Home sweet? home

[bop_radar]

Yesterday I got home from a three-week holiday in the States to find my country had a hung parliament and my electorate was the first in Australia ever to elect a Greens MP. My feelings are currently as conflicted as all Australians, I suspect. It was quite hard news to process at the end of 31.5 hour trip home. (LAX is my new Heathrow! If I never fly through there again it will not be soon enough--though I did have a blast hating on it with my fellow Aussies stranded in the check-in queue for 2.5 hours.)

In happier news I have a new little baby cousin Aeryn, and tickets to both Adam Lambert and Shukwinder Singh (my favourite Bollywood singer) in October. \\\o///

I'm sure I'll feel even happier as soon as the room stops rotating around me. Ah, jetlag! :)

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[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Ugh, yeah, for sure. Apathy is of course what Australians do best.... but even so it seems like we're more than usually fed up with the major parties. I think the most annoying thing about a hung parliament is it may prolong the shit-flinging campaigns. Although I'm finding the sudden power of the independents to be kind of fascinating. I'm sure I'll tire of it after another 24 hours though! :p