Fnord Incorporated

Light Pollution

Last night i was outside talking on the phone with Mouse. i have a tendency to let my eyes wander in these instances. I looked up into the sky and was very excited becuase i could see 4 stars in the sky..

what the fuck? excited to see four stars? i told her about them and suddenly felt very foolish. What would i have said five years ago living in Utah? Perhaps something like, hmm, where are all the stars… If i were to tell somene in a rural part of the world that i had discovered 4 stars int he sky and become excited, they possibly would have mocked me or felt bad for my loss…
Three years ago, i wanted to see stars with my girlfriend at the time. we drove outside the city (portland) and kept driving. 45 minutes later and a good distance away, we were able to view this a mind boggling number of them. but they were still fairly blotted out by the city lights nearly an hour away.

fucking lights.. i wonder what i could do to help limit the wasted light that is affecting my area…