Save Me Some Daylight, I’ll Be Back For Christmas

// Filed under: Politics, Life on Saturday December 02nd 2006, 11:31 pm

I am totally staying up until 2 am so I can flick my clock an hour forward and make it 3 am.

For this is Perth, Western Australia, and finally we are joining the rest of the free-thinking, terrorist-hating, pimple-popping western world in taking advantage of the longer daylight hours offered in summer. It only took us about forty goddamn years of pointless debate before John “Superannuation Scandal” D’Orazio rammed his legislation through the house like a spiked phallus through so many delicate orifices, and here we are with a three year daylight savings trial, with a referendum to be held sometime in 2010.

Four minutes.

Of course this left the government with about ten days in which to organise the schedule of the whole thing and start telling people exactly what the fuck to do, but hey, better late than never I guess. I’m interested to see how the referendum’s going to go down. Personally I don’t really care either way, but I can definitely see a lot more positives for daylight savings than negatives, so I’m happy to let it all go through. And because I’m interested to see how it’ll turn out, I realise that the only way to get people in WA to quit arguing about anything and just do it is to shove it on them before they can debate about it, so really this is best approach. At least this way we’ll get a three year test drive and see how we like it.

Three minutes.

I’m kind of saddened that I probably won’t be here in WA when the time comes to vote in the referendum in 2010. Game jobs here in the West are few and far between, and over in the glorious Employment East, where games companies are a dime a dozen and my skills are actually applicable, daylight savings has been in effect for ages. But still, I’m glad to see WA actually trying something on before they dismiss it out of hand.

Two minutes.

Speaking of the East, I’ll be heading over there in five days. Not for a job, you understand. Unless you count being in madly in love a job.

One minute.

Give me ideas for a present worth $10 for a family get-together this Christmas. It’s got to be completely abstract and of no feasible use to anybody whatsoever. I’m thinking $10 worth of solid cork.

….And we’re on.

Happy daylight savings, everyone! See you in three years…

// 2 Comments

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1. Jim(i) says:

   December 3, 2006 at 3:01 pm

   I reiterate:

   My sleep.

   They stole my goddamn sleep.

   Anyone who has the good sense not to work on Sundays may not care, but I do. I work and I goddamn care. An hours sleep I’ll never get back, and none of this “Next year you’ll get an extra hours sleep when it goes back” business, you insidious optimistic bastards. No I won’t. Have you seen how I live? I’ll be dead by then. Tired, and dead.

   On the day of reckoning, when I sit upon my throne of empty coffee jars and distribute justice with my fearsome fist of fearyfistiness, this will not go well for them.

   And I have to ask: Are we really so stingy we can’t lose an hour of daylight? I know I’m probably missing the point here, but this is WA. One thing we’re not lacking in is sun. And bogans, but mainly sun. It’s bright by five, and still light by seven thirty. Who needs to see bogans after seven thirty, hmm? Just go to Gosnells, there’s plenty of street lights, and give me back my goddamn sleep. Damn you all.

2. Theron says:

   December 5, 2006 at 2:54 pm

   PS Tim, Queensland doesn’t have daylight savings. Still want a job at Krome?

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