Apology
I must apologize for the lack of blogging over the last week or so. I have been on vacation and have been quite busy with vacationy stuff (I know “vacationy” is not a word but this is blogging and English teachers need not criticize).
My time was completely tied up from watching movies, lazing on the couch, and having an occasional beer or two…or three. It’s funny that whenever you get vacation time you think of so many things to do but generally get none of it done.
I was considering taking a trip to the Mountains, or visiting Heritage Park, or even heading downtown and wandering around to different shops. Of course none of this got done. Instead, the most exciting thing I did on my vacation was meet a friend at a bar on 17th, have lunch, and go back to his place to play Guitar Hero for hours. I promise I will invite you next time.
Now that everything is back to normal I hope all of you are getting as pumped up for the election as I am. Okay maybe you’re not and maybe I’m just a loser and a political junkie. While I had time off I took the chance to sit down with three of the six candidates that are running in my riding of Calgary Lougheed.
I got to meet and have coffee with Dave Rodney with the PC’s, Lori Czerwinski with the Liberals, and Derrick Jacobson of the Wildrose Alliance. Every single one of them surprised me by being intelligent, wonderful people who would make excellent MLA’s. Don’t take that the wrong way, it’s not like I expected them to be dumb and boring people who would suck in the legislature. I was just happy to know that no matter who is elected this time around, I have someone competent on my side.
Unfortunately I haven’t had a chance to meet the candidates for the Greens, the NDP, and the one Independent. I plan on meeting them soon…and BEFORE the election on March 3rd. I urge all of you to follow my lead and get to know your candidates. You may change your mind, finding a person you think will best serve you in Edmonton in a party you never thought you’d vote for. But sometimes the best person for the job is the one you’ve always had. My point is, you won’t know until you check them all out.
I went from vacation to election…it seems everything I talk about ends up in politics.