24 October 2010

In Other News...





I will finally invest in a faux fur coat this year.
To keep me extra sassy during the winter months.


Wind Energy = Copenhagen, Wind Energy = US ?


I am currently taking an Environmental Ethics course and I enjoy doing my homework for it way more than any college student should. Last week we had to read a bunch of current events articles and one of them was on an offshore wind line that has received great financial backing from Google and other sources. I even tweeted about it, nerdy.

After living in Denmark surrounded by windmills I cannot think of one con that outweighs the abundance of pros. Not even the noise. And the proposed US wind line will supposedly be far enough out that noise will not be an issue. After busing from Copenhagen to Ã…lborg in the dead of winter with only fog and snow to look at for hours, I even found the sight of windmills to be calming. The proposed US line will run down the coast of New Jersey through Delaware, honestly who cares about their view anyway (Sorry Snooki).

By 2030 Denmark plans to satisfy 50% of its electricity needs by means of wind energy. The US needs to stop worrying so much about monetary costs, because the environmental costs will soon outweigh them if they don't stop dilly-daddling around ideas without commitment. Ideas like this need to be put into effect.


Check out the article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/science/earth/12wind.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&sq=google%20wind%20turbines&st=cse&scp=3

The above photo is of the Middelgrunden wind farm off the coast of Copenhagen.


Photo: here


21 October 2010

Busy Bee


So here I am at the library on a Thursday night. I started this blog and I've been way too busy to post already. This weekend isn't looking too great either as I have a paper due Monday and a project due Tuesday. I wish my To-Do list resembled the one above (thank you Patrick Star), but instead it is filling multiple pages of my Moleskine and has gotten to the point where I am running out of colors to color coordinate with. I thought Senior year was supposed to be fun?!


More to come.

P.S. Blogging has given me yet another reason to love the library, this is the perfect setting.

Photo: ffffound

20 October 2010

So here we go...


I started with a blogspot and soon discovered the immediacy of Tumblr and so I converted. But, these days I'm sick of belonging to a community of fifteen year old girls, so I am back again. Let's hope this relationship lasts.

Now, the age old question: How will I get people to follow my blog? I can force Max and Anna to check it, yippie two followers. I think it all has to do with content, so let me make some promises.

I promise to:

1.) Share new and old music, awesome music.
2.) My pictures will be pretty, and credited.
3.) I will try my hardest to create a place to find inspiration
4.) I will not focus strictly on my life
5.) I will keep you up to date on environmental problems, solutions and most importantly the beauty of nature.
6.) I will share all great things I find: outfits, movies, bands, photos, videos, articles, books, people, recipes.

A promise to myself:

In the end I will find and try many new things in order to have the pleasure of sharing life with others.