Okay, this is actually quiet scary. It's almost as if in choosing the gratuitous Stonecutter's reference i was adding insult to a salted injury and licking it off with some lime!
Translation, it was a bloodbath of tension. But i will get to that latter i will first discuss the drinking! That is after all a nicer aspect of the day, that was fun!
So rocking up in town about midday or so i proceeded straight to the Gimby for some newspapers and to vote etc. Unfortunately i could only vote so i did so. That i won't discuss now possibly later. Then after that i did my email thang and wrote the previous blog. I then transfered the slow progress of my sci-fi novel to my email. I've been writing it for 6 months at this stage, i'm in the third chapter, about page 32 and only now am i reaching the reveal of the catalyst for the plot so to speak. Then Went down to the Others and had a nice read of some newspapers, mainly an entertainment supplement. I then made my way through front square in the drizzle and dropped my sociology books off in the library and didn't do more than that. And onward to the Pav!
I probably should have gone earlier there was already a crowd. I-T, Gentle Ben, I-T, Capone, One Armed Man, Miss Grumpy, Demi, Nordie2 and Goldilocks. Goldilocks had to leave not to long after my arrival so i squeezed through and sat beside Nordie2 and an increasingly plastered Capone who started ranting about Hannibal. One armed man and I-T also went over a lot of military history while Sherminator dag his usual large whole's trying to brag about "speaks" or "debate" almost anything. Percy and Joker made a breif stop by and had some lunch. Then Boop and Malkovich as well as a few assorted others came in over time. The drinking on some people's part's was rather impressive, the piss swill however was not. I bough the same, got through one can, couldnt take the taste anymore and siphoned it off to everyone else. I then got some water and WKD, something i know has a flavour i can actually stand. Good time's were had all round and we then moved off to the Gimby.
Some sort of "emergency" meeting was held and we had to wait, so we decided to wait in the chamber. Fox initiated a few games, including Simon say's and a rather hilarious game of human table with a drunk Capone, I-t, Dona and myself with DJ jumping on us for the killer blow. After that we moved on upstairs and the real tension began.
The Results:
Nailbitting and stomach churning just don't describe it well enough. It was a harrowing experiance that i would not wish on many. It was difficult to know end. So hard to sit and wait and chat to people while Letch, Julia-roberts, Jayne and Percy counted what must have been a mind boggling countitie of ballot's and results. 92 people voted over all out of 142 eligable to vote. There was 14 positions to be decided. 7 out of 12 younglings would be added to the plethora of veteran's that make up our command structure. They would be Joining Boop and Joker who were already through.
The first result was for Deputy Letter writer and guest smoocher. This was nail bitting it was between Sherminator, DJ and CK. Sherminator took it in the second round and it was rather deserved.
Next was a really really really long process. Sherminator's vote's had to be removed and equated to all of the younglings running. Complicated and i doubt i know how it was done. But the first results were then given, i only got something like 3000+, something to do with decimal points of the fractions of the eligible balot's or whatever. And a rather nice guy got nothing at all. In that round i think both Cailin and Egyptian Paul got through. The second round came around and my numbers shot up the most, ie all of one or 2 votes. But this didn't save me and i was out. Gammaman, fox, Ming and many others came over and gave their condolance's. It then continued and was rater difficult for everyone. Then a batch win happened with Nordie2, Dona and Outlander getting through. DJ and Ming lost out in the round just before that. Then with the batch win CK was convinced he was out, it was however not to be. It had to go on again for an even more difficult wait. Demi was emotional and CK nervous, but eventually it went to Demi, well deserved.
Onto the office's. Lenn got in ahead of Malkovich for Nescafé's old job. Then Goldilocks pipped Capone for the head Guest Smoocher job. Then a really really tough one was the Bookie. This was between one armed man and Potter. One armed man was viably nervous, and had been drinking all day. Unfortunately he lost out but it was amenable all round. Then Gammaman's job, was one by a female i didn't even know and couldn't see in the crowd as i was keeping to myself and just sadened by the whole thing.
Then the biggie, the Stonecutter Master. This was between BD, Gentle Ben and Apollo. The tension was awful. Everyone was watching the piles as they shuffled the stacks counted and recounted and so on. It was visable who was leading and it was impressive to say the least. Gentle Ben sat with Apollo and then BD joined them. The result's came and with a clear win it was Apollo. His first official decree, "TO THE PAV!"
What an election, amazing, i am saddened that i didn't get through but i figured out what the main reason was. In my democratic altruistic good intentions i forgot that i was supposed to vote myself FIRST, i put myself somewhere in the middle. I somehow was ignorant to the fact that i was meant to put the numeral 1 beside my name. I also can't blame anyone, it was difficult wit so many of us.
I shared words with most and even with the mystery-man himself the recently very absent Kaffee. Next year is looking great with a really equal ratio of women included as well which is nice in this day and age.
As for next year, BRING IT ON!!!!!
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