I’ll be the first to admit, I don’t recycle…nor to I intend too, especially at this school. I’ve heard that they mix the recycling right in all the other trash, which may or may not be true but it is enough to keep my away from doing all the hard work of separating stuff.
I’m not anti-green, I just think that this whole thing gets really really hyped.
I don’t know how I feel about global warming. True, not true. Seems pretty normal to me. I’ve heard both sides, that we go through warmer and colder trends, or that we’re going to melt this earth in 10 years. I don’t know.
I still think global warming was a good way for people to remember Al Gore again. He’s made a lot of money off the topic. Now he’s got us by the balls with a theory (yup I said it), and suddenly all the hippies are rising.
But Earth day. Right, earth day?
Everyone is trying to be so green and friendly, we’re still paying 4 bucks a gallon for gas in our 10 MPG Suburbans (God bless America), and if we really wanted cars that were more environmentally friendly then we would have had them long ago. I’m not talking about hybrids, maybe a biofueled car, or even solar (yeah the sun).
Hybrids aren’t for men first of all, and only the rich drive them. They’re a joke, and the hybrid SUVs get less MPGs than my 04 V Dub.
Anyway…
If our government was truly concerned about it they would have “green” cars, but they don’t mind us constantly running to the pump.
I really don’t think people care. Take my school for example. I walked into the fine Newell Dining Hall here at Towson University and was informed that for Earth Day Towson was asking students not use use trays to put your food on, only plates. This bewildered me. So no trays….
Save the earth.
Right…
I guess it saves water for not having to clean them? I don’t know. But part of no trays meant that students ate smaller meals. Which I suppose meant that we were wasting less. We had to scrape our plates into this disgusting tub of food to measure how much we wasted and the school is going to weigh the garbage over a series of weeks.
Sounds great right?
Think about it though. Is this saving the earth, or saving more money for my money grubbing school? You walk in, don’t use a tray, which means Towson doesn’t have to hire someone to clean that tray, we eat less because of the tray meaning that Towson saves money on food, we scrape off the plates, saving Towson more time and money. But after we were done, we had to put our plates on a tray to put them in the dish washing room.
Where is the earth in all this? Probably looking around as confused as I am.
I don’t get it.
I’m not saying stop trying to save the planet, I’m saying stop and look around at how much you’re really doing.
Honestly its the hippies who are concerned about earth. The same people that will go out and spend 5 bucks a pack on cigarettes, which are great for the environment I’m sure. They’re going to make me feel back because I use a tray? Nope.
I think I’ll keep my gas powered car, my dinner tray, and my normal routine. I’m gonna drive around needlessly and maybe burn some plastic here or there. You, let me know when you have a real plan for saving this planet. If it even needs the help to begin with.
I first saw this commercial while going to see a movie. I’ll never forget it. I was walking past the concession stand (who wants to spend 9 bucks on a soda?) and I caught it out of the corner of my eye. I stopped and watched it because it was amazing.
Its been a terribly long time since I’ve published here and for that I am sorry. I know a lot of people came here to keep up with what I have been up to and I want zamwi to be just that from now on.
I am five weeks into my 4th semester at Towson University, making me a Sophomore. In case you didn’t know I am an Electronic Media and Film major. I’m taking 4 EMF classes this semester and am finally doing hands-on production work.
I will be working for the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network again for the Orioles Xtra Pre/Post game show. I just heard that MASN is broadcasting 80 games in high definition, kudos to them for making the transition in only their second full year as the Orioles and Nationals all access channels.
This summer I will be living in the Towson area to work here, so I just finished up all the fun paper work for my first apartment (I currently live on campus). I will live with 2 friends from work from May - August, then move in with my friend Mike for the start of my junior year.
If I thought life was busy before it is about to get a whole lot crazier. There are 162 baseball games between April and September, I have a few select weekends off. Which means a lot of baseball, a lot of work, a lot of school, and not a lot of sleep.
But I love it. This is what I want to do, no complaints.
Sorry for the minimal updates, I promise to be here more often. I know there are a lot of people I haven’t talked to in a while, leave me a comment or shoot me an email!
I absolutely love my Macbook Pro and I have even decided to hold on to my Mac Mini, okay, I just love Macs. But I really want some sort of DVR or way to watch TV, save it, stream it or something.
In my Mass Communications 101 class I have a report on Personal Journalism. I started with our text book, which is actually up to date, but then I looked deeper and added a few things that I talk about on this blog.
Below is my paper, which is a speech on Personal Journalism, you can also see and download my PowerPoint at the bottom.
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