So, my journey begins with the purchase of Andy and Dave Hamilton's book The Self-Sufficient-ish Bible. An eco-living guide for the 21st century. Perfect. This is a beautiful green book. Very hippi. Of course I hate hippies. I hate recycling, hippi bins (compost bins), and hemp. I think mint chip ice gream should be green, toothpaste should be blue, and meat should be a nice shade of chemical red. Dreadlocks are disgusting and women should shave thier armpits and legs. Dirt is, well, dirty. People should dry thier hands with paper towels and not moist mung rags passed from person to person. Mass transit is rediculous. Have you ever ridden a public bus? It takes 3 hours to go 2 blocks.
Step by step I will become more self-sufficient-ish. I will choose a change, embrace the change, and live with the change as long as I can possibly stand it. Some changes might take only a day, others may become week long projects. I plan on starting simple. Nothing too dramatic at first. Nothing too hippi. Just a slight adjustment here and there. We will see where the change takes me. Start simple. Live simple. Become simple.
So are you going to skip all those things on your hate list, or go ahead and accept them and just fill yourself with self-loathing?
ReplyDeleteI will avoid tham all for as long as I can. Although I've already started to consider how the hell am I going to shave my legs without a disposable razor?
ReplyDeleteAnything a razor can do a machete can probably do better.
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