i wish i could draw

This is one of the few times in my life I wish I could draw. If I could, I would draw a bunch of leaf blowers, gas-powered edgers, and gas-powered riding lawn mowers covered with cobwebs in a room, and just outside the room would be a man with a concerned, or even terrified, look on his face, clutching a red gas can. It would be called "the oil crisis" or something like that. I might try to do it, although it will turn out badly.

I was walking home from my oral test this morning, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the clear day that is turning out to be hot but gorgeous, when I was forced to stick my head inside my jacket to breathe because of leaf blowers. I know it's more efficient to use them, but is that always the best way? Furthermore, as I walked by Bowman, the field they try so very hard to keep pristine, I looked at the edge near the road. Bottle caps, plastic wrapping, and other random trash are all over. You idiots are ruining your own field. It's the gathering place for everyone, which is probably why there is so much trash. The gardeners do a fantastic job of keeping the grass green and mown, and you love to be on it, yet all you do is trash it up. I guess some of the problem could be that the leaf blowers were pushing trash onto the field. In that case, you gardeners ruin our field at the same time you try to keep it clean! Either way, the trash comes from somewhere, whether it be the road or the students who drop it themselves. Is that what you like to see? Does it please you to have to move your blanket because you put it on top of an empty bottle?

I wish I could be more coherent about this, but I'm not even sure exactly what it is I'm angry at. I wish people cared more about what their surroundings look like. I mean, people who have some control over it. I can't exactly plant a garden in my spot of dirt, but I can make sure people who come to a party at my place know where the trash can is and avoid tossing it in the yard. I can avoid throwing a glass bottle onto the sidewalk. I can avoid leaving a McDonald's bag on the ground in front of my apartment, which when the wind blows goes straight to the neighbor's yard.

CARE about the environment! Apparently all the programs Clemson puts on all the time aren't working! What the hell can we do differently so that people will CARE?