Two things to make me proud!

[haldoor]

1.This day in 1893, NZ women got to vote in their first general election! NZ was the first country in the world to give women the vote. Thank you Kate Shepherd and all your fellow suffragettes and hard workers.

2. The Hobbit premiere is tonight NZ time! They rolled the red carpet out in Wellybob yesterday and anyone who is anyone will be down there checking out the new movie. I wish I could be there, but there was no way to justify that spending. Anyway, I'm sure I'll watch some of it on TV tonight, as one of the channels has a special on from 4pm (not that I'm home by then, but I'll watch some later). I'm not taping because I imagine there will be a lot of nothing going on for much of it, but I'll poke my nose in when I can.

Happy Hobbit Day!

Comments

[zelda-zee.livejournal.com]

That's very cool! I did not know NZ was the first country to give women the vote!

You guys get The Hobbit first - I guess that's only fair!

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

It's one thing I'm very proud of, and I always vote because I know how fortunate we are to have the right.

Yes! We should get The Hobbit first! But you know we'll share! ;-)

I need a Hobbit, or at least another LOTR icon!