stuff

too much. after i saw this nytimes article, i watched the 'story of stuff' (or some of it, anyway...it's long). i'm glad someone finally made a video like this. i often feel like i'm drowning in stuff....and overwhelmed, weighed down, and ultimately, frightened by excess. it probably doesn't help that i've been away from nature for so long that i'm going through withdrawals. i don't count central park, which although lovely, is converged upon by cars (and their fumes), slow-moving tourists, bikers and hordes of other runners (i swear the running population is exploding). prospect park is minimally better, but still not much of an escape...in another week or so, though, i'll be hiking in the mountains and getting away...from all this stuff!