Long-distance-relationships are hard.

My girlfriend is German, we met while she was studying at Warwick, but only got together once she was back in Germany, been together about a year now. Basically, things are going well.

But occasionally things happen that are much harder in this kind of relationship. Tonight, she fell and cut her head open, so I got a call from her friend letting me know that she was in hospital.

I think she’s ok – being kept in overnight for observation, but haven’t been able to talk to her yet.

These things are much harder when you’re in a different country.

Writing about web page http://www.votergasm.org/

I like this particular “get out the vote” idea :-)

To quote the BBC:

Citizen, patriot or hero?
Voters who visit the Votergasm website can choose from three different levels of commitment:

• “Votergasm citizens” must pledge to withhold sex from non-voters for a week after election night
• “Patriot-level commitment” requires a voter to have sex with another voter on election night as well as withholding sex from non-voters for a week
• Those who take the most extreme pledge, called “American hero”, commit themselves to having sex with another 2004 voter as well as turning down all non-voters until the 2008 vote.