It has been a month of technological upgrades for me. Not one that could ever ever be mistaken for an early adopter, I have finally replaced my nearly four-year old basic cell phone with one that actually has an LED display and can download ringtones (currently it's Sheena Is A Punk Rocker), replaced the five-and-a-half year old laptop, traded my 15-year old TV to Reluctant Texan for a bigger old-school TV, and got a DVR. Next I plan to buy a new bike to replace the one that got stolen, and work up the nerve to buy a new car and say good-bye to Zippy, who has served me virtually maintenance-free for the last ten years. Though he is not so zippy anymore, he will be tough to let go of.
But Holy Consumerism!! It's all been a bit overwhelming and unfamiliar.
Ok. But so, can someone please tell me why otherwise smart, progressive people are so smitten with Ron Paul? Does no one realize that this man is a conservative pro-life Republican from Texas?? There is some serious kool-aid drinking going on. Yeesh.
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you reminded me of this really good video i saw the other day.
you can watch it here:
http://www.storyofstuff.com
:)
-sbkt
The woman who helped us at the cell phone place said that she had never seen any customer go as long as we had without upgrading their cellphone. I can just imagine the piles of discarded cellphones all over the planet. I try to leave a small footprint, but I could do better of course.
I like the part in the video about fashion and shoes. I think I will stick with Dansko clogs - comfortable and neither "in" nor "out."
i only reluctantly gave up my old crappy cell phone when my entire company changed plans rendering it obsolete. i think there are some organizations that "refurbish" them and give them to people who don't have phones...which seems kind of weird to me because if you're really "in need" is a cell phone going to help? my phone is cheap and i do feel a little jealous about the ring tones, but...oh well...-anna
the part that got to me was the 1% statistic... all that we buy that is disposable or practically... and the fact that this was all a verbalized conscious decision post wwii to stimulate the economy? so bad! sometimes i feel like such a puppet.
-sbkt
are you back from hawaii yet? post pics!
I think I have like two pictures from the top of Diamond Head Crater. Mostly I was inside the whole three days. It was weird being there for work - it really felt like it could have been any city.
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