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Ahem. (Was Re: conservation hypocricy, etc)
Geez... lighten up!
Since my half-hearted whining started this thread,
I feel compelled to clarify a teensy little point:
I wasn't seriously complaining.
I don't really think *anything* needs to be done about gas prices.
I realize I'm getting older, but sheesh, did you really think
I was feeling ROBBED of the chance to attend two consecutive OTR shows
100 miles apart?!... heehee... How ridiculous.
I was just pouting about recent changes in my fuel budget
and explaining to Ysobelle why I wouldn't be attending her party.
I did my years (in Philadelphia, the city in question, as a matter of fact)
as a young idealist with no car and a good pair of walking shoes.
We had high-minded discussions of all the world's problems, and came
up with some "Just carpool, people!" type solutions, too.
...and now I'm a single suburban mom trying to raise her son in a good
neighborhood
(read: one without bars on the windows and/or used drug needles in the
parks.)
There don't happen to be any architecture or design firms within walking
or even biking distance of this single family home with a driveway and a
fenced yard
that I'm working my tush off to furnish and renovate.
The other parents that I work with have their own kid's schedules to attend
to
in the evenings: carpooling doesn't easily allow for making it to soccer
practice on time.
These ARE choices I've made. I'm aware of that and quite happy with them.
I was not advocating any political action; I was simply pouting.
I'm female. I *am* entitled to pout. ; )
I can hear you gearing up to tell me I'm not only contributing to pollution
but
to the population explosion, and encouraging misogyny/harming the feminist
cause
with that last line as well, hmm?
*big grin*
Not going anywhere near the religious issues....
A.
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