Suburbia.
Ok People can you follow me for a few minutes here?
Suburbia is fucking stupid. Pardon my French. Do we understand this? People living in 3000 sq ft houses with no yards driving 2-3 cars and have 1.5 children commuting to jobs they hate for a total of hours in their day. Neighborhoods that are nothing even close to neighborly. Community? Does anyone even understand what that means anymore?
Over populated my ass. We are not overpopulated we have created a sprawl that is unsustainable in the most vital ways. These suburbs that are being built all over are not solving anyones problems. The solution is high density intelligently designed housing and amenities. Think about it. We are not walking, biking, using transit because as it stands we can’t it is a 20 min drive never mind the walk! Transit will not service suburbs because it isn’t worth it to them the density is not high enough there are not enough people who require transit. We fall back on our cars.
Gas prices are not forcing us to change. We need to look at how we live. Our very way of life and what it has grown into is what has to change. Communities where you can call your neighbors by name and pick up their kids from school. You carpool because you work with friends and are involved in each others lives. We are all part of the solution because we all contribute to the problem.
Crap this isn’t coming out right……..maybe I should take more time to think about it! Clearly it isn’t easy.
Bratflakes.
It is sad that sometimes emails such as these are the highlights of my day. Love to the humorous fellows in my ‘virtual’ life. This is in response to my lack of correspondence because in all honesty I have been busy! And neglecting my addiction.
Cav…. (unedited in it’s entirety)
Sure sure, you read all of the entertainment that I bring in my messages but you don’t keep up. What’s the deal? Where’s the love, eh? It’s so monumentally rude that I’m going to hold a parade in your honour, a fabulous and spectacular event with balloons, floats, and candy. Lots of candy! And I think I’ll nickname you bratflakes, like branflakes only not as healthy and they certainly won’t keep ya regular (for appointments).
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Me :
Haha I think I actually laughed out loud! lol. Wow I cannot believe I just wrote that. I do apologize. Terribly busy and the like. I hate that I don’t have the time to commit to writing witty and intelligent dialog and so I just flake out all together. Oh wait… maybe that is where the nickname came from? Lovely – well done *clap clap* and such.
I don’t really like candy unless it is caramel. Can we have a caramel parade? Where everyone is dressed in brown with nude underwear underneath? You know like a Caramilk bar. Balloons are bad for the environment so biodegradable streamers? Parades are good as long as they are full of horses and people walking. See you should never allow me to give input on things as I will almost always complicate them.
- K
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Cav…….
You laughed out loud genuinely, did you? No kidding! But… but how ever could you admit to that? For shame! Off to a convent with you for 100 years as penance. You’ll be Sister Bratflakes! Ha! Lovely. You’ll certainly keep yourself busy there.
I suuuppooose we could exchange the candy for caramel. I’ll have to contact a few people, call in a few favours, pay for the shipping and handling, extort the caramel maffia and the local police, but we can get it done. Geez – so high maintenance.
As for the dressing in nude underwear… I uhh already assumed that that was a given? Hmm. And I’m not sure how it’ll be a CaraMILK bar unless you’re bringing a number of lactating mothers. Your choice. Won’t that be about the yummiest thing this side of Vancouver?
Balloons, balloons, yes too difficult on the planet. Streamers it is, but everyone has to bring thier own. Too expensive! As for the horses and people, yes of course we can have both. BUT, but there will be no one mounted on the horses! It’s belittling and it exploits the poor animals. Next we’ll be clothing them in saddles and reins for thousands of years domesticating them for human benefit for heaven sake!
No, no I’m certainly not conferring with you on my next parade. You ruin everything with this planet-friendly caramel nonsense. Damn Bratflakes!
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Well I mean a parade is great but they are really wasteful and if I am going to practice what I preach it would hardly be appropriate for me to condone or have such things held in my honor! I mean really.
