well this is certainly petty

[terabient]

so today this article came up on my faceboooooooooooook:

For the last four years, Capitol restaurants used eco-friendly plates, cups and utensils. Now, the Republicans in charge of the House have switched to plastic and foam.

NPR with Onion headlines. HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD TODAY!

in all seriousness, though, what am i supposed to do now? i have spent a decent sum of cash purchasing reusable grocery bags, recycled paper products, eco-friendly clothing and utensils, organic food, and general uh, 'greenery,' all the while thinking i was doing a good thing supporting fledgling businesses selling innovative, useful products for mass consumption. but apparently i was undermining the pillar of community we call the styrofoam and plastics industry instead!!! i was just a gullible hippie after all :T

anyway since this qualifies a serious policy business on Capitol Hill i think it's safe to say we're all fucked regardless of how you feel about hippies.

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on an equally petty but less depressing note, i have slooooowly been inching my way through Resident Evil 5's achievement list with some success. i am now LOADED WITH GUNS and have one thing left on those stupid scavenger hunt-type achievements. next up: raising approximately a bajillion dollars by looting the homes of outrageous racist caricatures for treasure. why am i playing this game again?

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okay it's pretty fun with all the shooting and the tentacle beasts and the COMPLETE GLOBAL SATURATION and the boulder punching and Sheva and Chris and all

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Today's plan: prepare for the apocalypse go to the Borders closing near the NH-MA border. i would be disappointed if there wasn't another Borders staying open about the same distance away from me. so basically: cheap(ish) books with none of the drawbacks! sort of.

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no, i have no idea what this entry is for

Comments

[lustychan.livejournal.com]

I, personally, love being a gullible hippy.

[terabient]

*high five*

[snapcakes.livejournal.com]

I hate those people so hard that I think I might explode one day because salkgjalksdjgas

they are closing every borders in austin cry cry cry cry cry :( :( :( :( ;;;_______;;; I know they were just big box stores for books but they were so cozy and nice compared to the B&N near here and I don't want to go to Book People and hang out with the yuppies and their super-hard chairs. ;;;;;___________;;;;

[terabient]

The part where Mr. Keepin' It Real Republican starts complaining about knives and using 3 (!!! OH NOOOOO) cups to hold drinks is where I started to lose it. wtf kind of disposable knives are you using that can actually cut food that needs to be cut? you might as well use biodegradable stuff, it's not like plastic/styrofoam is a HUGE QUALITY UPGRADE. i would know because i'm totally an expert on these matters (my family likes to barbecue OKAY) and the paper stuff is actually a lot better than the foam these days.

and lol 'cost effective,' i am poor as fuck and i can afford eco-friendly dining ware, PLUS they are probably going to destroy the meager savings they get by having that committee/study thing into reusable stuff anyway.

i like most independent bookstores because most are run by nice old people who just eat their lunch while you are browsing around their store, but there is this one bookstore that is ~locally famous called the Toadstool Bookshop that is painfully whimsical and pretentious at the same time, I never go there. I am sorry it sounds like that might be your only bookstore option ;(

[snapcakes.livejournal.com]

Book People is Austin/SXSW yuppie famous and you should see the toys they sprinkle around in bins, all of which are awesome and awesomely pretentious at the same time. i would have to drive a half hour in shit traffic to get to anything worthwhile. south austin is pretty shitty outside a few choice places because it is all urban-suburban sprawl built in the past 20 years.