Earth

Saw Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore documentary about global warming) just now. How do I keep forgetting over and over again the things I need to be doing? I talk and I sit and I leisure. I despair, I party, I forget. I was feeling kinda apathetic about going and being a consumer and watching a movie. But it's $9 Tuesday and my digestive ailments had all but faded after our drive up north to Castle Point and NZ wine country, so I kicked myself out of the door.

Al Gore is a man who thinks and learns continually. He goes places and listens, talks to people, considers large issues, CARES. I'm awarding him my first honorary SuperStudent TM Title. To think we were so close to having these great qualities in a president. It's painful still. I am angry at all of his political advisors that had him hide his humanity to appear more moderate. I wasn't that into him in 2000 but voted for similar reasons many others did, that he was the best choice, that we didn't need a Christian-based military agenda, dadeedadeeda. So the real question is, would he have made more of an environmental impact in office, trying to placate the myriad agendas, than he has with this movie? Is media more powerful than government?

I didn't realize the debate over whether global warming has long-reaching consequences for all life and is man made was a, well, man made debate. It never existed. 928 research papers on global warming over the years, and they all agree that it exists and is man made.

It's all been said before, and a blog can't convey the tears running down my face right now. There is no power in these words. But Gore reminded me that there is still power here. Better to open 10 people's eyes and profoundly change their perception than to half-assedly affect thousands. Everything is connected and the web will grow.

So over and over and over I re-remember what is taking place here and what I have to do. Each time I get closer to action. Let's close the gap and run. Oh, and watch this movie if you haven't. It's him doing a fucking slide show and it's still great. Or read a book if you're more into that format. Don't not go just because I sound cheesy and may or may not have compared Gore to Captain Picard earlier today.