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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[brokenmnemonic.livejournal.com]

Welcome back to Aus :) Were cats, dogs and the bf glad to see you return? I'm sorry you had such a hard time at LAX. Was it one of those strange full-moon events, or just th euniverse conspiring against you?

The Aus election result was both interesting and worrying - I'd been hoping for a Labour majority, but the idea of Abbott running a coalition where the veto power is in the hands of the ultra-conservative minority party is downright scary.

I hope you're going to get plenty of rest after all the jetlag, and spend a few days enjoying the sofa of comfiness and devoted attention from those who missed you...

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Possibly full moon event... IDEK.

the veto power is in the hands of the ultra-conservative minority party is downright scary.
Is that how it was portrayed over there? The reality is more complex. Of course I'm terrified that Abbott may form government but I don't know... maybe it's naive hope but I think there's a chance for Labor to come good out of this. Also the three independents who are going to determine who forms government are not what I thought they might be. (And they're not a party--they each have their own priorities.) Plus the Greens had a phenomenal result across the board and hold power in the Senate. (Although that can be a BAD thing sometimes. I have a love hate affair with the Greens.) The worst case scenario for me will be Liberal House of Reps and Greens holding the power in the Senate because I honestly think that will gridlock the country into political inaction. No legislation will ever get through!! But I suspect that most people in Canberra don't want that either.

Bob Bob's reaction was underwhelming but Corin is being very affectionate. Andy was counting the hours til I got home (awww) but had to work a lot so we've (still!) not seen each other that much. I am big on the resting right now despite a minor work emergency because the jetlag is really rough this time.