I just saw a clip of something with the main character of I (heart) Huckabees. It reminded me how much I loved his character in that movie: the bike-riding environmentalist, who won't give up, even knowing how little of a difference he can make (though he succumbs to nihilism for a short while). I love that so much. It's easy to work hard for a cuase when you're naive and idealistic. It's much harder, and much more noble to work for something when you know how hard it is, and how little you might accomplish. And yet you do it anyway, because you know that doing the most you can *does* matter, and is the only thing that matters. The fact that people will continue to work for good in the face of such huge obstacles is amazing.

I am thinking right now about the landless peasant movements--they have no power but they are doing whatever they can to reclaim their land. It's beautiful. How can people in this country give up so easily, when they have so few obstacles compared to people in other countries? So many people give up their ideals and become unfulfilled cookie-cutter people. Even if you can't (or "can't") do what you had wanted to, it doesn't mean you have to give up completely.

I found one really great thing about this cell phone. You can turn it off to save the battery, and then you don't have to worry about it at all. I used to always answer my home phone, because the sound bothered me so much. I didn't turn it off (especially because I didn't have an answering machine). So this is more convenient, in that sense. But, I still prefer a landline. I will probably go back to just the landline after I move from here, if my next job allows it. I've seen people move from having a cell phone to not again. If I could find a rotary phone, even better :)