ELECTION AND PORK

The pig roast on Saturday went pretty well. On Sunday morning all that was left were bones and skulls so overall a well picked through carcas. My camera is broken so pictures are nto available.

The federal election went as expected. The natural governing party is no longer governing which in my opinion is good but the math of the legislature won't add up to much constructive governing. When the BQ gets 2.5 times the votes as the Greens shouldn't the Greens get about 20 seats. Alas the Green vote is not very efficient, from highs of 12% in Calgary centre to lows of 0.1% in many Quebec ridings, it will either be electoral reform or one great candidate that breaks through. Patience Deac.

In the mean time here are lyrics from a Neil Young song I've liked to play in the mornings since about grade 10 (written by Young, played by Young and Pearl Jam):

I'm an accident
I was driving way too fast
Couldn't stop though
So I let the moment last
I'm for rollin'
I'm for tossin' in my sleep
It's not guilt though
It's not the company I keep

People my age
They don't do the things I do
They go somehwere
While I run away with you
I got my friends
And I got my children too
I got her love
She's got my love too

I can't hear you
But I feel the things you say
I can't see you
But I see what's in my way
Now I'm floatin'
Cause I'm not tied to the ground
Words I've spoken
Seem to leave a hollow sound

On the long plain
See the rider in the night
See the chieftain
See the braves in cool moonlight
Who will love them
When they take another life
Who will hold them
When they tremble for the knife

Voicemail numbers
On an old computer screen
Rows of lovers
Parked forever in a dream
Screaming sirens
Echoing across the bay
To the old boats
From the city far away

Homeless heroes
Walk the streets of their hometown
Rows of zeros
On a field that's turning brown
They play baseball
They play football under lights
They play card games
And we watch them every night

Need distraction
Need romance and candlelight
Need random violence
Need entertainment tonight
Need the evidence
Want the testimony of
Expert witnesses
On the brutal crimes of love

I was too tired
To see the news when I got home
Pulled the curtain
Fell into bed alone
Started dreaming
Saw the rider once again
In the doorway
Where she stood and watched for him
Watched for him

I'm not present
I'm a drug that makes you dream
I'm an aerostar
I'm a cutlass supreme
In the wrong lane
Trying to turn against the flow
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow

I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean