I am working at home today since my building was getting fire alarm inspections. Lucky for me, the guy came *really* early. Now I can get on with my day.

Last night, I went to first political event (well, excluding voting). It was an interesting time. It was the all-candidates meeting for my city. We have a federal election coming up on Monday.

Well, the homophobes were in full force. Okay, let me rephrase. There was strong support for the Conservatives. Every time they talked about their leader wanting to change the law so that marriage is for man and woman only, they were would be huge and loud applause, which would also be greeted with boos and yells of "homophobe!" Ugh. Even though I will most definitely *not* be voting Conservative, the two candidates spoke very well.

The NDP...just tried to point out the Liberals flaws every time they spoke. This one English dude usually started off his sentences with "as you know..." Ugh.

The Liberals...man, Raymond Chan has a very distinct speaking style. He talks very slowly and likes to pad what he is saying with facts and numbers first. He also has core values which he likes to point whenever he can. That makes what he says memorable.

And my darling Green Party. They pretty much stayed out of the mud flinging. Mm...Greens. I like what they stand for.

I sat in a very stinky area. If it wasn't bad breath, it was BO. At least someone was having something cinnamon-y, too. I am glad I got a seat. I got there fairly late, and there were a lot of people standing. One thing I did not like about the crowd was the heckling. Some candidates got cut off before they could even finish their sentence. Geez.