Robots and Euphoria

Because we had a day off yesterday, it feels like Monday today. I'm hoping this means I will be experiencing short week euphoria when Friday arrives. We actually managed to get out and watch "Robots" yesterday. It was pretty good but owes an awful lot to Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1914 I think). Look it up children. I can't decide whether I like computer animation as much as traditional animation. But I'm guessing that traditional animation is going to become more expensive in comaprison and we're going to see more of the digital stuff in future. That said, it's all driven by Pixar who have just broken up with Disney. Things could change.

Also yesterday I did a bit of Action Script practice and you can expect some new pages on the site soon. It needs work though and I don't have a lot of time right now.

Tony Blair has announced that he will be calling a May 5th election, no surpises there. Most pundits are suggesting that the corrupt bastard will get re-elected. I hope they're wrong. I personally think that the Conservatives are trying to lose the election. It occured to me this morning that I should be voting Lib-Dem since I actually agree with their stance on the Iraq war and ID cards, which I think are the two most important election issues. That said, the Labour party has scrapped the plan to introduce ID card legislation before the election (yet another broken promise) and the Conservatives have been blamed for causing it. The Conservatives are denying any influence, but I'd call it a plus if they had wrecked it. Anyway, I don't think I can bring myself to betray my anti socialist principals and vote for the Lib Dems. They can't win anyway, so my vote should really go to the party most likely to unseat Blair.

I'm currently trying to get my vote set up, but they don't make it easy. You'd think it would be simple to allow people abroad to vote by post but they only send out voting papers 1 week before the election, thus the election would be over by the time my vote was received. I therefore have to nominate a proxy that can go to the polling station for my last registered UK address. Since it's on a week day, that means you have to find someone that either doesn't have work commitments or lives very close. The other option is to arrange a proxy and get them a postal vote, but that's just too complicated. I don't even want to think about how they could screw that up. I'll keep you posted on this one.

The pope's funeral falls on Friday which must have really pissed off the Ponce of Wales. He's now moved his wedding to the Saturday to avoid a conflict. I bet Blair is heaving a big sigh of relief over that. I wonder which event he would have attended if he'd had to make a choice. If I were the PM I think Iwould have to turn down both appointments as an atheist and republican. It appears that Blair will now be attending both events, as will Charles.

There seem to be a lot of high profile deaths at the moment. The pope and Teri Shiavo died within a few days of each other and now I'm hearing news of Prince Rainier's death. Wonder who wil be next.