so, they said to dare your friends to do this...and i like the idea.

i dare you to choose one action to accomplish this week. state what it is in the comments and then follow-up and let me know if you did it.

i am going to start carrying around the canvas grocery bag i have at home in my purse and use it for everything. i'm going to avoid plastic bags from now on.

what are you going to do?

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update: i have managed to not use plastic bags at all this week! this makes me feel so good i'm definitely going to keep carrying my canvas bag with me everywhere.

@tulip: i think 'fail' means - don't be afraid to fail, and make sure you fail at some things, because how else can you learn? i know i've been taught lots of things by other people, but really what i've learned best (and what i always remember best) are the lessons i learned through my personal mistakes and the aftermath of the experience of those mistakes. so that's what i think it means. if you have anything to add please do in the comments!

xoxo
sappho

Labels: earth

it's early on a sunday morning. i've made & eaten breakfast; the dishwasher is going; the door to our balcony is open and a cool breeze is wafting in as i type. i've written my letter in response to my lay-off (sucks) and have sent off yet another application (*hope*hope*hope*). it's a good start to another day. i'm getting a haircut for the summer on wednesday...if i like it, i'll post pics :) if not, i'll log on here and whine. and remind myself that my hair grows really, really fast.

yesterday t & i participated in earth hour. did any of you? it was really lovely. we turned off everything except for the fridge, and watched as the signs behind our building - manulife centre, bmo, td waterhouse, cibc, the marriott, the bay - all blinked off one by one, followed by the cn tower (which i've never seen so dark before in my life, btw). the whole residences at the manulife centre were dark except for one or two apartments. it was really cool. they've had a huge sign up in the lobby which i saw every morning on the way to work, letting people know what earth hour was about and what to do. even the lobby was pitch black! we saw it when walking back to our place around 8 pm.

t & i lit candles and ate ice cream, and had quelque chose (we have two bottles left from our trip to montreal. i will be sad when it's all gone). we cuddled on the couch and watched all the lights come back on. it really was amazing how many lights were off - but there were still so many on. it made me so sad. don't people care about our earth? or did people just not know in spite of the circulation of news and events?

i saw a few stars when the lights were off. it's been ages since i've seen stars in t.o.

Labels: earth, ice cream, quelque chose, stars