someone who cares a whole awful lot
Mar. 4th, 2012 08:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
j_v_lynchGentle Readers,
Lydia and I went to see the Lorax this evening. It's sad to see that particular character shilling for Mazda and a disposable diaper companies. However, the overall movie wasn't awful. It was funny and enjoyable and Lydia, who fell in love with the story last week was happy with it, especially because she got to see the Barbalutes and other animals come back to a reforested land.
However, I think they should have been a bit more explicit with the message about what was causing the problem. It's not the planting of trees that solves the problem. It's the consumption. In particular the consumption of worthless shit like Thneeds and Bottled Air.
That being said, the basic message:
Unless someone like you
cares a whole awful lot.
Nothing is going to get better.
It's not.
Is true for everything. Be it concerns about health care, robocalling, human rights, feminism or whatever.
Anyway, at least there was something slightly more upbeat, instead of thinking of how I'm failing the coming generations, sent my way.
Many many years ago, Skud brought back a book for Lydia from Australia called "Possum Magic" which is about a possum who was turned invisible for her own protection and who now wants to be visible again. In order to become visible, she must eat a varieity of australian foods. (as a side note, Australian possums are way more cute than north american ones).
Today Skud posted retweeted about a possum who got into a bakery and stuffed itself so full of pastriess it couldn't move. There was also a picture.
Sarah Hoppy Hopkins @Hoppy_Jnr
1) Possum broke into the local bakery and ate so many pastries he couldnt move! This is how the bakery owners found him!! http://pic.twitter.com/7fqhZzCg
2) Ok everyone I just found out WIRES was called and they picked the little guy up and took him to a vet! All good! pic.twitter.com/4XLrchhE
and with that adorable cuteness, I leave you to your evening. As I'm ready for sleep and I have to get off the internet before I start looking up how I should be citing Tweets.
Lydia and I went to see the Lorax this evening. It's sad to see that particular character shilling for Mazda and a disposable diaper companies. However, the overall movie wasn't awful. It was funny and enjoyable and Lydia, who fell in love with the story last week was happy with it, especially because she got to see the Barbalutes and other animals come back to a reforested land.
However, I think they should have been a bit more explicit with the message about what was causing the problem. It's not the planting of trees that solves the problem. It's the consumption. In particular the consumption of worthless shit like Thneeds and Bottled Air.
That being said, the basic message:
Unless someone like you
cares a whole awful lot.
Nothing is going to get better.
It's not.
Is true for everything. Be it concerns about health care, robocalling, human rights, feminism or whatever.
Anyway, at least there was something slightly more upbeat, instead of thinking of how I'm failing the coming generations, sent my way.
Many many years ago, Skud brought back a book for Lydia from Australia called "Possum Magic" which is about a possum who was turned invisible for her own protection and who now wants to be visible again. In order to become visible, she must eat a varieity of australian foods. (as a side note, Australian possums are way more cute than north american ones).
Today Skud posted retweeted about a possum who got into a bakery and stuffed itself so full of pastriess it couldn't move. There was also a picture.
Sarah Hoppy Hopkins @Hoppy_Jnr
1) Possum broke into the local bakery and ate so many pastries he couldnt move! This is how the bakery owners found him!! http://pic.twitter.com/7fqhZzCg
2) Ok everyone I just found out WIRES was called and they picked the little guy up and took him to a vet! All good! pic.twitter.com/4XLrchhE
and with that adorable cuteness, I leave you to your evening. As I'm ready for sleep and I have to get off the internet before I start looking up how I should be citing Tweets.
