Going Green??

***Now I must start this post with a disclaimer that many of you are going to rag on me for. This post is not politically correct and will make it seem like I'm not "up with the times." It also contains crappy camera phone pics. You were warned.***


I just don't "get" going green.

*shock* Now, wait a second. Before you spit your morning coffee all over the keyboard, hear me out for a second. The thing I don't get about all this "green stuff" is that I think its a fad. I see people carrying their groceries in potato sacks while wearing their Prada heels and taking off in their Bently's. There is this one car that lives close to my part of town that I see all the time with 15 million bumper stickers on it. It has stickers like, "Bush lied." "How many more lives are wasted to put money in your pockets?" and my personal favorite, "How many die daily to put gas in your tank?" Now, I might start to feel a little guilty for my green bitterness with such blatant statements except for the tiny fact that this person drives a Suburban. Now, come on! If they had one of those little smart cars that are smaller than a shoebox I would understand. But a Suburban? Those things get like 8 miles to the gallon!!

Now, I'm all for saving the planet. I think everyone can make a difference no matter how small the effort. But I don't like to feel like I'm wearing a sign around my neck that says, "I'm going green." all the while filling up my gas tank 3 times a week because I drive around the state like a crazy person (I would justify that this was all for work, but it would make no difference. It still is using resources.) So, while I might decided to walk short distances instead of drive, chose to shut of the water while brushing my teeth, or change all my light bulbs to those annoying funky shaped ones, I refuse to say I'm joining the green fad.



Now, with all that out of the way, let me go on to horribly contradict myself. The Stiles Corporation sent me an email earlier this week stating they were giving away free trees on Las Olas in downtown Fort Lauderdale in honor of Earth Week. This company seems to really be getting behind the green wagon full force. While the thought of this totally goes against my mantra of not getting involved with the fad, I thought, "Hey, its a free tree right? And if I plant one it is good for the environment, right?"

I know. I'm shameless. My friends tease me that they think I make my own rules just so I can break them.

Ok, so here's the thing I found most funny about this event. It has nothing to do with my anti-fad attitude. Or the fact that I will get teased relentlessly for getting a tree when I have no yard to plant it in (luckily, my parents have a house, so we're all good on that end anyway). No, the real reason why this is so funny is this...



I drive a 1999 10th Anniversary Edition MIATA! Yes, a MIATA. A matchbox has more room than this car. I can barely fit all my photography equipment in it, let alone an entire 6 foot tree.

So yes, if you see this driving down the road today...



Just honk and wave! :-)