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Hey, I saw those lions when I was in Las Vegas! Or at least similar looking lions in that same enclosure. They were a bit less bitey then, though.

Since RL is being less than productive at the moment (As in during the last two weeks I have achieved 4 "Thanks but no thanks" responses to job applications, and not much else), excluding the social life - party last Friday, getting to see the Tim Burton exhibition with family on Saturday, housewarming for fa11ing_away this weekend - have some fandomness:

- FMA Gaiden! Not yet translated, but it looks short but cute.
- Also FMA, this hilarious news from a couple of weeks back. Spoilers if you haven't finished the manga. I would totally have said yes, though.
- We still don't know anything about this upcoming FMA movie, though.
- On the other hand, news about the Code Geass Gaiden was less newsworthy. Interesting discussion in the comments, though.
- ...Yeah, that's about it. I do need to catch up on Futurama, though. And work my way through my anime To Watch list.

My random out of print CD I bought off eBay seems to have arrived fine? Yeah, I think I need better things to talk about. I also have a free icon space. Now, where do the nifty icons hang out...

ETA: Oh wow, Australian music from the start of the decade. The only time I've ever heard rap mentioning Cheryl Kernot.

Guess who has the new Terry Pratchett book! :D:D

I shall be continuing my reading of I Shall Wear Midnight as soon as I finish writing up this post. (Because Pratchett books > early nights, obviously).

Anyway, just thought I'd drop a few random entertaining links in.

Firstly, a very useful website right now: http://doesaustraliahaveagovernmentyet.com/

And while we are on the topic, the history of the last few decades of Australian politics... told in the form of Pokemon. Or "Polliemon" to quote the YouTube vid.

Now for something completely different, A bit of Code Geass LOL WOT I found on NicoNico. I think it's the Zero in the background that really makes it.

So, election on August 21st.

On the plus side, I will actually be in Australia on that day. On the other hand, that's one of the days that Manifest is running (and it also might end up being the day I graduate, details pending). Which would be... interesting.

Anyhow, I have almost finished packing. By which I mean I am still trying to work out what jewellery (and other accessories) to bring, but otherwise I am pretty much done. Unless I have forgotten anything. :/

A replacement for LoudTwitter has been found! And actually seems to work so far. Or you could just follow my Tweets Of America while it lasts. Unlike the other trips, where I didn't have much Internet access, I should be able to get online a lot more frequently in the US. I will, however, continue tweeting about whatever random stuff that happens to me.

And that's me, signing off for a little while. Flight leaves for tomorrow morning, which means I'll only get a short time tomorrow online. Then I'm scheduled to travel back in time - no, really, my stopover in San Franciso is technically earlier than the time I leave Australia - and arrive in America. And get to Philadelphia in the middle of the night.

Now I need to finish off my packing and then get a decent night's sleep, but until then, guys!

Let me know if fandom explodes or anything particularly dramatic happens.

So. The Leadership Challenge.

Does this mean we could have Prime Minister Gillard tomorrow?

...I am in favour of this development.

_{I am also amused that Julia Gillard is trending higher than the World Cup on Twitter right now.}

You truly cannot make this shit up.

So, Howard has finally gone and called the election (For November 24th, to be precise). It's about damned time, really.

At least that means we know when the whole thing will be over and done with.

In other news, I seem to be attracting randoms on FaceBook. By which I mean I seem to be currently getting a number of messages, comments, pokes and friend requests from a whole lot of people who I've never freaking heard of.

It is exceedingly random. Especially given some of the messages I'm getting...