Past the Point of No Return (2 lefts and a wrong turn from easy street)

~The other day, about my brother coming to stay~

Mum: Well why didn't he tell ME?
Dad: *being obnoxious on purpose* Eh, he told the head of the house, that's all that's necessary.
Me: *with Ebony on lap* Oh, did he tell you he was coming, Ebony?
Dad: Ebony's the bum of the house.
Me: Rohan's going to replace her, though.
Dad: You hear that, Ebony? A bigger bum than you is coming!

~Random out of context gaming quote~

"AUGH! STOP KICKING ME, YOU BASTARD!"

Probably funnier if you could actually see this huge dragon thing kicking me in the shins. It was bizarre. But hey, I'M amused.

~Just then, whilst playing Sukisyo~

"Is it just me, or are all these options EXACTLY THE SAME?

絶対に見つけだす (will definitely locate him)
死んでも見つけてやる (will find him even if it kills me)
必ず探し出す (will look for him without fail)

I have the choice to find Matsuri, find Matsuri, or look for Matsuri!"

On a sidenote, I HAVE NOT STARTED STUDYING FOR APL YET. ahahahaha. It's just so hard to care. eeeeh.

... And on a more serious topic, I haven't mentioned the threat to override ACT civil union laws yet because I'm not quite sure what to say. I'm exceptionally angry, not only at the government attitude towards gay rights, but also at the federal system. Territory laws can be overridden by executive action. If we were a State and this was taken to court, it's very unlikely that the Government would win. John Howard has DEFINED marriage as being between a man and a woman. Therefore, by DEFINITION, a civil union is not a marriage. It says as much in the civil unions Act. And we're never going to get the part of the Constitution that allows the Commonwealth government to can Territory laws they don't like changed, because quite simply, the States don't care.

Anyway, enough rant from me, I have an exam on all this federalism crap in a week's time and I don't really want to think about it. *sweatdrop*

Completely randomly, last night I had a dream involving making a movie that involved a huge egg and a phoenix and the apolocalypse. Also I was a vampire, and this guy was trying to kill me, and he was like "Are you protecting [whoever it was who turned me into a vampire] again?" and I was like, hah, that bastard, you've gotta be joking. Pleeeeeeeeeease don't kill me! I don't bite anyone! Look, my fangs aren't even sharp enough! And he was spraying me with holy water, which hurt, and I was trying to use my diabetic blood pricker thing to mingle our blood to turn him into a vampire to save myself. It was very silly. I think I'd almost persuaded him not to kill me by the time I woke up, though.

sanguia has alerted me to something incredibly terrifying, particularly to those of you who live in the UK but to everyone who cares about democracy at all.

What is so terrifying? The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill that has been introduced into the British Parliament. If passed, it would allow ministers to independently amend or enact legislation without it going through either House. Yes, that's right, unilateral legislation. No debating, no votes, nothing. There are some restrictions, but these appear to be very minor and there is nothing preventing the Government from amending the proposed legislation itself with these new powers.

Now, I could rant here about how this undermines the principles of the common law-- which Australia inherited from England-- and about how the English Constitution lacks the safeguards of Australia or America or Canada because they TRUSTED their Parliaments to reflect the interests of the people and due to their history the framers of the English constitution valued Parliamentary supremacy and put less checks than other countries have. However, I'm not an expert on Constitutional law, especially not in England. I'm only studying the basics now, focussing on Australia. So instead, I will give you links that Eugenie gave me explaining what it is, why this is so frightening, etc.

This is the Bill itself: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/111/06111.1-4.html
This LJ entry gives an overview, involving a comparison to Hitler's rise in power: http://oldmotherchaos.livejournal.com/65547.html
This is a letter from a number of Law professors from Cambridge: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-2042165,00.html
This article will give an idea of the current status of the Bill and its chances of passing: http://bill111.wordpress.com/
Another article discussing the effect of this kind of power on democracy: http://www.hoojum.com/LARRB/LARRB.html

I don't really know what anyone can do. I don't know enough about how these things work in England. I know that the House of Lords cannot strike down legislation on the grounds of unconstitutionality, but the EU Court has enforceable jurisdiction. If you're English, write letters to your local MP. If nothing else:

PLEASE. PASS THIS ON.

This issue is not getting the media attention it should. Do you want this kind of thing to go unnoticed? If we can do nothing else, at least we can make sure this gross undermining of democracy and human rights doesn't pass right under our noses.

There is something wrong with the electrical circuit in my room. Seriously, none of my appliances turn on except the light-- no lamps, no stereo, no nothing. Which meant that, being disgustingly prone to insomnia and even more so without music, I didn't get to sleep until 2 hours after going to bed. Uuuuuuugh. I went to bed at 2, which would have been fine, but because my body and my electricity suck, that means I didn't get to sleep until 4. Still, 5 hours isn't that bad. I guess. I mean, I survived most of last semester on 5-7... (how? WHY? was I insane? don't answer that.)

Anyway, in the trend of wasting time when I should be finishing my APL reading and studying for my Japanese Grammar quiz, I got to uni at 10 and walked into the city to buy blank DVDs. Sony -R. I hope they don't burn out when playing KHII like my other ones. XD; But the other objective of that trip into the city was to get a psone memory card, as I have filled all 3 of the ones I have already. HAH, NICE TRY, ME. None in EB-- they couldn't even order them-- none in JBs, and they didn't even have them second hand at Revolution. So that's left me staring at a credit card application form from the bank on campus, because the only option now seems to be the internet, and I need a credit card to order stuff off the internet.

This is complicated and stupid! ALL I WANT IS A MEMORY CARD.

Does it strike anyone else as dumb that PSIIs are marketed as playing PSone games and soon you won't even be able to save said games? It just seems to defeat the point, if you ask me. "Yes, you CAN play PSone games! ... But you can't save them. Sorry? :D?"

*headdesk* Maybe I'll buy 3 memory cards. Because if they're going to completely wink out of existence, I'd like to stock up now while I still have the chance.

If, you know. They even still exist on the internet. ;_;