severe indulgencies

For the first time in years, I re-read my own blog.
80% - forgotten about
60% - caused me to say, “I wrote that?!”
30% - wished still resonated w/ me now…

I thought about making this new entry a deeply philosophical and profound life lesson on the new and wonderful events that happened in the day and life of Julie Cho… but then I realized how little has changed.

Anyway, being the optimist I am, I did think a lot about how the world is going to end. The destruction of the world is going to be caused by 2 very preventable and subtle sources: inconvenience and discomfort. Allow me to explain…

Inconvenience “forces” us to:

• Drive to places that are sometimes walking distances
• Not car pool
• Shop at ‘mega stores’, despite the economic hardship mega stores inflict on local small businesses
• Consume fast food
• Demand small individually packaged items
• Leave the lights on w/ no one in the room
• Buy imported groceries w/out consideration as to how much fuel was used to get it here
• Not fix leaking faucets, poorly insulated windows/frames, etc.
• Use a lot of ‘disposable’ things

Discomfort “forces” us to:

• Leave the water running while lathering in the shower to stay warm
• Sit in the TTC “Priority Seating” area with our eyes shut
• Turn the heat or air conditioner higher during peak days/hours
• Idle the car more
• Use more Styrofoam (Styrofoam is the cheapest “disposable” calorimeter)
• Require the use of plastic bags in grocery stores
• Continue smoking knowing the harm it causes

…these are among many other habits and subconscious defiances against our Earth we silly North Americans love to do. But alas, like my other theories, I could be utterly mistaken… after all; I am under the impression that global warming will quietly kill us all.

Oh, and what gets me even more is that here we are bending over backwards to make ourselves feel better about whatever the media/profit-driven society deems important (i.e. beauty, money, power, etc.)… In the long-run, what does it do? None of it is permanent and we’ll always want more. And then the feeling of simply having enough… fades away…

when it ends in 8

it's been almost a year since the last post. not much has been goin' on...
i'm a little greener, a little more girly, a little less flirty, and a little more responsible w/ money... considering OSAP is taking $1k/month for the next 2 years.

how have you changed? by 'you' i mean the world...
- it's bloody 15 degrees above zero in mid january... people, the world is melting, let's do something about it!! O_O
- there's already been 3 dead pedestrians who were hit by cars since the year started
- more than 5 fatal veh accidents due to drunk drivers
- more privatized healthcare in Canada (boo! go home privatized garbage!)
- homemade bombs going off all over the world
- Bush is still an idiot
- we have Family Day as a stat holiday
- the rich grows richer and the poor grow poorer... i guess that didn't change.

2007 was the year of changes - for me at least.
wonder how you and i will be when it ends in 8. hit me.