rain and train

It always seems like the rain brings out the crazy folks and then they chat with me.

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winter trend

The favorite accessory this winter...


Hunter cap

Mobile Blogging from here.

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subway ads

On the subway, there are these ads I just don't understand. The text is that if you spend $100 on transit, you'll get $10 bucks back. And then the next line I find very sarcastic. One has a picture of a guy in a suit with bicycle and helmet on. I first thought this was some kind of jab at the MTA. The ads are repeated throughout the subway car and only one says the whole story. It is a promo from bank of America. Making all the more confusing.

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random

I wish that every Chinese restaurant made pork dumplings like the spot in my neighborhood. Cause when I'm at the office, I crave good pork dumplings.

Thumb rings on a guy are pretty hot.

Free donuts and coffee on a Monday morning makes life good again. Even made me forget that completely crap train ride to work.

Yesterday I enjoyed my day in bed watching movies with the cats napping. We have to conserve energy.

This pork lo mein isn't cutting it for lunch.

lyrics

I was chatting with a friend about music and I admitted that I can't hear lyrics in most songs. I can hear the melody and rhythum generally. Even when I'm talking to people I almost have to read lips to get what they are saying. I really envy those that can hear all the words in a song. I bet some songs make more sense if you know the words. Singing along also is better if you know the words. Thank goodness for the internet. If I know like 2 or 3 words of a song, at least I can find the song. Also I love music videos... can put a whole new light on the song. And now with the a new iPhone app I can see the lyrics to the song playing on my iPod. How cool is that!? Yeah, I've used it once and then never again. Sometimes it best to just mumble the words and get the melody right.

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iphone...

...wreaks yet another marriage

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1786497

lunch

Had myself an egg, ham and cheese on toasted roll for lunch today. It was awesome.

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electricity!

the new deal

Screaming, yelling, honking horns, fireworks, cheering and victory in the streets.

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waiting

In class now, listening to the professor lecture about user interface. Thankfully he keeps switching to CNN.com for the latest reaults. Doesn't seem like it will be a close race, but it is still possible. Now we wait for the polls to close.

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my tuesday, my vote

At the moment I'm standing in a fairly long line. It's grown down to the end of the block since I got here. Guess I should have woke up like an hour ago. Quite a few people are taking pictures of the line. It does kind of feel historic.

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happy halloween

People sure look strange today.

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my new hero

This guy Boone Pickens was on 60 Minutes. Sure he is Republican and made a lot of money on oil. But now he is eighty years old and trying to make the largest wind farm in the world. Not to save the planet so much as to make more money. That's the way the world turns, on cash.

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dream house

Sometimes I like to make a list of what I want my dream house to have. Here are a few of the must haves.

• Be on the corner
• Space in kitchen to allow for hanging pots
• Natural light in the main bathroom
• At least 1 and 1/2 bathrooms
• At least two bedrooms, plus office/den (would be nice)
• Back porch that is screened in, the cats will love that
• Garage for car
• ...
  

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the battle rages on

When Ziggy first came into the house, Marley was totally smitten with him. Literally taking care of him and play fighting. But the play fighting has turned to hissing and growling. Marley won't even let me near him anymore. Trying a few things to keep the peace. I let Marley in the bathroom with me as a bit of a sancturary from Ziggy. I gave him some Rescue Remedy, but he gets more lazy (not cleaning himself) then actually relaxed. I also put a liittle dry food back into the diet. We shall see how all of this cat social behavior experiment goes. I would just like quiet when I'm home. :)

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word: footage

Tonight was a very different kind of class. It was faster than most. And more complex than anything before. Well, at least for me. I'm now expected to pick up the cuts and movements quickly. No following others. Think with my own brain. And then add on the next part of the combination. I still don't cut hard enough. But I did find myself flowing through the movements. Letting it happen without pin-pointing the fine details. That will come in time. I felt good at the end of class.

Funny how McDonald's is right next to the subway entrance. Even though I'm hungry I have to kind of ignore it. Very tempting. Might have to find a new way home.

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yellow belt and bike messengers

Last night was my first class with a yellow belt on. It felt different. The belt was brand new and I was able to get it real tight. In my head it was different too. I had a stronger desire to do well and cut better. In fact my arm was fairly sore after. Plus I got a bit more respect in class. I was part of the bows given before and after class. You could feel the static in the air. It was an awesome feeling.

At some points of my training I didn't think I could do the moves they asked for. Eventually I got more in shape and understood what was being said. I guess I'm still impressed that I can do these things when my mind is put to it.

On an off topic, got to use a bike messenger for the 1st time. Long sad story about data recovery of an old hard drive... It finally needed to go to a place to be worked on. The file copy was taking too long, so I thought to have it delievered to my office when done. There was a messenger service upstairs. It cost about the same as a can service. Too bad the dude wasn't allowed up to our office floor. The building has it's own courier guys. So instead "Creepy Guy" brought me my hard drive. Never a dull moment in the city.

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bootleg

Up in Rochester there is a head shop called Aaron's Alley. Back in the day they would sell Grateful Dead bootleg concerts on tape. They were like the only source for live music. On Monday I went to see Death Cab for Cutie with my brother at Radio City. We were on the first floor, near the back door. Gave us a great view. Near the middle of the show I noticed a lot of people had a phone or such up in the air recording the show. By the end of the week there was like 56 videos up on YouTube of the show. Funny how some things never change, just get upgraded.

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signals

The ice cream truck usually parked on the corner of my office building has gone away. Those awesome street vendors are now selling pashmina scarves instead of sunglasses. This morning it was so dark that it didn't feel like I even went to sleep. As dark as when I to bed. Darkness when I wake and darkness when I come home. I don't even have to kick off the covers in the night. The smell of dying leaves in the air. These are all the signs. The signals. The chill is in the air. Even with temps in the 70s, still need a jacket and scarf. The humidity is gone. Soon the leaves will be changing and the snow will fall.

salmon

Between my flatmate and me, we made poached salmon with mango salsa last night. Oh so easy to make and it tasted awesome. Who knew! I have tried to fry fish before and always failed miserably. Now I've found a new technique. And the wine was a perfect addition to it all.

Ziggy

I'm such a sucker. On Friday there was this cute little cat hanging out in the front yard on my way to work. He was pretty friendly and gave me a meow. I figured at the end of the day (got out early :) if he would still be there, then I would figure out what to do. Well, of course he was still there and surrounded by 3 young girls. They wanted to get him into a box to take him home. I chatted with them and then scooped him up to take him home. The 3 girls were so sweet, not wanting me to take him cause they really wanted to take him home.

Got the boy home, gave him a bath, and a bit of dinner. After a quick trip to the vet to make sure he isn't infected with tasty germs, he was allowed to meet with Marley. The two boys have been chasing each other around the whole apartment since. They are getting along so well that in the end we decided to keep him.

From Ziggy

quarterlife

I have to admit, I started watching quarterlife online after seeing the pilot episode on TV. In 1 day I watched all 36 episodes (like 10 minutes each). It was awesome. Next up, 90210! It's like reliving my teenage life. Freakin' hilarious.

facebook

How adorable is it when you can change your status on facebook to "in a relationship with..." and link right to that person's profile? Is that just so overwhelmingly and yet sickening cute!?! Excuse me... have to go puke now. ;)

technology

I was up in Rochester, NY last week visiting with family. Had a total blast - mom fed me well and kept me busy the whole time. Well here is the story. I was at Best Buy to drop off old cell phones and then did a little browsing. My cousin is looking for a new laptop, so I thought I would check the pricing there. This salesman was busy chatting up two customers. He was explaining to them that a Mac doesn't get viruses because, well see, the Macs don't get IP addresses cause they have mac addresses. I started to choke-laugh just then. I had to walk away cause if I heard any more, I might have had to step in. What really pisses me off about this whole thing is that people who don't know about technology go to a store for help and get fed even more bs. Got me thinking how I can help people learn about computers. As in like the truth. Without making it more confusing. After school is finally all done, I should take my free time to teach some of those community classes. I think I would be good at it.

Sushi

I'll admit it, I'm a total sushi snob. I really don't care for the fast-food prepackaged sushi rolls. On Friday I tried out a new restaurant for lunch. Looked like a good place, right in Korean Town. Ordered the sashimi box with green tea. It started with a salad of zucchini, carrots, and seaweed - fairly tasty. Then a light broth noodle soup with crab meat. Not much taste to it, but good for summer. Then the box came out. By the way, I asked for no mackerel. I got about 10 pieces of sashimi, 2 of the same kind since I asked for no mackerel, plus a California roll and green salad. The salad didn't taste good, so I gave up on that. The white rice looked good, but too hard. The sashimi pieces were ice cold. That means it's not fresh and obviously sitting on ice. Oh well, high hopes were not fulfilled. Guess I'm back to the place I usually go to for sushi.

natural and organic

Slowly but surely I've been replacing each product of my everyday life with natural, organic and/or eco-friendly products. Sometimes its harder than others. Today my sinuses were on a rampage, sneezing my brain out. I have to get soft Puff brand type tissues, otherwise my little nose will be red. I've tried the other recycled type brands, but they basically suck. So I kind of staggered out of the apartment to get a few things from the grocery store and allergy drugs. I didn't go the extra 3 blocks to the "nicer" grocery store, cause basically I was tired and my brain was a bit cloudy. Anyway, they didn't have the 7th Generation recycled garbage bags I usually get. They had all the major name brands, none of which say from recycled products. I had to swallow my guilt and suck it up to buy just plain old plastic bags. I did remember to bring my own bag to the store. I've been proud of myself on doing that. What I don't get is, when I mention to the cashier that I've got my own bag which I then put on the counter, they just like stop. I have to dig out my money and they don't even bother putting the stuff in the bag like they would if I hadn't stopped them from using a plastic bag. The world seems to run on the same method without room for change. My mom just switched over to reusable bags. Of course she lives in a place where plastic grocery bags will be recycled (not a single grocery store in my hood does this).

Products I love:
Shikai Color Reflect - shampoo and conditioner
Kiss My Face - shaving cream
7th Generation - paper towels, toilet paper, garbage bags
Mrs Meyers - counter top spray, good for cleaning Marley's paw prints
JASON tea tree- deodorant (no aluminum)
Nature's Gate hemp - body lotion
Lily of France bar soap - lavender

And yes, Marley is on natural, grain-free canned food by Wellness. No more dry food. He is also on a daily dose of liquid acidolphillus (for digestion) and Pawier (for his dirty eyes and ears). A street cat never had it so good.

iaido fun

I got a real treat in Iaido classes this week. I was the only student both nights. Which meant total one-on-one time with Sensei Dave. The 1st night was pretty awesome. We didn't start with jumping jacks... surprisingly. We did a lot of basics, like fixing up my position and such. My problems are that my front foot is not pointed straight, it keeps going to a slight slant. The other is my balance. I keep doing dancer (ballet) positions. Like putting my feet in line, instead of stepping out to have a better stance. Both things I have to work on. Then we did the first 4 katas. All need a lot more work.

On the second night of class, again no jumping jacks. We sat in seiza facing each other with our bokutos between us. Then he went over the parts of the katana. All Japanese words that I must learn and repeat when tested. I can get most of them, but I need like flash cards or something. I'm working on my own training manual. Basically pointing in the things that I have a tough time with. If I got it and can memorize it, then I don't need to write it down. I figure eventually my manual should be empty cause it's all moved into my head. Optimistic I know. Then we moved into the kamaes that I must also memorize. The 7th always stalls my thinking. Going to start saying them out loud as I ride the train. Let people look at me strange. :)

By the end of that class, well it ended short. My right foot had a blister and it ripped open. Believe me it didn't hurt a bit. Actually kind of awesome. But trying to shuffle on the floor is uncomfortable with a big piece of skin flapping about. So, I said "Excuse me Sensei Dave, my blister opened up". He asked if I wanted to fix or end the class. Since we went for like 2 1/2 hours on Tuesday, I requested we end the class. I think he was disappointed. He enjoys teaching very much. And I can't express the appreciation I feel for that real time and patience he spent on me. Now my duty is to gain much from it and do better next class.

Bikes in NYC

I can't even type the slew of words that come to mind when I watched this video. Makes me really sick and boiled up inside. I moved here about 6 years ago... no one rode a bike except the crazy bike messengers and the delivery dudes. Just this morning I saw 6 go by at 1(!) intersection. They were all people going to work. When I head out to the subway in Brooklyn there are at least 10 commuters on bikes headed to work.

The city has done such a great job putting in new and more bike lanes. Why not embrace Critical Mass? Let night parades be the new thing. Let it be a god-damned tourist attraction if you must. But don't be afraid of getting sued or what not. Cause the way the city is treating this organization has only put fuel to the fire. And guess what... this poor cyclist will sue the pants off the city and NYPD. AND he is gonna win.

Now my question is... this was videoed by a tourist in Times Square. What about the cameras posted all over Times Square... private and public? Anything on those? My only worry about cameras being put in all over the city is that they will be used to cover up these types of incidents. The cop in this video reportedly said that the cyclist rode into him. The truth is seen in the video. I bet there are like 20 other angles on that same strip of road to prove the point more. :)

By the way, I watched Brazil over the weekend. Fairly screwy movie. But it proves the point, the system will fail and more paperwork will clog advancement. As quoted from Empire Records, "Damn the man!"

TNR work is never done

Last night the girls and I went out for a feral cat trapping hunt. We started on Dean Street. When we pulled up, there was one cat just kind of laying out. I think he was trying to cool off by stretching out on the sidewalk. We put out the trap and he went in, like a good boy. But the trigger didn't go off and we had to watch with baited breath. He caught sight of us and actually shifted weight to go back to eating. Then bam, the trap closed. His face was like "What the hell was that? Oh, damn I'm trapped in here!" I've never actually seen them get trapped like that before. We usually have more than one trap out and need to just let them "soak" (as they say on Deadliest Catch). Anyway, we set out like 4 more, but only got 2 out of that.

Then we moved to Pacific and put down 3 traps. There was a tom boy and possibly a female, and then a little kitty came out (maybe like 3 months). Also the neighbors came out to ask what we were doing. I can only imagine what it looks like for 3 girls to be out at like 9 PM riding around in a Volvo (borrowed from a fellow cat lady) with steel traps and cans of tuna. I always love the question, "What are you going to do with the trapped cats?" I want to say "eat them in a stew with carrots", but that might be too sarcastic. At least they care. So one neighbor lady led us to a cat in their front stoop area. That kitty was easy, pick up and put in trap. All skin and bones. She'll be living large for a few days at least.

We were able to trap the 2 cats, but not the little kitty. That will be an early quick trap today. As we drove towards home, heading back on Dean, there was another black/white cat laying out on the sidewalk. We slowed down, made a plan and set the trap. He wasn't thrilled about the steel trap, so we had to do the drop trap. Took a little time, but he went in and started to chow down. In the end we got 7 cats in 1 night. The cat-girl doing this project got a total of 19 cats in like 3-4 days. That is totally insane! And can you believe we still saw cats hanging out on the sidewalk as we finally drove home (it was getting late and there is only so much you can do in one night).

Hope they all do well for surgery on Friday.

spirit from iaido

Where do I find my spirit? How do I grasp it and use it to my advantage? How do I get all the other crap in my head out and let my spirit take over? What really drives me? I've been thinking lately. I certainly had a calm mind last month. This month it's all over the place. I can't even list all of things I'm trying to do at once, or at least so it seems. Cause when it all comes down to it, I'm still just trying to figure it out. You know, understand the why, the what, the when. I've read about people finding their spirit from meditation ("Eat, Pray, Love"). Heard it through songs, some of those songs do invoke my spirit. Maybe even watched a few movies that moved my spirit. But I haven't done it myself. Not yet. It's coming though. Tonight I focused my eyes on a point, and it now blurs up that I don't even see anymore. I just move. I try to keep everything level, but what I see in the mirror is really like seeing out of the corner of my eye. Its not clear, only cause I'm focused so hard on that spot. It worked well at times. My problems still left to solve -- breathing needs to continue and I need to slow down. Not weaken, but slow it down. Make it strong. Make it powerful. And make it mean something when I do move. Tonight I actually got a bit pumped up by the end of class. I know when Hanshi Rico is not there I feel less nervous. Sometimes that helps me, sometimes it makes me a little lazy at points. Still I want to find my spirit. And find out what I am really capable of.

helvetica

Just finished watching the documentary movie about the typeface helvetica. It was actually pretty interesting. They had old dudes explain the history of it. And the new guys who were all for using the typeface on everything. And then the rebels who totally screwed with it. They interviewed the guy who did the Ray Gun magazine from the 90s. I forgot about that mag. It rocked back in the day. So he explained how an article written was really boring and he decided to use the wingdings font. It was too boring for others to have to read it. That's awesome. I will now be finding helvetica signs all over the city.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847817/

July 5th

Looks like more rain today. Really sucks. Three-day weekends are not to be rainy. Unless it's cold or something, then who cares. I would like some sun please! Oh well... going to the city in a bit for Iaido class. Then going to Coney Island for the baseball game. Of course if it's pouring rain and/or lightning, no point going out that way.

Marley is doing well with this new diet. We have to keep all food tucked away. He attacked a loaf of bread the other day. Looked like a giant rat got it. Silly cat.

Happy 4th of July!

kitty care

This is totally going overboard, but it seems my little Marley has an allergy. Probably a food thing or something. The vet can only do so much and they have limited experience with dealing with nutrition for cats. So, I went to a Manhattan pet store called Whiskers that has a nutritionist dude there. I have to say, he was really nice and answered all of my questions (I asked a lot of them). He recommened what to cut out of his diet (dry food, fish, grains) and supplements to help boost his immune system. I'm using some medicated ear drops to clear up his ears for the next 10 days. He really hates the drops, but at least he doesn't run away while I put them in. Anyway, he also told me to take up the food after 1/2 hour, don't let it sit out. Which is a real good idea. On Monday he, Marley that is, was throwing up at like 4 AM. Seems he didn't eat all of his wet food and decided to eat some. Yuck! We shall see how it goes.

commitment

It seems that all of my friends are moving in with their significant others and enjoying the coffee/breakfast Sunday morning in bed deal. Mind you, I'm totally happy for them all. Best of luck to them, I hope to be invited to the wedding. But upon reflection of myself, been over thinking that situation. If I were to take a relationship to the step of living together, it would have to be with a real sense of commitment. I don't like my stuff mixing with other people's stuff. For example, I don't want to go through the process of my CDs mixing with my bf. I know that totally makes me a consumer and materialistic. That's how I grew up in this world, and kind of hard to break that habit. This is all assuming I have a bf to have a commitment with and then get a place together to enjoy breakfast in bed on a Sunday morning, will I actually have to deal with those issues of mine.

By the way, this is post 100. Yippie!

Res Firma Mitescere Nescit

Tomorrow is the 66-mile bike ride to LI. Wish me luck!

ShutterCal

Just took a trip to Boston. Good times. Signed up for a new site: http://shuttercal.com/calendar/poppy13/

Got back to work today and iTunes crashed on me. Rebuilding the library and iPod now. Sucks.

Wish I was still in bed.

Got to read for class tonight.

Finished season 2 of NCIS. Can't wait for the next DVDs to come in the mail. Love Netflix.

Having a difficult time deciding between a new bb or iPhone. Wish that the google fone was out.

Bought the new NERD album... but can't listen to it till iTunes is fixed.

Got myself a "kickball" t-shirt. It's sweet!

Long bike ride on Saturday. Let's pray for good weather. Not too hot. Not rainy. Perfect ride weather. Please.

Marley is still the best cat ever. He came into my bed this morning, laid on his back and put his paws in my face. Believe me, a nice way to wake me up, instead of his normal NOISY antics.

I miss my girl who is in Japan now, but moving to SanFran in a week. Makes me sad.

Work is kinda slow - can't complain though.

Mac vs Windows

Long ago I had a boyfriend who did a whole paper about user interfaces (GUI) for a college class. It was really well done - explaining things like how in German cars the reverse gear is next to the 1st gear. Which makes more sense than how the Japanese and American cars do it. Since then I kind of look for these things.

Today I put Dreamweaver on my Mac at work to kind of learn it in the different way that Mac would be versus Windows. The first thing I noticed is that the files and folder are listed alphabetically. In Windows land, the folders are listed alpha and then the files in alpha. On Mac, they are all together and in alpha. Which makes more sense when you are doing a web site. In fact it starts to make more sense all together. It's logical to list everything. My brain of course naturally thinks folder or file, then look for it in alphabetical order. People don't normally think that way. Kind of fun learning these significant differences.

Next I have to learn to control the windows more like a Mac user. In Windows I minimize everything as I go along. Things are alien to me still on the Mac side.

110 degrees in the shade

It's pretty damn hot. "No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater... than central air." (Dogma) Tried to get around the park on Sunday on the bike. Didn't do so well. Partly cause of the heat, but also cause I got pinch in my right shoulder. Probably from sleeping wrong and leaning when using the mouse. I'm literally on the computer like 10-12 hours a day. It's rare for me not to be on the computer if I'm awake. Someday I'll just throw the thing out the window and give up on computers forever. :)

blagoonga

Got around Prospect Park 3 times on Sunday (that's 10 miles). I was oh so proud of myself. Of course now I need those nifty bike shoes to snap into the pedals. Already I look very "Tour de France" with my padded shorts. Haha. The shoes will be the perfect finish to that. :)

Blur

Playing Blur "Parklife" on the iPod went perfectly well with the morning rush. Wants to move quickly, but just can't because of the forces of nature.

DWG

Went out to the Delaware Water Gap to visit my friend. Got to have the greasyest breakfast every, but it was damn good. Then hit up a flea market - bought buttered nuts, beef jerky, shoo-fly pie, and a grapefruit spoon (to use for getting wet cat food out of the can). After that we went for a little hike on the Appalachian trail. Got some really nice pictures out of that.

Tomorrow I'll go for a nice bike ride. Have to get the 2 flat tires fixed first. Oh joy! Thankfully I got a buddy who loves to touch my bike and keep it running good. :)

So glad that warm spring is here.

subtitles

When I watch a foreign film, I really enjoy hearing the foreign language and don't mind reading the subtitles. Mostly cause when it's dubbed, the acting is completely off, no matter what. Just makes sense to me. I wish when I get movies it would at least give me the option to watch it as is with subtitles instead of dubbing it. Kind of annoying.

Any-waz... it has been awhile since I last posted. Been crazy busy with work and school, and now taking martial arts class. Haven't been on the bike yet this season, too much rain on the weekends. Kind of stinks. Let's hope for this weekend will be nice enough.

Oh, and Happy Birthday to Mom today! :)

apple vs oreo

I've got an apple sitting here, just waiting to be eaten. But I keep thinking about an oreo. And how yummy an oreo would be right about now. Maybe if I walk home it will cancel out the bad affects of the oreo. I should eat the apple, it is red and pretty and probably delicious. Damn you oreo!

my new chair

They call it a La'Z Boy... I call it a La'Z Girl

By the way, the movie Notorious was being filmed on my street today. Wish I could have stayed home to watch it.

Dirty Thirty

It's offical... I'm 30!

HD radio

The wave of the future is HD radio, right? Sure, I believe it. For xmas I got mom a new car radio, with HD radio available and a nice little MP3 player cable. Shows how much I love her. Right? Well, she loves it, even ordered Sirus (all by herself!) and loves it even more. About 2 weeks ago, one of my favorite radio stations went off the air, more specifically it went off FM waves and moved to HD waves. No problem I say, I was planning on getting a new reciever anyway. My current one is decent, but old and my iPod sounds like shit going through it. Come to find out a reciever with HD radio will cost like $10k or something crazy like that. No good! Guess I have to wait a bit longer. At least I've got AOL XM radio for free for now online. =)

V-Day

I've been known to get something really yummy from Starbucks, but eat only half and throw the rest away. Then I desire more and figure it really isn't "in" the trash long, so it's safe. But is it?

Boston

I hit Beantown this past weekend (3-day weekends rock!). My girl from Rochester just moved there by way of Washington, DC. It was my 2nd time hitting Boston for an adventure. Well first off it's damn cold there. Like Rochester weather. Next trip up will be in the warmer spring time. It really is a pretty little place. Much more spread out than NYC I think, but easier (and cheaper) to get to most places. All the cab rides with 3 people was less than $13. That's near impossible in NYC. The traffic seemed light too. We did a pub-crawl on Saturday night. The people of Boston like to drink. And they make it so easy with pubs next door to more pubs. Brilliant! Every pub/restaurant had big screens playing sports. Wonder what they show when a game isn't on? Is that even a possibility?

Anyway, I met some real cool people and hanging with my girl (and her Mom too!) is always good times. We rested on Sunday, went shopping and had a real yummy Italian dinner. Then went to Jillian's to play pool and watch the football game. It was a great way to end my break from school. On Tuesday classes started up and of course I'm behind on homework already (I so need those brain cells back). =)

New Years Resolution

This year I decided to make a real conscious effort in creating less waste. I have things like a coffee travel mug, now I just have to use it. I refuse plastic bags (bags in general really) as much as I can. Its weird, when I refuse the bag, no one ever hears me. I'll have to say it once, twice, sometimes thrice! As for my little sandwich bags, I used them all up and started using a reusable cloth/plastic wrapper. It's great, I just rinse off the pb&j and use it again in the next day. Here is the kicker though... I order my groceries sometimes from an online store. Once in awhile they toss in a few extra things, without charging. Well of course they gave me a nice huge box of Glad sandwich bags. WTF! It's like the stars are lining up against me on this one. But why? I'm trying to do good. I guess it must be that no matter how good your Resolution is to help yourself or the planet, the real-life situation is that its not easy (being green). I will continue my effort. The no bag thing is easy... I just refuse it and carry my stuff in a reusable bag or literally just carry it. The cleaning the travel coffee mug everyday is not so easy. I got dish soap, the bathroom soap at work wasn't cutting it. Today I totally cheated, got coffee in a throw away cup. The guilt is already rushing over me. *sigh*