| people you meet when you don't have a gun |
[Nov. 26th, 2007|09:10 am] |
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I would like to apologize to the rest of the world for my complete toolbox of a Prime Minister.
All I can say is, I voted for Kodos |
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| love is an iron lung |
[Jun. 12th, 2007|08:02 pm] |
One of the bad things I mentioned in my previous post has been struggling to deal with the barely translucent peanut butter-coloured substance that Toronto residents laughingly refer to as "air".
I knew it was bad. I went to Kingston for a weekend last summer, and it wasn't until I took three flights of stairs at a dead run that it clicked just how much of an impact it has on me to live in the smog belt every day.
All the places we visited on our recent road trip were either a)on the ocean, b)in the mountains or c)out in the middle of nowhere. For three weeks I never thought about breathing. When we got to Chicago, it was like hitting a brick wall. At one point I was genuinely wondering if I was going to just fall over from lack of oxygen. It was a fight to get myself to a place where I could sit down and by the time I made it there were black spots swimming in front of my eyes.
Since we got back into town I've been using my inhaler every day. I feel like I have a partially inflated balloon in my chest. I can see the constant haze if I look up at the Tower, and the air smells faintly like burnt plastic.
I love Toronto. There are a ton of reasons I want to stay here. (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) bcholmes being a rather obvious one.) But for the first time ever the_axel and I are talking about what the hell we are going to do if there isn't a major change in Canada's environmental policies in the next couple of years. It may very well mean being driven out of my home, whether I like it or not.
In the meantime, the biggest neighbourhood initiative going on right now in my area is coming from people who are pissed off because they might be losing their street parking.
It's enough to make me weep.
If I could catch my breath long enough. |
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| a thought |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|07:21 pm] |
Why don't groups like PETA urge action on global warming?
Even if they aren't concerned about human suffering, you would think the issue of widespread extinction would be a concern. |
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| the next step |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|11:09 am] |
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Every resource I've ever seen about climate change gives the same basic instructions. "Turn down the AC. Get a more fuel efficient car. Buy locally."
We don't have air con. We bus and bike everywhere. We eat vegetarian most of the time, and every lightbulb in the house is compact fluorescent. We patch, repair, reuse and freecycle.
Now what? Where is the environmentalism 201?
*sigh*
I guess I could always write more letters.
What I'm listening to right this second: Knucklehead |
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| government sphere |
[Jul. 9th, 2006|06:53 pm] |
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I just finished downloading the forms so I can get caught up on my taxes.
For 2002.
*sigh*
This makes me thing about the government. Which makes me think about Harper and his fixation with wasting time on stupid free votes on gay marriage as if they would change anything. And the fact that he cancelled the program brought in by the liberals to make houses more energy efficient.
And that reminds me that bcholmes and I went to see An Inconvenient Truth when it opened in town. I was favourably impressed. The science was explained very cleary, the myths were dispelled efficiently and it actually ended on what I thought was a poasitive note.
I highly recommend it.
Which reminds me, I have some irate letters I've been meaning to write.
Which will neatly give me an excuse not to be able to start working on my taxes tonight. |
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| posted because more people should know about him |
[Jan. 7th, 2006|11:06 pm] |
Yesterday marked the death of a real American hero.
Thanks to james_nicoll for the heads-up. |
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