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April 23, 2008
It Smells Grassy
I love the smell of cut grass. It makes me hungry for nature. As in, I'd like to take an actual bite. But I don't. Because I value the freedom and movement afforded to people who are assumed to be sane. Maybe I could cloak it under Green Week, though, and everybody would think I'm just super eco-friendly.
Okay, let me chase a tangent here. Why am I so annoyed with Green Week? It's not like I don't love the earth. I do. I want to take care of it, be a good steward of it. But I am SO SICK of celebs tooting their green little horns. And companies using it as a marketing tool! If I hear one more word about how I should buy Sun Chips from Wal-Mart so I can help light up a trillion houses for one hour, things are gonna get ugly. Quit telling me to consume, and dangling the bait of self congratulations to get me to do it! It's blackmail! Here, do this, so you can assuage your guilt for killing the earth, you terrestrial scourge. And if you don't buy such and such Organic Product, you are apathetic and irresponsible, and you are the reason our children have no future. Or at least, according to the major t.v. networks, who seem to be the driving forces behind Living A Green Life. Why, if I didn't have cable, I'd never think to care about the planet! Thank goodness for the media!
Don't get me wrong. I really, truly, think we should reduce, reuse, and recycle. If I learned nothing from Bob the Builder, it was that. But there is something about the presentation lately that is rubbing me the wrong way. I just wanna say, quit hassling me already! Guilt trips, and those who profit from them, really hack me off.
*ahem
Well. Sorry 'bout that. Didn't mean to get so worked up.
I'm feeling a wild hair today. Maybe it's the liberation of shorts and flipflops? I dunno.
Well, the crew is calling for lunch, so I better skeedaddle. We're having recycled dinner. (I used to call that "leftovers", btw. But that's not green enough anymore.)
(oh, I sound bitter today, don't I? I'm really not, though.)
The Daily | By WonderGirl | 12:40 PM
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I am in complete agreement!! Thanks for these words Wondergirl.
Posted by: amy v at April 23, 2008 9:08 PM
You know what else I don't care about? My carbon footprint. There is NO WAY I am paying anybody back for that.
Posted by: Amy at April 23, 2008 10:40 PM
My thoughts exactly. I am proud of you for saying it. I am soo sick of it too. My daughter told me that I wasn't green enough. I am thinking what do you want me to do Become Kermit, even he said "It ain't easy being green."
Posted by: melissa at April 24, 2008 1:35 AM
Remember the scent from Gap called Grass? I could never bring myself to wear it (b/c who really wants to smell like a freshly mowed lawn) but couldn't keep from sniffing it everytime I went in the store.
Posted by: hollie at April 24, 2008 9:08 AM
You know, there are things we can do to promote a healthy earth, but I tend to agree with you on the celeb thing. Its so trendy to be "green" these days. And celebrities, well, is it really any skin off their backs to pay the extra money for the electric cars, energy saving homes, energy star appliances, etc? Is it really that big of a deal for them to buy the expensive organics and home grown items, to get their assistants to recycle for them and clean with the expensive green cleaning products? And then they can criticize the general public, the ones who don't have millions in the bank, for not being as green as them. That part aggravates me too.
Posted by: ash at April 24, 2008 1:35 PM
