Somehow the “political compass” test came up in conversation with the Snook last night, and he revealed that he was pretty firmly in the leftist-libertarian camp. I couldn’t remember taking it before so I just did it myself… and I got leftist-libertarian. I should’ve expected that.

I think I just found the Snook’s birthday present for this year… HA! (Link courtesy of PCJM.)

Cross your fingers!
I just sent off the final bits of my application for Permanent Residency. I managed to work in the photo of us as Buffy and Spike (to show that we attend parties and events together) but Snookums nixed my idea to use this one from the Sydney Peace Rally. Maybe after a change of government…

Snook: “Babe, do you wanna make a clown wig?”
Me: “What? No. Why?”
Him: “Because there’s one in the sink.”

Behold, the death of Spike hair and the return of the Snook.

I just stumbled across this picture of the first same-sex couple to be married in the United States. Seriously, look at that. It brings tears of joy to the eyes. How can anyone honestly say that these two wonderful old ladies shouldn’t be able to enjoy the same happiness and validation as everybody else? It almost makes me want to get married. Almost. 🙂

Someone has constructed a knitted vest for her VW Beetle. That person is now my hero. (Link courtesy of not martha.)

Metafilter is back. Commence time wastage.

I just realized that Ebert’s posted his Oscar predictions and he’s got some real surprises in there. For instance, he thinks Shohreh Aghdashloo will win Best Supporting Actress over popular choice Renee Zellweger. He also thinks Bill Murry might win over Sean Penn. Very interesting…

Oscar Contest: We’re up to 180 entries so far! There was a spike today and I’m wondering if I got linked somewhere interesting. Anybody know?

Allergy Update: The Telfast really isn’t doing much for me anymore so last week I called a specialist recommended by my doctor. I booked an appointment with him in four weeks to do a prick test and see if we can finally figure out what the heck is causing this. On a related (and humourous) note, my left eye is completely bloodshot today. I think it’s because I had some allergan trapped in my contact that irritated it. I’m on a fresh pair now but the redness is still there. It doesn’t hurt though and I’m freaking all my co-workers out. Fear my angry eye!