (yes, I am a Whovian :P)

Quote of last post (because I like quotes!): Give me liberty or someone dies!
-Unknown

P.S. I changed the little header thingy under the title of my blog! Oh, and in case you hadn't noticed, every single post in my blog is tagged with 'ninjas' XP.

P.P.S. I've gotten soem really nice clothes lately, so I'll try to post some photos in my next post!