Crunchy Domestic Goddess has tips on things you can do with kidlets to make Earth Hour a family event.
I personally am sick of family-oriented fun. I say tuck the kids in bed early,take your clothes off and have an Adults Only party for the Earth. Just be sure to use proper contraception and not add to the population problem.
We all have our own little things we can do for the environment. The important thing is this: find something fun to do in the dark for just one hour this evening! Have fun,folks
Gift cards for my birthday
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, I’d rather receive gift certificates for local merchants but nobody ever does that and I’m just grateful that someone cares enough to say ,”Here…spend my money at such and such a store”. The problem is usually that I don’t really GO shopping ever. I hate shopping. Thankfully, gift cards are redeemable at the store’s websites and when comparing the cost of shipping to bus fare to and from the actual store, the cost of shipping turned out to be less. Go figure. So, yay…..I have books and CDs coming in the mail this week!
Songcatcher
Hoity-toity musicologist Dr. Lily Penleric visits her (lesbian-gasp!) schoolmarm sister in the Appalachian mountains and hangs out with mountain folk and is amazed and awed by their musical culture and sets out to collect it. The movie offers some brilliant moments and beautiful music but I was really annoyed by Lily’s uptight personality and just kept thinking,”She just needs to get laid by that gee-tar playing mountain man (played by Aiden Quinn). She did get laid by said mountain man and it didn’t help much, although her softer side comes out when she befriends a pregnant mother abandoned by her loser husband who shacked up with another woman up yonder on the mountain. She assists with childbirth (a great scene) and tries to put some conscience into the fool that left her. The couple of Mr & Mrs McFarland represent the raping of the mountains for land and resources ,as well as culture.
Another complaint: If you put Blues legend Taj Mahal in a film, you have him do a bit more than play the banjo.
Purging of Things
I Freecycled a box of VHS tapes,a bag of clothes,boots,books and magazines. The more stuff that goes out the door, the happier I am.
Ephemera and Doo-Dad Sorting
I had a huge box (ok, so there turned out to be several boxes) of collected ephemera that I spent an entire day sorting and classifying. Now they can be devided into packages and sold in my shop or just used for my own artistic purposes (like all the Barbie shoes. I believe they will either make a great necklace or prove useful in making a feminist statement expressed in art. Either or)
S-video out
Now I can use my TV as my computer monitor.This experience is enhanced by my wireless keyboard and wireless mouse, which I wish were made from bamboo but they aren’t. I may be a geek but I’m a happy geek,so there.
The Chancellor,Episode 5
Wow, my son and his friends are either really strange or geniuses.
3. The word from Bob’s female co-workers is that I am an odd woman for thinking nipple piercings are hot.
4.For me, The Nestle Boycott will never end. Baby Milk Action says the boycott will continue until Nestlé accepts and complies with Baby Milk Action’s four-point plan for saving infant lives. For me personally, the harm can’t be undone just because they cease their harmful operating policies. When a person is responsible for another person’s death, we don’t just let it go because they say they won’t ever do it again.Since there isn’t anyone willing to dole out punishment to the Nestle Corporation for the lives lost, it’s up to consumers to send a message, now and always.
5.Although NY in Winter provides many beautiful photographic moments, it still sucks and I hate it with a passion.
