Don’t mess with Texas… or the rest of the world.

A few weeks ago, I watched an episode my homegirl Oprah did about the extensive layer of trash that rests atop the Pacific Ocean. From California to Japan, we have basically turned the Ocean into a landfill by absentmindedly littering and dumping our trash out wherever we want. A lot of the junk comes from what people throw out of their cars while on the freeways. And holy hell y’all, this PISSES me off! I always get a queasy feeling in my tummy whenever I see people chuck their Taco Bell leftovers out the window, but I try to make myself feel better by thinking someone somewhere will pick it up and daintily transport it to the nearest trash receptacle.

But NO. Dun dun dun. Clearly this is not what happens. Seeing the visual as well as hearing the details about the layer of trash has really shaken me up, and now every day on the freeway I notice the storm drains and all the lingering crap that is about to go down them and into the ocean. My main reason for blogging about this is just to shed a tiny amount of light onto things that we may not all be aware of. While I’ve always been an avid recycler and trash-picker-upper, the Oprah episode made me realize that there’s so much more that needs to be done.

So! Happy Wednesday to ya! Wasn’t this uplifting? In order to balance out the crumminess factor of this post, I’ll add a special treat for you.

Polar bear cub, eee cuddly wuddlessss!

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