Work Day #1

Monday, January 21st
Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Today was the first day we worked on our Commonweal project. I picked up Christian from school and then we went to pick up Colin at his house. We stood at the door and rang the doorbell mercilessly, and finally entered the house against Colin's will. We snooped around while Colin cut out global warming tickets and complained about our snooping.------------------------------------->

We headed to Thruway, and ended up sitting in the cafe at Borders writing out a list of the Five Biggest Threats in the world (Lab #1) on neon colored poster board. We all pondered for a very long time about the list, but found that all of our pondering lead us back to one concept: people. People are the cause of their own negativity. People are the cause of their own suffering. People pollute the earth. Fish don't do war on each other. People are the biggest threat to our planet, and to existence.

Next, we set out to ticket large SUVs with our global warming tickets (Lab #13). We were a bit scared for our lives, actually, and we got some funny looks. Colin did all of the dirty work. It was freezing.

Colin went into Steinmart to buy gloves. When I asked him what they were made of, he replied,"Cashmere! I am saving cows by not buying the leather ones".
Turns out, the gloves were 100% leather, with cashmere lining.

Next, we went to Party City to purchase helium balloons for Lab #2. Unfortunately, the lady who blew up the balloons wouldn't let us put our letters inside them. So instead we wrote messages on the balloons with sharpies. Then we drove over to Reynolda Village, got some ice cream, and set the balloons free in a field.

...and so concludes our good-doing.
-Zoe & Colin