Why Are We Buying Junk?

I am so disgusted that you when you go into a store you can not find something that lasts. We have all this amazing technology and yet we can't desgin something that will last?

Someone told me that they have engineers to specifically design objects so they will break right after the warranty runs out. Sometimes the engineers are so talented they can design it to break the day after the warranty runs out. Dishwashers, clothes dryers, copiers, cell phones are some good examples.

Even if you buy the warranty it's almost pointless because chances are that the warranty will expire around the same time the item breaks. I had a cell phone that was working great until the month before the warranty ran out. I guess the engineers weren't doing their job right. However they were doing a grand job when our stove died just days after the warranty ran out.  

I think as consumers we should start demanding better products. As the consumers we have the right to demand better products. Companies will not keep selling junk if no one buys it.  If the product is a bird brush consumers are not going to buy it because birds don't need to be brushed . That's a really dorky example but you get the point. The same thing applies here, if we stop buying the junky products maybe the product developers will develop a product that is decent. My Grandma has a copier from the 90's and it still works great. I have the "best" copier from 2010 that just broke. Isn't it great how far we've come? I believe it is possible to make a good product that lasts a long time. We have the resources we just need to put it into action.

AIR FOR SALE!?!?

Recently I saw a blog about air for sale. Seriously, I'm not kidding. The other day I was browsing through blogs and 'Original Canned Air From Prague' ( http://airofprague.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post.html ) popped up. It advertises canned air from Prague (it's a big city in Europe)  as being able to relieve stress, cure homesickness and fight nostalgia (I'm not sure how that last one works but w/e). Don't forget that it only uses the air from the most popular places in the country (see below). I'm not even sure if these 'popular' places exist.

Air Contains:
20% - air from Wenceslas Square
20% - air from Charles Bridge
25% - air from Old Town Square
15% - air from Prague Castle
10% - air from Lesser Town
10% - air from Zlata Street.

Would you buy canned air?

There are comments on the page that lead me to believe that it's a joke for April 1st but is it possible that selling air could take off?

We pay for everything else. . .



This is the link to the page: http://airofprague.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post.html

Morning in the Life. . .

Okay writers block is gone. It lasted a a very long 5 minutes.

Today I was getting ready for school. I usually don't spend much time at it because 1. Sleeping is more important 2. I can do everything really fast and look about the same as the girls who spend hours primping 3. Laying out your clothes the night before saves tons of time. I get up at 8 and have to leave the house at 8:30 with a packed lunch. This morning I got up slightly earlier (7:55) so I could wash my hair, it wasn't dirty but it dried weird the day before and I didn't feel like having bed head on the last day before spring break. It's just not a good look to have people remember you by. After I washed my hair and brushed my teeth I made a bowl of cereal and threw on some frozen blueberries, then I started frying some eggs. I still needed to do my makeup so I left the eggs on low and went into my room. I noticed that my foundation was nearly gone and I saw my sisters in the bathroom. I grabbed it and went to work. I only put foundation on at home because during the school year I become pretty skilled at putting on my other makeup in the car. I went back to frying the eggs and make a fried egg sandwich for my lunch. It is so delicious, let me know if you want the recipe.

By 8:40 I'm slightly behind schedule but it's not that big of a deal since I'm usually early. I make the mistake of looking at my foundation in the car and am horrified. My face looks orange and my neck looks white! I wasn't going for the candy corn look. I grab a napkin and try to blend it in more while balancing my blueberry cereal  that's about to spill all over the place (good thing I was wearing a purple shirt). It comes off in big smears all over the napkin. It's really kinda disgusting. Plus it's really hard to fix foundation while driving that's why it's the only thing I put on at home. As I swerve back and forth (good thing I take the back roads) I manage to blend the orange and white together (mostly by wiping off the orange). So finally I am on my way to school. I'm still on time, more or less, then the unimaginable happens. There is not one train but two trains in my way. They are the really long annoying kind too. I get to class 15 minutes later than usual. Thank you Trains, I appreciate it. . .

Writers Block

I'm having writers block today. It's an intense state of mind, for real. It's like you can't put together a story that anyone would want to read. I'll possibly write something interesting over spring break.