Things that make you go.....hmmmm?

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

I try not to criticize others. It's hard. There are lot of challanged people in this world. I'm one of them. So I say: To each his own. Free will is a gift. And so on....

However, today, I feel that I need a 'What the &%#@?' rant. I happened to pick up a copy of "Organic Living" today at the gym. I am crunchy, I am a hippie, I eat as much organic food as possible. I take care of my body and love my Mother (Earth). Ten pages into the "magazine" I realized I had been duped. Suckered. The first half of the magazine was about organic fashion?!?! And organic fashion designers!?!?! Now, I'm sure Stella McCartney is a lovely earth concious person, but I cannot and will not ever ever ever in this lifetime or any of the following pay $995 for a handbag. I did not forget a decimal. $995!! Leather you ask? NO! I could have possibly rationalized paying $995 for a genunie leather handbag (If I had been drugged.), but a thousand dollars for fake leather. Fake Leather!!!

If the fashionable organic handbag (That you no longer have and money to carry in) wasn't enough. You could buy an "organic" chair for $2,100. One Chair!! This is so wrong on so many levels. 1.) What happened to the thrift store? And some paint? Or recycled fabric? 2.) Who has that kind of money to drop on a chair you can't sleep in? 3.) The entirety of all of my possesions do not equal $2,100. Including my car. I will provide an itemized list on request for all who doubt.

I don't get it. You can love your life, love the earth and have some savings. Maybe someone out there can explain it better? Please.

And since you were wondering:
It costs $36,000 for 6 people to fly on a private jet from Austin to Santa Barbara. That's more than I owe in school loans. Think about it.