JR's Political Ambitions
And it's come around again, election time for the local area, the incumbent is standing down and the owner's son, he's set his chops on being the district representative.
There are 3 people running against him.
Now this - his interest in politics, it's encouraged by his parents, and I wonder why. Because - really, if he wins he's bought a whole ton of responsibilities for what amounts to a very mediocre part-time salary. He will still be living large in Mommies pocket, But it's campaign, campaign, campaign, and I'm more than a little certain that he's doing it solely so he doesn't have to look for work, he has no hope of winning, and while I can't speak on this his reputation - well, it precedes him. He has no community engagement other than at election time, no community profile, and he doesn't actually live in the area he's hoping to represent. He's the archetypal self-serving politician who wants your vote at election and then disappears for the next 4 years.
My thoughts, anyways, at most a week of this nonsense to go and I'll be free and clear to address what are fast becoming a lot of other things.
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End: '96 Jeep Cherokee Sport
Sunday, a brilliant day, Autumn sunshine and I'm heading North, back to the meadows. I've supplies, bananas, oranges, some olives, grapes, trail mix, not hearty but this isn't a pleasure trip.
And past Cooper creek it begins, the wobble on the passenger front tire. Get gas. Look at the tire - it appears the lug nuts have come loose again. Only now they're not tightening, not loosening, merely spinning. 2/5, maybe 3 out of the 5.
This is a problem. The Jeep, I know, precarious condition at best, but to attempt to travel up the mountain - 12 KM rough roads, 6 KM in 4 WD, well, I don't want to be walking down again.
And I would be walking down again.
Tighten as best I can and return to Nelson, I can have a mechanic look at it on Thursday. This is the quickest. And so again I'm couch surfing, bored, I should not be, there's no excuse, I have much to do but my mind is still at the top of the mountain, digging, what I have to do - writing, painting, etc - can be done indoors when the cool weather comes.
It's the rush to make hay at the end of summer.
On that note I mentioned a prospector who came in a few weeks ago, breathless about some pegmatites he found above the dark sky preserve. And I'm on the MTO looking up some land use around Ymir when zooming in I notice it. He's claimed at least 10, 000 hectares in the district I used to go for my black tourmaline and aquamarine.
Looking at costs...$20, 000 per year. Minimum. He's a variety of claims up there, but this is an expensive gamble. All these claims laid in the past 3 weeks. From approximately the night he showed up drunk in the restaurant talking about all the pegmatites he found. I look him up - exploration geologist for a gold mining company based out of Vancouver.
Hmmmm.
Somehow I'm a little annoyed.
Anyways, Jeep fixed with luck tomorrow. And I've managed to squeeze in an appointment with the Dentist, so - days not entirely wasted. This weekend, the last at the restaurant, then the deep clean - how many days? 2? 3? We'll see. Then it's off, spend the last snow-free weeks digging at the summit...
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Update. Talked to Mechanic. Jeep won't be getting fixed. Will be lucky if it survives to Balfour for my last few days of work. Time, now, to find another...
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Häxan
1922, silent Swedish horror/documentary on Witches.
This was surprisingly brilliant - in it's special effects, it's treatment of the subject matter, appropriately salacious with some of the best costumed devils and demons I've seen.
Best of all you can watch it online here for free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl6NvqUM5IM
Note - the end - or simply "End" - in Swedish surprisingly works well in English, an unintended pun of sorts.
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The Innocents
A dark little supernatural horror film. Norwegian. Well done, but not particularly enjoyable...
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