Go Green or Go Home

One of the least known celebrations is a day that happened last week thursday, earth day. Earth day was originally created 40 years ago this year to challenge the government and corporate leaders to better the environment. Today many businesses are using this day as just another thing that they can market there products to there buyers. In the article "At 40, Earth Day is Now Big Business" from the New York Times the author gives an interesting quote " Gray Line, a New York City sightseeing company, will keep running its buses on fossil fuels, but it is promoting an “Earth Week” package of day trips to green spots like the botanical gardens and flower shopping at Chelsea Market." I find this entertaining that bus companys are supposedly doing good things for the environment when they are just ruining it each day they run.

I believe that everyone today has lost what the real meaning of earth day is. People don't really care about earthday and neither do companies. They are just using the day so that they can make money in there pocket. I really liked the idea of the recycling kiosks and i believe that it will help improve recycleing rates. I think that earth day should go away from being about marketing and go back to the original purpose, keeping the earth clean.

we be ridin dirty

All my life i have always wanted to buy myself a motorcycle. Over spring break i decided it was time to buy my first motorcycle. My friend showed me a picture of one from this dealer in richland center and i went and took a look at it and i really liked it. I had ridden dirtbikes a lot and fourwheelers so i was used to the shifting concept and i thought it would be the same but it really is a lot different. I talked to my friends and my family and they thought it would be a good starter bike because it was only 500cc and i didn't want to kill myself right away. I thought about it more and I bought it. It took forever to go thru the process but after i bought it and i started it up and i killed it right away. I finally took off and started driving it around the building and i tried to turn and its alot different than riding a dirtbike because you usually put your leg out and you have to lean a lot more on a motorcycle especially on a crotch rocket. You also have to get used to turn signals and stuff which is different but pretty simple.

I took it back to my place in la crosse and practice just riding around the block and in the alley behind my apartment complex. It took me a while to get used to the clutch especially when starting from being stopped. I didn't want to go out and get into an accident right away especially since i only have my learners permit. Eventually i kept driving further and further away from my apartment. One of the times i was driving downtown and i killed it at a stoplight and i felt like a complete retard, but i guess thats just one of the things you have to deal with when learning something new. I am now a whole lot better and can drive it pretty much anywhere in town i just need to take it out on the interstate or on a highway which i will soon once the weather gets nicer and i dont have to work. I just have to watch out for the other drivers out there because i already had someone pull out in front of me and almost hit me. I am very happy with my purchase and i can already tell that im gunna want to get a 600cc in about a year or two for more power. I am looking forward to riding it a lot more throughout the summer and glad that its a lot better on gas than cars.