Opus…c’est moi.

May 11th, 2007

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Remember a million years ago (the ’80s) when the Big Thing in American cultural fucked-uppedness was the shocking discovery that the majority of us were unhealthy and it was primarily because of our fatty diet? All of a sudden, everything was bad for us. Cheese was molten death. Salt was a heart attack in a shaker. Red meat was the devil’s instrument. Chocolate - well, might as well pack it directly on those hips.

And this was years before Fast Food Nation ruined the feces-riddled burgers at Mickey D’s for us forever.

Well, the 21st century equivalent of the destruction of our bodies appears to be the destruction of our home.

Seems like everything is bad for the planet. No longer can we blame the poor cows farting on far-removed farms for raising the earth’s temperature. Nope - the cow has come home to roost, so to speak. Our own mindless consumerism wastes our natural resources and contributes to ginormous landfills that choke the earth. Even basic things - like the car, grocery bags, light bulbs, overuse of hot water and heat - contribute to global warming.

I try to be as planet-friendly as I can.

I try not to buy a lot of stuff, but I know that toaster I dropped and broke is headed for the landfill.

I drive guiltily to work each day, as the last bus to Seattle leaves at O-dark thirty in the morning and a 12-mile bike ride twice a day would kill me.

Despite my best intentions, I forget to bring my enviro-friendly bag to the store and come home with another plastic sea mammal killer that will never biodegrade.

I think the invasion of American culture by giant resource-sucking corporations is terrible and I would campaign whole-heartedly against it…if I weren’t so addicted to my daily double-tall soy latte at the ‘Bucks.

At least it’s not a Barfuccino. I have my soulful boundaries, you know.

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2 Responses to “Opus…c’est moi.”

  1. Kaydee on May 11, 2007 9:42 pm

    Barfuccino rocks! You rock! Where have you been? Hope training is going well and the allergies are behaving for once.

    Kevin can’t fix the toaster? Can’t you turn it into a work of art?

  2. Jo on May 13, 2007 10:57 am

    For the “whole picture” - http://comics.com/wash/opus/index.html

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