Okay. You can all start flogging me now, because I didn't go and vote today.

There were a number of reasons why I didn't go, but the predominant one was something like, 'because I'm a lazy bastard'. (I hadn't received my voter info card until yesterday night, which then instructed me to go to Champlain Heights Community Centre - that's REALLY far away from me). After going for Thanksgiving drinks with friends last night, getting home at around 2:45AM, then getting 'The Call' from work at 6:30AM, by the time I came home at 1:45PM, I really didn't feel like going anywhere or doing anything much that didn't involve lying in bed.

So. Let me just say - nothing makes you wish you had dragged yourself to a polling station than seeing your party trailing behind by 30 votes. gillgunson and I were watching the Vancouver South numbers while talking over the phone, and I apologized more than once when the Conservatives were ahead in the beginning. I don't know what to say. Vancouver South is a Liberal riding. I was talking to a regular about how Ujjal Dosanjh was going to win again just this morning.

Ujjal won by less than 1000 votes. It kind of freaked me out, but it made me realize that it's true, what they say. If you don't vote, you can't complain about the outcome.

So next time, I will be ready. Sorry about dropping the ball this year, everyone.

*braces self*