Plastic bags

Some girl who was volunteering for Environment California was trying to teach me about plastic bags.

Did you know there are tons of plastic floating out in the pacific ocean? Yes, I read about that a couple months ago.

Did you know LA just banned the use of plastic bags? Yes, I read about that yesterday.

She then went on to say something like.. "I can't believe we haven't banned them here in Davis.." and that annoys me.. What makes Davis so special? Let's throw in the fact that paper bags weigh a whole lot more than plastic bags and there's a small possibility that we'd actually be doing more harm to the environment.

To me plastic is grrrreat. The problem is that it basically lasts forever, but we use it to make things that aren't designed to last forever.

I then walked out of the market with a plastic bag and she wanted to try and guilt trip me into using a paper bag next time.. I told her that I had plans for my plastic bags.. Which I really do.. I'm going to make a basket.. But all I said was I have a plan for them.. I realllllly should've said, "oh no.. It's ok. I have a plan for this bag.. I'm babysitting a 6 month old baby and he needs something to play with unattended. Thanks for the advice though."

Driving back home.. I was behind this guy that was throwing stuff out his car window. We were at a stop and it looked like he was throwing cherries or cherry seeds out the window... And I seriously wanted to get out of my car and pull him out through the window and spit my gum out on his face. You know... Something friendly. When the light tuned green he continued to throw things out the window and I considered crashing my car into his... But this isn't a cartoon. I just let him be.. Things will take care of themselves... Oh, and if you're thinking, "oh, it's just cherries.. Whats wrong with that? It's natural and biodegradable.." then piss off. He's tossing them all overthe pavement and just making a mess.



Oh. By the way. Forgot to mention this... The Old Man brought home this plate of treats like brownies and stuff.. from whenever teachers appreciation day was... I want to say it was May 8. He kept it in the refrigerator for 2 days... Uncovered... Then he takes it out of the refrigerator, wraps it in Saran wrap, and sticks it on top of the toaster.. It's been there ever since.. And the plate is still half full.. So I don't get it..

I also bought a cheap blender.. The next week he brings a blender in... Plugs it in and it's just been sitting there.. Why!?

He also asked about restaurants again and I told him there's a new Italian place that opened downtown... His response... "that's a chain, I don't want to go there." but he totally goes to other chains.. So what the hell? One day I'm going to slap him. You know how black people say, "I'm going to slap the black off of you."? It'll be at an equal amount of force.

Wait! I need to convince him to shave his mustache off somehow.. I think I would find him slightly less creepy.. But I think he has it so he can cover that 'shithead' tattoo he has on his upper lip. So I don't think thats ever going to happen..