The American Dream of the 21st Century

I have been using the same styrofoam cup at school for over 2 months. While a clever environmentalist, such as someone who recylces even in the face of "God" or at least in the presence of people who like to think they know what He wants us to do with those blue bins everywhere, might ask, "Why use styrofoam in the first place?"

Answer: Convenience (a true Daily Double in America, right?). Convenience is the reason for the season we've created, that being one long, tumultuous year across the globe of weird weather patterns, catastrophes and other succulent evidence that supports the global climate change view of things as opposed to the four lovely (albeit not exactly evenly dispersed time-wise) seasons we used to have here in lovely Minnesota (Note: Global warming is not what it is all about! Climate change are the keywords here).

As per my usual style, I digress.

Getting back to the subject, that being my styrofoam cup, I am surprised to see that a lot of people who have noticed me carrying and re-using the same cup for so long have begun asking why I do it. Because I wrote a bunch of stuff on it, including a stylized version of my cat's name and something I'll add later on, it is easy to identify vs. a plain white cup and thus draws the eye like a low cut blouse or a car accident (not for me, just for the people driving in front of me who have never seen a car in a ditch before, ay yi yi). It seems like I am being jokingly ostrasized for wanting to reduce my footprint.

I guess my goal is to show myself and maybe a few others who are paying attention that we live in a disposable society. Everything seems geared to be used quickly and then replaced just for the cycle to begin once again. Here's what else I wrote on my cup:

"The American Dream: Life, Love, the Pursuit of Money" although convenience is just as fitting.

Once Mike Edgar helps me get my moped running, I plan to bike or moped to school, the grocery store, etc. I figure if I need the speed/ convenience of a motorized vehicle, I might as well pull down over 100 MPG while using one.

I plan to use my cup until it wears out. I keep it in my locker (yes, my school is a converted and expanded middle school so I have a locker... two actually, one by the auditorium and one in the locker room. Both are in great locations, actually, which pleases me).

I hope I remember to write about my cat next time... or, more to the point, a typical day that we share together. Such early mornings!