I've been Elected!

Well, vacation was fun! It was hot all week, but the water was ice cold until almost the end. I did eventually get to swim, though, so it wasn't a total loss... and I turned out to have a lucky streak at the Boardwalk this year! ^_^ I won a Poland soccer t-shirt and a stuff bear, and while playing video poker got (one after the other) a Straight Flush and Five of a Kind... ACES!

Since I've come back, I've been playing GTA4 again and have tried to get back to work on my book (semi-successfully). I've also outlined a rewrite of Man of the Century, which I've just been stalling getting to work on. On a more annoying note, I just found out that the reason I never got one of the Bush checks was due to myself being named a dependent on my parents' tax return. Argh!

Oh yeah, and I've been elected to the Parliament of Alternatehistory.com! You see, the message board has a virtual government (a sort of forum game, I suppose) that's been operating since 2006. This year, I decided to run and managed to win one of my party's seats -- I'm a member of the Yorkshire Socialist Party. Since I happen to have done a lot of work on the offtopicAl political section of the site's wiki, I've also been appointed Minister of Legislative Wikiness. Finally, yesterday Parliament passed the 2008 Wiki Task Force Act, which names myself "Commander of the Wiki Task Force". Yay for meaningless titles! XD

Also, as I'm sure 50 to 100% of the person(s) who read this blog are aware, I'm a fan of fake movie trailers - videos that edit together pieces of unrelated movies to create the impression that it is a preview for an exciting, albeit nonexistent, film. While I have many favorites from Youtube (several of which I've shared with Ed and others), I think I'll end on a note I believe at least one of you would appreciate: