More semi-coherent, vodka-induced rambling
By jimrob | August 6, 2008
I’m 78% blitzed, watching “Living with Ed” on Planet Green. It’s a quasi-reality show about Ed Bagely (sp?) Jr. and his oh so self-fulfilling, environmentally concious lifestyle. This episode, Ed and his toothpickey, bubble-headed wife talk to a friend about how to reduce her home’s carbon footprint. Yay.
I’m all for energy conservation, independence, and self-sufficiency. But this carbon footprint crap is a joke. I just have a hard time listening to millionaires talk about ways to use less energy, okay?
They all had a big group orgasm when she said she was going to put new tile down in her kitchen. You see, the factory that manufactures this extremely expensive stuff recycles 99% of their water. Wow, that certainly justifies the outrageous cost! That’s much better than having a normal, functional, non-flashy utilitarian kitchen like us normal folk.
These “green” types tick me off. Look at the dollars, look at the justification of your expenses, and look at the real savings. I can’t back a movement pushed by a bunch of rich folks living in 4000 sq. ft. homes, okay? If you really want to save the Earth, get off your ding-dong asses and do something for yourself instead of paying someone. Live in a small home. Eat home-grown food, rather than some vegetable I haven’t heard of (and can’t spell) that’s trucked in overnight.
At least when I read a self-righteous editorial in Mother Earth News, I can safely say that they’ve earned the right to say it. They talk about urban gardening. They talk about stuff that gets grime under your fingernails. They talk about having to work to achieve “energy independence.” They don’t just latch on to a movement because their equally air-headed millionaire buddies in Kalifornia are on board and they don’t want to feel left out.
I have much more to say, but the hiccups have hit and I can’t type anymore. I need to go lie down on my living room floor and try not to puke. I’ve got some thought about wikipedia and group think, “wikitelligence”, a bunch of stupid people who think they’re smart because they read what eachother says and they agree and any moron can say anything without fear of acedemic review (whatever), but I’m really too hammered to focus all that into a coherent statement. Now I know what the pastor was talking about when I asked him about alcohol. Ugh.
I’m gonna go lie down and try not to vomit. Macaroni and cheese doesn’t go well with vodka… uhhhggghhh.
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