Shortest honeymoon period on record

Well after the last week I'm now convinced Tony Abbott will be the next Prime Minister.

Doesn't matter when the election's called, Labor's lost it at both state and federal level. If there's no difference between parties, what does it matter who you vote for? May as well go with the one that's consistent.

Personally I'm hovering between donkey voting or finding the least objectionable minor party and preferencing everyone else above the two majors.

So yeah, thanks Gillard and the idiot factions of the ALP - that would have to be the absolute shortest honeymoon period on public record.

30 days of television: Day 15

Day 15 - Favorite female character

Hm.

1. Buffy, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And Willow, and Tara. All of them changed in ways that I found interesting.

2. Tara, from True Blood. Still on season 1 and I'm identifying with her way too much. Oh and I want Rutina Wesley's muscle definition. I could live with being as good looking as her too.

3. Lynda, from Press Gang. Wish I had her facility with language.

4. Boomer, from Battlestar. Boomer is probably my favourite Battlestar character. She makes terrible choices, but at the same time she is screwed over by things beyond her control. She is the Cindy Brady of Cylons, irritating everyone, human or Cylon. She is a person hearing voices in a time of witchburning; a jealous twin; a sad child trying on identities one after the other - if this won't work, how about that one? She knows (but can't admit) what she wants and has no idea how to get it without destroying everything in her path. Her arc was one of the best in the series.

5. Kendra Shaw, from Razor. Part of it was just finding out what had happened with the Pegasus, but part was watching someone normal, sane and maybe soft being transformed through extreme circumstance. You can't say what you'd do until you get there.

6. Zoe Greystone, Lacy Rand and Tamara Adama, from Caprica. Zoe is the lynchpin, the avatar, the extremely intelligent child trapped in metal. Lacy is becoming more interesting to watch as she moves deeper into something that she doesn't fully understand. Tamara is the lost Persephone, slowly growing to understand her own immortality. (Tamara is also getting screwed over by the writers a bit at this stage, she should be more prominent. IMHO only of course.) Amanda Greystone is also fantastic as a character. I should include Clarice.. but she's kind of creeping me out a bit.

7. Veronica Mars. Probably more from series 1 than series 2, which also came down to the better (MHO) story arc.

8. Gretchen Kierney, Children of the Dog Star. I wanted to contact aliens too. Now of course I'd be terrified if they rocked up at all.