| I'm walkin' on sunshine...ooh! and don't it feel good? That song always goes through my mind when I finish another class. My online university has 8 week semesters...and they really do cram an entire semester's worth of work into 8 weeks! I am writing this on a Thursday night after finishing 2 classes, one in American Literature and another in English Literature. Advanced Shakespeare is next...but for now, I'm just happy to have a week off. I don't have to sit in front of a computer for hours on end. I can actually get up and move. Now is this a fun Facebook feature? When I first joined Facebook, two friends sent me Lil Green Patch plants, so I added the application. I was so excited when I saw that they had saved hundreds of square feet of rain forest by simply sending plants to each other! Immediately, I sent plants to all of my friends but was instantly depressed when the message popped up: "We are sorry, but you do not have enough friends to save 1 square foot of the rain forest." Now that was just plain mean! What if I had been truly despondent? This message might have polished me off! |
| Even though I have enough friends now to have saved 5 square feet of the rain forest, I am still a bit put out by that first message and am even a bit anxious when I send plants lest I suffer rejection again. Now that I have saved 5 square feet of the rain forest, I can speak on the subject with a great deal of authority. I now liken myself to such figures as John Muir and others whose names I have never learned... you know, environmentalists and the like. Sierra Club people, whoever they are. Every time I send off plants (and I have...5 times), I am an activist, one who loves mother earth. It just makes me feel good about myself. I think that this is the kind of thing one should definitely add to a resume... "has utilized the Facebook feature to save five square feet of the rain forest..." If you are on Facebook, you should add the application and then, when you're at the office and everyone is talking about their weekend, you can casually mention in a bored voice that you are part of a nationwide group that works for rain forest conservation efforts and that this is how you spent your Saturday. Your coworkers will act surprised and perhaps want to know more details. Don't divulge too much about it. Just put your hands up as if you don't want to brag. Tell them, "It's really no big deal. I'm just doing what any decent person would do." Oh yeah...they'll feel guilty and you'll get a reputation for being mysterious. If you're a guy, this would be a good way to gain a woman's interest. Well, I'm off to save one more square foot of the rain forest. you can sign the guestbook, but it does nothing for the rain forest. Back to the home page at www.redbluffismytown.com |