why not?

today mr. lee posed an interesting assignment (something you wouldn't have been able to tell upon hearing the shrieks and groans issued from the crowd when he tried to give us paper). but nonetheless, it was pretty interesting. we were to list 3 things we wanted to do and the corresponding things that kept us from doing what we wanted to do. my three things? pretty stupid, actually, but immediately recognizable, judging by the chuckle henry issued when mr. lee read the first one. here goes:
1. stop global warming
2. perform on Broadway
3. fly an airplane
not surprisingly, the third one was actually pretty popular (only among super-cool people, though, since both mel and i put it). but what i thought was really interesting was what mr. lee said after he read them. "the last two are possible, but not the first." at first, i was surprised that he thought that Broadway was feasible, but when i thought about it a little more, i realized that what really surprised me was that he thought the first one wasn't.
maybe i can't stop global warming, but i can try, right? i mean, if you don't try, what else can you do?
the thing that most stuck in my mind after seeing an inconvenient truth were the words right before the credits. they were suggestions, telling us how we can help stop global warming on an individual scale. i remember a few of them, but not as many as i would like.

• vote for leaders that will preserve the world we live in--it's the only one we have.
• spread knowledge: write to newspapers and magazines, call radio stations, tell them about what we're facing and how we can stop it.
• buy a hybrid car, if you are able. if not, walk or ride a bike whenever possible.
  
• use less energy. (this prompted me to turn off all the aircons in my house, greatly puzzling my mom upon her return home.)
• plant trees. lots of them.
• if you pray, pray.

i like the last one the most. it's certainly true. we need all the help we can get.