It's Time for Positives
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c9Please only comment to add something positive. If you're looking for negatives, there are plenty already floating around. I'm writing this from my perspective, so obviously some of these things might not apply to you.
1. The election advertising is over.
2. I'm in Canada.
3. I'm a Canadian citizen.
4. The Canadian political process, while ridiculous in many ways, is not as corrupt, deadlocked, nor as downhill-oriented as the one south of the 49th parallel.
5. The Amazing Race premieres in 13 days.
6. There are three potential hotties on it. (good for looking at)
7. There are two professional wrestlers on it. (good for mocking)
8. The Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanzaa/Solstice holidays are approaching soon, which means food, friends, and family. Also pretty snow and lights.
9. The Canadian dollar is still rising, and will likely continue to do so.
10. Bush, despite his Mad Cow and Softwood Lumber blind spots (mostly due to Congress), is actually less protectionist and more pro-trade than Kerry, meaning Canada is plausibly in a better position.
11. I'm healthy and I have a wonderful husband and we have a place to live and we have jobs. Millions of people in North America alone have none of those.
12. Jon Stewart and the Daily Show are just going to keep riding this wave for another couple years, leading to much laughter.
1. The election advertising is over.
2. I'm in Canada.
3. I'm a Canadian citizen.
4. The Canadian political process, while ridiculous in many ways, is not as corrupt, deadlocked, nor as downhill-oriented as the one south of the 49th parallel.
5. The Amazing Race premieres in 13 days.
6. There are three potential hotties on it. (good for looking at)
7. There are two professional wrestlers on it. (good for mocking)
8. The Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanzaa/Solstice holidays are approaching soon, which means food, friends, and family. Also pretty snow and lights.
9. The Canadian dollar is still rising, and will likely continue to do so.
10. Bush, despite his Mad Cow and Softwood Lumber blind spots (mostly due to Congress), is actually less protectionist and more pro-trade than Kerry, meaning Canada is plausibly in a better position.
11. I'm healthy and I have a wonderful husband and we have a place to live and we have jobs. Millions of people in North America alone have none of those.
12. Jon Stewart and the Daily Show are just going to keep riding this wave for another couple years, leading to much laughter.
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Date: 2004-11-03 07:19 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-11-03 07:20 pm (UTC)• Ken Salazar won his Colorado Senate race.
• Cincinnati repealed its anti-gay ordinance.
• Chris Shays won his Connecticut House race.
• Jim Costa won his California House race.
• Jim Leach won his Iowa House race.
• Barbara Boxer won her California Senate race.
• Patty Murray won her Washington Senate race.
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Date: 2004-11-03 08:16 pm (UTC)J and I are having a baby. I'm looking forward to that. No matter what kind of world he or she inherits, I'm going to do my part to make sure they appreciate all the good things the world has to offer, and maybe, just maybe, make a few things better myself.
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Date: 2004-11-03 10:43 pm (UTC)Of course, I'll probably be well on my way to Canadian citizenship by then. Or at least permanent residency. Although, I've only been (pronounced like "bean") here for just under four months, so I probably shouldn't go making any life-altering decisions regarding my "nationality" quite yet, but from what I've seen so far, damn I love this place.
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Date: 2004-11-04 12:00 am (UTC)You know, I've heard that Kitchener-Waterloo has the fifth highest immigrant intake in Canada. Tisk tisk tisk. (Just kidding! We'd rather move to Montréal.)
you forgot #13... and #14
Date: 2004-11-03 11:55 pm (UTC)14. One of those men in one of those parts of the United States is quite handsome, consistently experiences extremely high levels of drooling over you and your aforementioned husband and aspires to be your permanent houseboy.
p/s - can you say no to these eyes? I didn't think so...
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