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Just saw Superman Returns last night. Very awesome movie. Superman is definitely the coolest. Great acting, great storyline, great special effects, great movie all around. I definitely recommend checking it out if you’re into action movies. There’s an awesome scene where this guy shoots Superman in the eye and the bullet bounces off in slow motion and hits the ground. So hardcore. Also it parallels the Resurrection story big time for you biblical types out there. Anyways, just thought I’d share. I have included the trailer here for fun and convenience.
To commute to work every day during breaks from school, I have to go from northern Virginia to Washington, DC. To get there in the most environmentally friendly and cost effective manner, I take the bus, which takes me to the Metro (subway), which puts me in walking distance of my job.
Throughout my travels on the Metro and bus systems, I have encountered many questionable etiquette situations. The one situation that I really dislike is the seating arrangements. These simply reek of awkwardness, and give me the urge to curl up in the fetal position. Just kidding. Kind of.
Seating on public transit has always been an affair of chivalry. And although chivalry is one of the coolest things since sliced bread, it also happens to create MASS AWKWARDNESS. The situation on the Metro usually goes as such. A young guy sits down when the train is not crowded, then the train gets crowded after a few stops and someone of a priority rank for seating (handicapped, older, or female; according to chivalry) is standing near him because all of the seats are taken. He should now give up his seat. Unfortunately a few different things can happen:
gimme a break on celebrities talking about conservation. This reminds me of barbra streisand when she talks about how we should all conserve power by putting our clothes out on a clothes line… but she her self didn’t have a clothes line and wouldn’t ever put her clothes out there. Roger ebert drives home in his S500 or limo in his climate controlled house and turns off the lights? Good talk.
I assume you saw that silly website talking about Al Gore’s energy consumption when making trips to give speeches for this movie. With his own private jets, his CO emissions are 10000 times more than a normal citizen.
This is my problem with conservation as a cause. It is a perfectly honest and very honorable cause. Getting back to basic economics again, what is the incentive for me to conserve? If it isn’t my cause, then I don’t get any buzz from saving the earth and conserving is actually causing a decrease in my utility. George, you may get enough of a buzz from conserving for it to be a positive personal utility. These preaching celebrities and politicians are already living beyond the means of any normal person. They have multiple houses, multiple cars, personal jets, all of which contributes to that celebrity or politicians own personal life and utility. If we want to save the earth through conservation, then everyone has to do their part. But what is the incentive? If I turn off the lights in my house and save 5 bucks a month in electricity costs, it isnt going to save the world if George Clooney or Johnny Depp’s jet is putting out more emissions than my car would in 1000 years.
gimme-five is back online, at least for the time being. Here is a timeline of what happened:
Friday Afternoon: Everything is ok, I leave work to meet Jessica at the Austin City Grill. We eat Mexican food and it is delicious. The waiter winks at Jessica, but luckily my anger is offset by the fact that the restaurant is entirely powered by wind energy. Cool!
Friday Night: Jessica and I leave Washington, DC to return to Herndon, VA, where we go to see the Da Vinci Code. Readers of gimme-five were right, I didn’t like it very much. But then again I hadn’t read the book. Jessica had read it and she did enjoy the movie.
Friday Late Night: I check gimme-five, as I always do before I go to bed, and notice it is down.
Saturday Morning: gimme-five is still down. I check my webhost, Blazernetwork.com and notice that only their front page on their website works. I try calling them but get redirected to an answering machine.
Saturday Afternoon: gimme-five is still down. I write a few emails to Blazer Network and get no response. I have come to expect a lack of response, however, since every time I’ve had a problem in 2006, I have received no response from them. Oh well.
