Another semester, another 26 pages of drivel disguised as thought...

I finished my last essay of the year, and handed it in. Twenty-six pages, plus 2 pages of endnotes and a 2-page bibliography. It's also the first essay I've handed in that included pictures (occasionally necessary).

I think it deserves probably a B or a high C. But then, one of my last essays deserved a D or F, and got an A. Given how this university marks, they'll have to invent something above an A+ for this current one -- unless Dr. Wright is a harder marker than I've given him credit for.

I don't want bad marks, of course. But it's discouraging when it feels that hard work doesn't get you anywhere better than laziness in your field.

The same-sex marriage bill is being voted on *right now*!!

Right now the battle is winding down to the vote. The same-sex marriage bill is being debated for the last time. They decided to put an end to the debate and hold the vote tonight. I'm watching the arguments on C-Pac.

It should be passed in the Commons before 11 pm. Then it just has to go through the formalities of the Senate -- that usually doesn't take more than a week, and there should be no danger there. Then it just needs Adrienne Clarkson's signature, and it becomes a law on a date (usually in a month) which she specifies.

I'm almost an equal citizen -- under federal law, at least.

ETA: Now the media is reporting that the vote is going to be Tuesday, not tonight. Oh well. It's still not long off.