Emily, Karen, Corey, and Kelsie's vid project

Low impact finale

1. RECYCLE [coughcough]

2. Walk anywhere under 2 miles

3. No unneeded lights

4. No plastic bags.

Woot! Last day doin' low impact challenge for me! Wait, no, I mean woo! Curses, Nick Mesloh!

Anyways. Firstly, my last blog post was named after the song "Of Love and Colors" by Lisa Germano. I recommend you check it out, although most of you either wouldn't like it or don't actually read peoples posts and are only doing this because we have to.

Secondly, I'm urging the walking thing upon ye. If you walk, you can get nice, shapely, muscular legs like mine.

Okay, I'm done joking about my legs now.

So I guess I should do some kind of reflecting in this...I was going to wait until midnight, but my parents shut off the internet around 11. Now then, where to begin eh?

I can't really say I learned anything out of this. I kind of took the easy way out because, well, I hate working. That's a lie. It's more that I hate trying. Not that I have a small comfort zone, more so that it just works that way. My family's too big to do something drastic like eat all local foods. There was a birthday the same week we started. Red hair makes it hard to not shave. Not eating meat would be something akin to a two week fasting/starvation.

Face it, I take the easy way out whenever I can. Even if it means I suffer...at least I'm honest.

So am I gonna take anything away from this? Am I going to spend the rest of my life peeing outside and not shaving?

No. The only thing I'm taking away are new thoughts on Superheroes, thoughts on not wearing underwear, and a need to research that thing about ink and font sizes. Those, plus that one thought that I'll probably die never sharing.

By the way, who was it who commented on said underwear post? I'm curious.

So here ends my blog posts for the low impact challenge. Can't say it was fun, nor can I say it sucked.

May it rot in cyberspace Hell for all eternity.

"Of Love and Colors"

1. Walk anywhere under 2 miles

2. No unneeded lights

3. No plastic bags

4. Recycle.

Poor little recycle. Always on the bottom because of my typing. Eventually, recycle. Eventually.

This is my third time trying to blog today. The first time I was cut off before I could even begin because of that damn video project. Second time I posted something deep, thought provoking, and capable of rubbing a lot of the 11th grade the wrong way because of how blatantly honest it was. The internet crashed and remained that way until I decided to not post that and do something else. "Something else" in this case means "Type a side-story related to the much larger story I've been working on since 10th grade". That's right. I have 70 pages and 26,364 worth of a story between then and now. On Word, of course. Otherwise I couldn't brag about work count.

Word count: the one thing writers can brag about. Seeing as all I'm talented at is writing, I brag about my word count.

Now, another musing. This time, on fonts.

Is there a possibility that different font sized and colors use more or less ink than others? There is a college somewhere out there that's using a font different from Times New Roman [my personal favorite] because someone managed to prove that said different font used less ink. Marginally less, but still less. I can't recall the font name because I read it in the paper when my mind was still sleep addled.

Moving on.

So knowing that I started thinking of colors. What if there was a color that was greener than other colors? Now I could be a [insert innapropriate work here] and say "Green is greener than other colors." Well no duh. What I mean is, is there possibly a color that uses less ink?

Alternatively, is it plausible to use a smaller font size? Size 11 Times New Roman is only marginally smaller than size 12. So does this mean less ink is used?

Am I overthinking this? Or am I on the right track? Will Susan uncover Roberts dark secret? Is Jim really going to marry Tina?

All this and more, next time on my blog.

Well not really. My words are sweet and full of lies.

Those Darn Superheroes

1. No unneeded lights

2. No plastic bags

3. Walk anywhere under 2 miles

4. Recycle

Well, I broke the walking rule again. My mother needed to go to the bank so Hannah and I could cash some checks, then my mom needed to get Hannah and Sarah's photos taken for passports, and Grace wanted to go to the library...you try to convince 4 people to walk downtown in misty crappy weather. Although I was pleased to be in the car when a microburst came through. Also, I shamefully have a plastic bag in my room. A friend gave it to me yesterday (after I blogged) because it was holding a few things. A few things meaning sidewalk chalk, the Alice in Wonderland video game, and a hand held fan that says 'Awesome'.

Anyways....Superheroes. I got to thinking about superheroes, supervillains, their foils, et cetera. They're not very eco-friendly, are they? Well, Captain Planet was, but I'm not counting him. I mean characters like The Flash, Wolverine, Batman, Bizzaro, The Joker, Deadpool. Those guys. I'm going to use Batman as my main example seeing as I really like Batman. Also, just to mention it, Wonder Woman's jet. Sulllfuuuuurrrrr....

I mean, the Joker's always blowing something up (especially Heath Ledger's Joker)(He is my creepy model). Batman's car probably wastes more fuel than a hummer. Catwoman who is a villain in the early Batman comics wears leather. LEATHER. And Harley Quinn...she's with the Joker. Surely she's done her fair share of blowing stuff up when Joker isn't beating her like an abusive husband.

Now don't get me wrong, I love superheroes. I love Batman. I'd love to be in Gotham if even for a day. I wouldn't be a superhero, though. I'd be that one idiot that always stands there screaming as the building material is about to crush me, only to have Batman drag me off and stare at me like I'm a moron....actually, make that Catwoman. Ah Catwoman.....so beautiful.

Anyways. I love superheroes. I love supervillains more. I love Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy...stopping there....and in their defense they did promote some pretty good things in their prime. Prime, in this case, means the age when everyone read Superman comics and had Bizzaro underwear. However, back then it meant "Remember kids: Throw your trash away! Robin does it and so can you!".

It would be great to see the superheroes being more environmentally conscious. Batman's car could run off solar or the pure power of his manliness. Joker can set fire to the homes of millions of innocent people using all-natural bug sprays as a repellent. Or hand sanitizer. Penguin has tons of money, he can buy all sorts of eco-friendly traps and explosives. Poison Ivy is excluded here; she grows and manipulates plants plants and has green skin. You cannot possibly get greener than that. So is Killer Croc, for he is a crocodile. So is Manbat, for he is a man-bat and does not use human anything.

So in conclusion, the super everyones need to get their acts together and get with the times. If the supers do it, then maybe children will be more influenced to do so. I know I would be. Especially if it was Catwoman telling me to....ah Catwoman. If she robbed me I wouldn't complain.

Actually I would. Just not for too long, because it's Catwoman.

You Rockbar, me also Rockbar

1. No unneeded lights

2. No plastic bags

3. Walk anywhere under 2 miles

4. Recyle.

Again with recycling being at the bottom of the list. Jesus. Anyways, back on track. All is going well along the lines of low impact. However, considering my current state of health and emotional state, there's going to be a lot of tissues and a lot of food packaging in my futute. Every food is comfort food for Emily Walker.

I'm beginning to think things would be easier if we went back to a more 'primitive' way. We'd live in rocks, communicate with smoke and grunts, hunt animals and only eat when we could. No more shaving, no ore toilet paper, no more underwear, et cetera. We'd survive off the endless lake buffalo and after a while everyone would be named "Ug", "Uhh", "Gackt" or whatever other gutteral utterance came forth.

Yeah, there'd be a higher mortality rate and it would be a hard adjustment at first. But it'd make being low impact all the easier.

Wait, that would mean I'd have to be a mother in order to keep the population stable. I hate kids......forget it, then.

She lives on

1. Walk anywhere under 2 miles

2. No plastic bags

3. No unneeded lights

4. Recycle

Hey there everybody. So I hope you enjoyed your day without me. I know I'd enjoy a day without me. Yep. then again that would require me to detach myself from my body, thus rendering me dead.....I'm a ghost?

Anyways, I broke a rule today. Yes, gasp in horror and shock. It was rule 1. I went to BJ's, which is just down the road with my mom in a car. To be fair, we were buying milk. Five gallons of the stuff. That, and a 12 pack of coke and 2 bags of flour. Now I don't know if you've noticed or not, but I'm not exactly Superman and even though my mother is stronger than I am, she's not either. That stuff's heavy when you put it all together.

I was in a car for a second time as well, but Amherst isn't under 2 miles.

I had another idea today. I was sitting outside with Hannah. She had let Jenny out of the pasture so she could graze on some of the grass in the yard (a common practice) and it struck me: what if the school got goats?

I also thought about edible containers. For example, when you finish a box of SweeTarts, you could eat the box.

Another thought was possibly rallying an underwear boycott. Yeah. That's it.

Attack of the Patio Furniture

1. Thou shalt walk anywhere under two miles of distance

2. Thou shalt keep all lights that are deemed unnecessary off

3. Thou shalt refrain from using bags of plastic

4. Thou shalt recycle

I helped my mother move some of the outdoor furniture off the porch today so she could hose it down and get the bloodstains off. I swear, it was the cat and his hunting. I'm innocent. This time. Anyways, while placing the table back on the porch, I somehow managed to get myself stuck in the table. Have fun thinkin' about that one.

It's still going well, low impact wise. Lights off, no bags, recycling, walking [or lack thereof, since I'm a laze]. I've also been spending some time thinking of other things the school could do to be more eco-friendly. Like stop with the frequent lawn care, or see if there's a way we could get everything all cleaned up using safer chemicals. Wow, that's a paradox and a half.

On a side note, I think I'm going to stop using the phone at all anymore. Why? Because one, I've got the internet and face-to-face interactions [Stop lying, Walker]. Two, I've been shamelessly phowned these past two days. What is phowning? I got owned over the phone. I made a portmanteau.

I spam with posting, version 2.0

Didn't want to wait until tomorrow to get this over with.

Firstly, to the guys who shave and mention using disposable razors, I would recommend investing in a permanent one where you only need to change the head. Lasts longer, shaves better, and costs less yearly. Also, those strip things that tell you when the razor's done...you can usually squeeze a few more months out of it. Take it from me.

And now, a thought.

If the people of the world stopped wearing underwear, would it matter? I mean, you'd never get a wedgie. Plus, you wouldn't be consuming cotton and rubber and dyes and whatnot, which means no CO2 is emitted. Plus, no toxic chemicals and no farming. Which means no deforestation and pollution. It also means no jobs for people, which could either mean no more child labor or a bunch of very angry people in Taiwan.

I mean, I know you 'gangsta' guys (you know who you are) enjoy having your boxers exposed to the world and that would ruin the 'tough guy' [coughIthinkit'scooltonotwearpantsthatfitright] look. And I can't forget, how could you ladies show off your G-String over the top of your hip huggers without the G-String.

Either way, think about it. Laugh if you want to. Just think about it.

"I gotta find Bubbaaaa!"

I was watching Forrest Gump. No further explanation needed.

Oh yeah, my low impact challenges. Guess I should add those lest I incur the wrath of Mrs. O' Malley.

1. Walk anywhere under 2 miles

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3. Engin óþarfa ljósum

4. All the recyclable stuff. Recycle it.

So how's it goin'? It's goin' good. Mostly. My sister Grace left some lights on in her room because my sisters seem to be incapable of understanding the natural phenomena of sunlight and Hannah got a plastic bag. She dragged me to the Dollar Tree....thankfully we're big on re-using plastic bags.

Now for the interesting part:

We've got rouge cucumbers growing on the property. Three of them. We don't know how they got there. However, the theory is that some of the seeds got moved last year when my mom planted cucumbers, the seeds survived the winter, and now we have cucumbers. Wow.

Free on Craigslist: A horse.

1. No uneeded lights on

2. No plastic bags

3. Walk anywhere under 2 miles

4. Recycle


Why is recycle always on the bottom of this list? Anyways, time to recap. So alls well. Yesterday was my sister Hannah's 16th birthday. Now normally we reuse candles. Sadly, there was no 6 left. I guess after four 6th birthdays and one prior 16th (mine last year) it just died. So what did my mom do????


She reused candles. What ones did she use? A 1 and two 3's. It was supposed to read 13 + 3. Sadly, there was no plus sign. So happy belated 133rd birthday Hannah. May you life well to your 200's.

And now, a school fail: It's misty today, no crap. The ground is soaked. The school turned on its sprinklers. Wow.

Time to answer me some ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS! Courtesy of Mrs. Plath.

1. This week, one surprising thing I learned was that some guy in the Washington D.C area is giving a horse away for free. That's right. Take that free kittens and food. A. Horse.

2. Enduring understanding???? Ummmmmmm.........save the whales?

3. Well, if I were to (read: wanted to) share with others about this weeeks topics, I'd gladly tell them that it's possible to feed a 3 person family for a week, all 3 meals, for under $70. That is, if you have no milk, sweets, drinks, or brand names. In other words: eat bread and rice for a week. You'll be fine.

Did I answer these right? Wait, never mind that. I don't care.

I spam with posting

1. No walking anywhere under 2 miles

2. No plastic bags

3. Keep off all unneeded lights

4. Recycle

An extra post because I feel the need to compensate and not be one post behind all the rest of you.

Today I learned that peeing in the shower saves 3 gallons of water from not having to flush the toilet.

Low impact blah blah blah

Welcome to the Late Night Show with Emily Walker. Why is this post a day late? I'm lazy. Simple as that. So what am I going to do for this trivial low impact challenge?

1. Walk anywhere under 2 miles

2. Turn off all the lights that ought not be on

3. No new bags

4. Recycle anything recyclable.


I've been doing this since 3:00 yesterday. How's it going? Easily. Why? Because that's how my life is structured anyways. "But what do you mean by that?"

1. I walk to school and home, because those are the only two places I go because I suck.

2. I don't like leaving lights on that don't need to be on.

3. I don't effing buy things and my mom has a stockpile of reusable bags

4. We're a recycling family.

So why am I not doing something harder? Well let me so kindly explain.

I refuse to give up Narcissus (my computer) because I suck and have nothing else to do. I don't watch a lot of T.V as is, nor do I ever get phone calls. I can't go all local foods/no processed foods because doing that is a heckuva lot harder when you've got a family of 6. Besides, my sister's birthday is tomorrow and I'm not going to deny my mother a cake mix. "It's Sara Lee."

I'm not giving up meat, Mrs. Plath. Not even pork. If I do, I'd get sick. I mean it; my diet is kind of slim and without meat I'd starve and become an emaciated thing. Plus, we're a meat family. Chicken, burgers, steak, pork, and bacon.

Why no shaving? Because as a female, it would be socially unacceptable. I wouldn't be able to wear shorts. Why not? Two words: Red. Hair. Figure it out.