Our enviroment

It is proven beyond reasonable doubt that the way we live our lives, at least in the western part of the world, is destroying our planet. Still almost none of us are willing to put in the extra effort to give our grandchildren a chance to experience the earth the way we and our ancestors have. How can we continue our way of life year after year when we all know we are hurting and destroying our own and only world?

The first and biggest reason for this is money. Money makes the world go round, just look at where we are today. And making money is still more important than saving the earth. The people making the big bucks do not care enough to spend a few % of their winnings to save the world. They are more concerned about their bank accounts then the polar ice. People who make billions surely could help a lot by donating millions to programmes trying to save our planet and reverse the progress.

A second reason is the lack of interest from “the Jones’s”, because not only rich, or super rich, people are to blame for where we are today. “The Jones’s” could have a big saying in our strive to save the earth if they just could muster up some energy to do it.

The most efficient and quickest way to reach a change in the climate is to start with one self. How many of us don’t use the car when we know we only gain minutes compared to using the bicycle? And when we shop for light bulbs, many of us do not choose the cheaper ones instead of the low energy ones although we know that in the long run the low energy bulbs will be cheaper? Even when we go shopping for groceries most of us tend to buy the non environmental friendly products, and why? There is only one reason; because it is cheaper.

The time has come when we all, super rich or dirt poor, must help out the way we can. Otherwise we will hand over a planet filled with environmental problems to our children. And how are we going defend our actions when the line of no return is reached and crossed? We certainly can’t say we didn’t know. We’ve known for decades. The only thing we have to say for ourselves is that we where trying to save some money for our children. I’ll bet their answer will be “for what?”

My favourite TV shows

My absolute favourite TV-show is Family Guy. Yeah, I know it is a cartoon but I can’t help it. It cracks me up and I just love it. My second favourite show on the “telly” is Dr House. His arrogance and way of treating people is right up my ally, it amuses me so to speak. The third and final TV-show that needs mentioning here is Seinfeld. At first I didn’t se the greatness in it but now I just can’t get enough of it and watch it almost every day.

What I like so much about Family Guy is the way they make fun of celebrities. How Peter says something that has actually happened, recent or past, and then shows it in the funniest way. My favourite Family Guy episode is when “Stewie”, the infant of the “Parker” family, travels to the future and finds out he turns out a lonely virgin with a dead end job instead of the world dictator he dreams of becoming. Another episode worth mentioning is when all the characters in Family Guy re-tells Star Wars, episode IV, A new Hope. It is just brilliant with “Stewie” as Darth Vader, “Peter” as Han Solo and “Chris” as Luke Skywalker among others. You just got to love it!

Dr House by him self is funny enough to make you follow the series. The way he uses his “friends” to get his painkillers and how he always knows what other people will do in different situations, no matter what the circumstances are is nothing short of brilliance. He seems to be gambling with his patient’s health but in the end House is always right and saves the day just in the nick of time. Even though you always know it is going to turn out alright for the patients it is still a great show with a nice touch of feel good factor in it. Plus, a few laughs are guaranteed…

If I had to point out the single funniest character I know of I would have to say “George Costanza” in Seinfeld. His way of life and the way he always mess it up over and over again making the same mistakes over and over again is just spot on. He is hilarious! I am not to found of Kramer or Elaine, but George; he’s my man. This one time, of many, he feels lonely and goes back to his ex partner but remembers after only five minutes with her why he hated her guts and left her the week earlier. He panics, of course, and makes a complete mess out of the whole situation, very very funny. When he gets job with the New York Yankees, a dream job for him, he manage to fuck that up as well. This is not a tenth of all the reasons why I love him so much. The way he choose his words and speaks of himself in the third person and how he and his parents always fight because their so different from each other makes me laugh, and what more can you ask from a sitcom about nothing?

Blogg assignment #1

The most important thing for a child when he or she grows up is, in my opinion, feeling loved by ones parents. I know it’s a cliché but if a child is allowed to grow up in a loving family with both parents a lot is won on just that. Not only because the child will have two role models but also because there will always be two people there for him, or her, sharing the ups and downs everybody goes through when growing up.

Raising a child takes a lot of time, and I think that to give a child the best possible start in life, and a fair chance to in the future become a contributing part of society, there just needs to be two grown ups around to manage that. There just isn’t enough time for one parent to ensure a child’s upbringing the way two parents can.

Not that it is impossible to raise a child on ones own, but with work and everything else that has to be sorted out every day it is hard to keep up. I know there are hundreds of “sunshine stories” out there where single mothers, or fathers, have done everything to make sure their children gets the best upbringing available. Sadly though, there are thousands of stories with not so much sunshine where single parents have not been giving their children enough love, support and time.

I’m not saying you have to be a bad parent just because you’re a single parent. But it is a lot easier to be a good parent, feel good about yourself and be able to enjoy some time with friends if all the trouble of raising a child is split two ways.

Of course there are thousands of exceptions to this. A single, working parent is obviously a lot better than two drinking or abusive ones. I hope you as a reader can se the obvious in that and don’t comment on just that. And for the record, because I’m sure you’re wondering. Yes I do believe that same sex parents are fully and equally capable to give children a great upbringing. Raising a child is in your heart, or in your head, it damn sure isn’t in your trousers!

The greatest responsibility for us adults is to ensure that every child gets the best upbringing available for them. Preferably with the child’s parents in a safe surrounding where he or she is given the time and opportunity to be a child with everything that comes with it. Unfortunately enough, this is impossible. But it is our responsibility as adults to work with this as the only goal in our minds; because frankly, anything else is just not good enough.