Vote Me!

Well it's my Aussie flat-mate’s penultimate leaving do tonight, she's off traveling round Europe for a bit with her friend before we finally bid her farewell and send her back off to Sydney.

That reminds me, we have a slight wager to fulfill - I'm supposed to wear her Aussie flag shorts and run round the block whist she does the same in some Union Jack ones - well, I'll be kind and get her a bikini. One of the really tacky ones off the market stalls down Oxford Street. I never asked her size, guess I'll have to see how big they make those thongs and make an educated guess.

In other news I've opened a self trading maxi-ISA (Individual Savings Account) with comdirect so I can start trading without giving that fat b**tard in No.11 Downing Street a cut of my hard earned (good for up to £7000 worth of tax exemption). I'm contemplating hitting the ETF (Exchange Traded Funds) market and gambling on the FTSE - I just need to do a few calculations first and time it right - it'll probably go a little wobbly around the 5th of May due to Election Day.

I'm seriously considering gambling/investing in putting myself up for election too - £500 and I could potentially be on the gravy train for life. Hell if I don't get in I only need about 3% of the vote and I get my stake back... no one fancies the retards that stand for the major parties anyhow.

Other investment news is thus: the OEICs I'm investing in have lost me £2 over a month, arse. Still given the percentages of commission charged I'm at a roughly breakeven position. Come next month I'll see if I could gamble it more effectively myself.