Man, I am a super clutz! on friday, i spilled my pop all over myself...TWICE! and then last night, i was sitting on the floor, and pinched my pinky under the rocking chair, and now it's all bruised and so unbelievably sore! then, this morning at the college, I opened a 7up, and it exploded all over my pants. i'm clutzy...lol...my mom was right...maybe my nickname should be Dopey (ie-Snow White). And my coldsore is still here...it isn't sore anymore, just...scabby....gross.

Well...today is the federal election here in Canada. I voted last week during the early polls. I'm worried. If the rest of Canada votes Stephen Harper in, it's like a death wish for the majority of Canada, and no one sees it. they are so blinded by his promise of tax rebates, and tax cuts....but what they don't see is that he's going to take away our universal health care system, raise tuition fees, cut minimum wage, banish the universal childcare, stop gay marriage (which isn't that big of a deal, i don't care about people being straight or not, as long as they are happy.), ban abortion, which would suck for a lot of women, ending their rights of free choice....and basically turn us into a mini-United States (don't get me wrong, the US has some good features, but I like my Canada!). Stephen Harper is anti-Kyoto...if you haven't noticed, our winter this year, has been pretty much non-existant here, obviously there is something wrong with our atmosphere, and our leaders should be trying to figure it out.

and, Harper is pro-Iraq war...for those of you that support George Bush and his "war on terror" I'm sorry, but that is one thing I have been against the entire time. I do not want those that I love and care about fighting a war that we shouldn't even be fighting. We need to start respecting others and their cultures, not fighting them about something we have no control over. It is ridiculous that just because someone is Muslim, or comes from Iraq or Afganistan they are accused of being a terrorist, we should respect them and their beliefs. Maybe its naive of me to think this way, and maybe i have a very simple, childhood view of the world, but I know that the world could do with a little bit more compassion and understanding, and a lot less bombs and wars.

If you live in Canada, and are 18 years old or older, and have not voted yet, please, do not condemn our Canada to the Conservatives. There are other options. If you do not like Paul Martin and the Liberals, consider the NDP and Jack Layton. He is a very respectable man, and has not screwed up in the publics eye yet. Basically everything that Stephen Harper is against, Jack Layton will help reinforce. When Harper would get rid of health care, Layton will strengthen it. If you cannot vote for the NDP, consider the Green Party. They are very much like the NDP, but take a more "clean the earth" view. Very much of their campaign is about cleaning the economy, and fixing things that have been destroyed that we need.

If anything, VOTE! Don't sit there and let someone else decide the Canada that we will be "stuck" with, and don't bitch about it if you don't get out and vote. VOTE!!!!