If you hadn't noticed, there's an election on...

and people put absurd, colourful signs on their front lawns. And other people try hard to ignore these obvious signs, and pretend that it all doesn't matter. But I sorta think it does matter, at least a little. That's why I've been spending much of my time volunteering for the ndp lately. Last election was the first time I ever did such a thing, calling people on behalf of Olivia Chow, and hoping not to be yelled at. This time, I'm going door to door... I've gone out a couple of times for Olivia, and yesterday went out with my own candidate, now that I live on the other side of Ossington, Gord Perks. Most of the canvassing I've done for Olivia was tiring, but yesterday was actually pretty fun. I talked to Gord a bit, who's a very down to earth, intelligent guy. I especially enjoy talking to people who are considering voting Green, and going on enviro-rants. Or the people who aren't sure if they'll vote at all... even if I don't convince them to vote for the good guys, I feel like I'm doing something positive by getting them out to vote at all.

So, yeah, get out and vote... you have one week to tell Martin and Harper to fuck off.

(On a side-note, I asked Gord where he went to school, thinking he had an M.A. or PhD in Environmental Studies or something... apparently he's pretty much entirley self-taught. Even though he teaches a class at U of T. Which makes me think twice about the M.A. in environmental studies that I've been contemplating lately.)

For your amusement, here's some election related links:

Paul Wells

Babble (the Rabble message board election thread)

PM Forever - a turn-based game that allows you to run a campaign. Hurry though, because it apparently stops working after the election.