bliumchik | sleepiness and general yay

I don't remember the last time we had a Labor government. Of course this election was won on the back of the "Dear god anyone but bloody Howard again" vote, but that's only good for one election - we shall have to see how they shape up. Rudd's gone on about repealing Work Choices, which is fair enough, but I haven't heard a word about the anti-terrorism stuff. At the very least I assume they're intelligent enough that we'll never hear the words "non-core promise" ever again.

I did not watch the race - it was Nicky's birthday party. We finally checked out a Chuck Norris movie and may I assure you that it really does live up to the netmeme legend! It was utterly classic.

Ten Things we learned from Lone Wolf McQuade:

1. When Chuck Norris puts you down, you stay down.
2. Chuck Norris can set a car on fire with one bullet.
3. Actually, the bullet is just for verisimilitude. He really does it with his brain.
4. Mexicans come in three flavours: Angry Mexicans, Chuck Norris Fans and Salt'n'Vinegar. Angry Mexicans shout a lot and are always redshirts. (One of them even wore a red shirt just to make this absolutely clear).
5. Speaking of Mexican Chuck Fans: Kayo(?), aka Enthusiastic Mexican, Rookie Ranger or Kid, has the biggest most adorable puppy crush on McQuade. Dude, that smile.
6. Chuck Norris can sharpshoot with a machine gun.
7. Chuck Norris really did that thing where he was beaten up and then buried alive in a car, and he had half a beer, poured the rest over his head and drove that car right out of the ~~depths of hell~~ mountain of dirt. Seriously. It was awesome.
8. Chuck Norris goes for joyrides hanging on to the back of a speeding truck with one hand.
9. You shoot Chuck's dog, you're going down.
10. Chuck Norris's shirt is always dirty and sweaty and manly. He can put on a clean shirt and his Manliness Aura will dirty it up within seconds.

This film also has a the greatest villain since Austin Powers (well, not exactly since, given that Lone Wolf McQuade came out in like 1983, but you know). The Big Bad was, and I am not making up a single bit of this - a midget gangster smuggler in a wheelchair, with an office fitted with a revolving wall (TM) and a special sound system to broadcast his maniacal laughter from beyond said wall. Revolving. Wall. OMFG.

After Diana and Min got picked up, Nicky and I had an all-night Zombie movie marathon featuring 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later and Shaun of the Dead. This was, likewise, awesome. In the first two, a zombie Typhoid Mary is a brilliant idea, and the "I woke up from a coma and everything was crazy" trope was done very well, but Shaun was absolutely my favourite. Especially Part One: We threw a zombie apocalypse, but nobody came :(. I shan't spoil but everything was hilarious. Also, does anyone know if this movie is the origin of "Haven't you ever taken a shortcut before?" because Nicky reckons it's from something else, some movie with some kid on a trampoline or something, and that sounds familiar but...

So that was my Election Night. Conclusions: government change = yay, Chuck Norris vs. Zombie Apocalypse = why has this not been done yet!?

Formal post still upcoming.