My box of trash is sure filling up after just three daysAll right, it's confession time. I sold out the environment for a buck. Well actually, it's worse. I sold out the environment for a bottle of hairspray.
You see, I needed shampoo and conditioner so I stopped by a beauty supply store today. I picked up a bottle of shampoo and conditioner that each cost $21.99 so I'd be spending around $44. But then at the counter they told me I could get a boxed set of the same brand that came along with a bottle of hairspray, all for the slightly cheaper price of $40. It was a good deal so I said OK but then I realized what that meant. Packaging. Yet I bought it anyway even though I already own hairspray and don't actually need any. When I got home I had to add the plastic and paper packaging to my box of trash that I'm collecting this week (see my previous post to explain why), knowing that while the packaging material is recyclable, it really wasn't necessary. Darn it. To atone for my sin I'll have to make sure I use lots of hairspray tomorrow. 80s look, here I come.
And in a side note, I heard on the radio today that Metro's Blue Line, the light rail line that runs from downtown Long Beach to downtown LA, is the most successful light rail line in the country. This fun fact came from Michael Dukakis of all people, who it turns out is a bit of a transportation expert (he was pushing high-speed rail in his interview on NPR's Day to Day). I'm not sure what exactly he meant by "successful," whether he means the Blue Line has the most riders or it makes the most money. Either way that was cool to hear. I felt some LB pride, I admit.
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