mom & andy gave me dr. seuss' the lorax (dvd & book) for christmas. yesterday i watched it for the second time ever (the first in mrs. bowen's sixth grade class). of course, it made me cry.
" 'I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please. But I'm also in charge of the Brown Bar-ba-loots who played in the shade in their Bar-ba-loot suits and happily lived, eating Truffula Fruits.'
'NOW...thanks to your hacking my trees to the ground, there's not enough Truffula Fruit to go 'round. And my poor Bar-ba-loots are all getting the crummies because they have gas, and no food, in their tummies!'
'They loved living here. But I can't let them stay. They'll have to find food. And I hope that they may. Good luck, boys,' he cried. And he sent them away.
I, the Once-ler, felt sad as I watched them all go. BUT... business is business! And business must grow regardless of crummies in tummies, you know. I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got. I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads. I biggered my wagons. I biggered the loads of the Thneeds I shipped out. I was shipping them forth to the South! To the East! To the West! To the North! I went right on biggering...selling more Thneeds. And I biggered my money, which everyone needs."
if it can be put this plainly, why can't everyone see it? posted by heather at 1:37 AM
i declare 2004 to be the end of my misery! clearly, shit ain't gonna change until i get active. i won't expect it to be easy or to come quickly, but i will change my behavior. and there it is.
my new years was spent sad and confused. the closest thing i've had to a good friend in a long time dissed me. i'm still unclear about the circumstance despite a polite handwritten inquiry last week. the best i can do is ask cause i can't beat it out of him. so i learn again that people disappoint, and this only means that i choose to love differently. i come first...always.
most important project: find a JOB. my one good excuse (i.e. school) is gone. the deli is hell on earth, and with each new table, i hate it more. there is important work out there to do! i need to find it so that i can rediscover the joys of work. at the moment, i'm unchallenged, underutilized, bored. a change of scenery would be totally welcomed.
it's snowing.... just a little. enough for me to say it's snowing. i love winter. i love cold weather. snow is cool. i wish we'd get a bunch so i could go sledding.
valentine's weekend i'm going to indiana to see some people i met in chicago. amanda just moved out into her own place and has graciously opened her home to us! i was going to fly to louisville (flight would only cost $150), but dj offered to meet me in west viriginia.... i'll drive the five & a half hours to charleston and the two of us will finish the last four hours to clarksville. with the way shit's turned out recently, i can't imagine a better way to spend that evil holiday. it never much affects me, but it's kinda like saying "fuck you valentine's day!" cannot wait.
TWENTY FIVE in one week. holy crap. i almost forgot!
