Wednesday, May 30, 2007

we need to have a walk


so i'm trying to walk everywhere. pretty much anything that i would need on a daily basis is within walking distance: the bank, the grocery, the post office, the library. and i've found, as most people who walk in the neighborhoods notice, there's stuff going on on the street that you miss when you're in a car.


but i'm not walking because gas is expensive. (it's not, if you think about it. it's still at a great price--it's a luxury item. but i can tell you, as a traveling musician, it definitely hurts that it's higher than it used to be.) i walking because i need to feel like there is a world around me. i'm getting wrapped up in my head and read too much about the ridiculous war(s) we're fighting. and right before i left for my walk, i read that Russia has tested a new ICBM. so that's good. i'm relieved. i was worried that we weren't going to have another Cold War among all this news of (it's real, folks!) Global Warming. so i'm glad about that. and my gladness and feeling of overall security brought on by another goverment deciding that money should be spent on war rather than on warring against poverty or stupidity or even bad grammar (i'm not saying i'm immune from over using elipses and dashes or rogue punctuations!).....anyway, that feeling prompted me to walk.


and what should i walk past on my walk today? a Hummer. no, not that kind of hummer. I would have stopped to look at that. But a regular old stupid ridiculous looking H3. And I made a decision. I will not look at, talk to, or recognize in any way a person who drives this type of vehicle, unless, in fact, I am in a locale that requires this type of vehicle to get over dunes or hills or whatever they are designed to do. they look stupid. and the people driving them are even dumber. and the thing that pisses me off the most is not the people who say "well, i can afford it and i can afford the gas."....well, guess what A-hole, you're using up resources that are supposed to be shared. and you look ridiculous. i should know what ridiculous looks like. i frequently wear ridiculous clothes. but my clothes don't eat up precious oil reserves. and i honestly feel that people who drive this type of vehicle do not deserve to be acknowledged or recognized. they deserve to be ignored. and i'm going to ignore them. plus, in German, the word "hummer" (i'm pretty sure) means lobster. how apropos.
the point of this little rant is. let's walk. find a way to get some of the stuff that you were previously driving to get, by walking. and let's find a way to make H3s into small apartments or reading rooms that you put plants in in your backyard.

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