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Oct. 18th, 2008 09:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
felis_ultharusSo I'm on the last page of my novel, and I find I can't quite concentrate on it. Not that it's almost over -- there's still one long edit and one quick edit left. I suspect it's too much caffeine. I did most of this edit during the election.
I made two updates to my LGBTQ history and politics website this week. Once, before the election, discussed the records of the major Canadian parties on LGBTQ issues. I tried to be as non-partisan as possible, mentioning the NDP's few failures, and tried to mention the few Conservatives who have a decent record.
I also tried to be non-partisan on my in-depth profiles of out federal members of parliament.
Other than that, the post-election period has been like finishing a really nasty final exam mixed with the end of a blind date that was somewhat awkward, with a little bit of a tough dream-job interview thrown in. I had it fairly easy as these go; most campaigners in all parties work hard and at brutal hours in high-stress conditions -- generally at no pay and with public contempt -- simply because they believe the world could be a better place.
No one ever spares a thought for them, though, unless they've done it themselves, or unless they've seen it close up.
I'll return to more gentle things than politics in my posts for the near-future, like philosophy and book reviews. But I do reserve the right to mock Sarah Palin.
I made two updates to my LGBTQ history and politics website this week. Once, before the election, discussed the records of the major Canadian parties on LGBTQ issues. I tried to be as non-partisan as possible, mentioning the NDP's few failures, and tried to mention the few Conservatives who have a decent record.
I also tried to be non-partisan on my in-depth profiles of out federal members of parliament.
Other than that, the post-election period has been like finishing a really nasty final exam mixed with the end of a blind date that was somewhat awkward, with a little bit of a tough dream-job interview thrown in. I had it fairly easy as these go; most campaigners in all parties work hard and at brutal hours in high-stress conditions -- generally at no pay and with public contempt -- simply because they believe the world could be a better place.
No one ever spares a thought for them, though, unless they've done it themselves, or unless they've seen it close up.
I'll return to more gentle things than politics in my posts for the near-future, like philosophy and book reviews. But I do reserve the right to mock Sarah Palin.