Let’s Play a Game of “Snap”

Just as we’re getting over the hangover of the last Québec election, and dealing with the reprecussions of it’s outcome..(um…?)… it appears that we may have to go through the whole thing again.

And soon.

In good ‘ol snap election style.

Our Minority government can’t seem to agree on whether to give you and I (the common man and woman) the glorious tax break we have been promised for 4 years (in truth probably longer than that) or to reduce the Québec debt…currently sittng scarey at around $120 billion.

It seems that Mr Charest saw the $700,000,000 federal transfer payment windfall as an opportunity to appease those who had lost faith in him and his broken promises of yesteryear.

This has angered Mr Dumont and the leaderless (but magnificently bathroomly equipped)PQ, whose programs were built on a bigger social platform.

“Pay off the debt, give to our schools and hospitals”, they say.

They are all going to vote on the budget proposal next week, and the outcome will doubtless trigger something involving you or I.

Regardless, we will get to see how big Dumont’s balls really are.

And let’s play hypothesis for a second: If we do go to election, then surely our voting reasoning changes radically. Do we vote for ourselves and our own personal wallets, or do you vote for ‘us’.

I want to play.

the results…

1. Oasis  – Acquiesce

2. Matchbox 20 – Downfall

3. Robbie Williams – She’s the One

4. Travis – Driftwood

5. The Darkness  – I Believe in a Thing Called Love

6. The Killers – All These Things That I’ve Done

7. Queen – It’s Late

8. The Faces – Stay With Me

9. Stone Temple Pilots – Days of the Week

10. The Black Crowes – Descending

My-oh-my ipod nano.

I was walking to work this morning listening to Everything but the Girl’s version of “Only Living Boy in New York”, watching the masses hustle and bustle their way to their cubicles like doped white mice in a college lab, considering the lyrics and feeling strangley alive amongst the dead – and full of social awareness…

…and then “Tied up and Swallowed” by the Black Crowes came on and I I just wanted to rock out…

But it did make me decide that it’s time for a new music in me meme…

Usual rules: Name the song from the song lyrics below in the comments (NO GOOGLE) and then I’ll delete it and you get to live in joyous rapture having recognized the song lyrics on some random guy’s i-pod. Before realising that you’ll never ever get back the three minutes it took to respond.

Sounds like fun?

Let’s go…

1. Because we need each other
We believe in one another
And I know were going to uncover
Whats sleepin in our soul

2. I wonder how you sleep
I wonder what you think – of me
If I could go back
Would you have ever been with me

3. When you get to where you wanna go
And you know the things you wanna know
You’re smiling

4. Nobody is an island
Everyone has to go
Pillars turn to butter
Butterflying low

5. I wanna kiss you every minute, every hour, every day
You got me in a spin but everythin’ is A.OK!

6. And when there’s nowhere else to run
Is there room for one more son
These changes ain’t changing me
The cold-hearted boy I used to be

7. You’re staring at me
With suspicion in your eye
You say what game are you playing?
What’s this that you’re saying?
I know that I can’t reply

8. Red lips hair and fingernails
I hear your a mean old jezabel
Lets go up stairs and read my tarot cards

9. One day, left me for the dead
Woke up on the floor, time for another one
Two days, shes leavin me again, cant take it no more
Out through the open door

10. Have mercy baby
And hand me downs
It was just a few years ago
Youd hand me ups and a map
Right out of town

Now…go.

The Evil Peanut

How in the world did kids become allergic to peanuts?

When I was a kid, I practically grew up on a diet of peanut butter and jam.
“Jelly” to you cornfed Canucks et “Confiture” pour les Québecoises.

But seriously, when did this happen?

What did we do?

Have the peanuts found a way to fight back?

Are they sharing their information with the rest of the harvestable world?

Are we screwed?

Weak and listed…

Due to my lack of low esteem after my poor showing at last night’s quiz, I caved.

I caved and visited Facebook.

I swore I wouldn’t, but the cat inside me got curious.

And as I added my email address, cuz, y’know, you’re nothing on the internet if you don’t add your email address to the little white box, I told myself I would only go ONE step further.

I didn’t REALLY do anything. Honest, judge!

And I’ve been pinged about 25 times by people asking who I am. And why I’m stalking them.

And someone bought be a shiney red guitar.

Damn you facebook for filling my email inbox with wellwishes and random stuff.

and why hasn’t anyone pinged me in the last 5 minutes…

Never has so little been understood by so few…

I’m ashamed.

Ashamed and embarrassed.

Ashamed to be a part of a quiz team in which I contributed SO little and yet ended up victorious.

The Trivia King’s breakfast is surely on me next time.

That said – my previous 3 win series has continued to four, and you can’t argue with good Ju-Ju!

Nice job, Quizmaster

I thought you said “It was on”?