or YERT, is what crazee smart guy Mark Dixon is calling the plan for the next year and a half of his life. Check out the vid on his website for a full explanation of YERT: 52 weeks, 50 states, god knows how many enviro-geeks.
Mark showed up on our doorstep yesterday afternoon with a hi-def video camera and a lot of verve. He interviewed Enviro-spouse about stuff like trash and climate change and carbon footprints (not what dinos leave behind. I don’t think). After a couple of hours, the interview devolved into this:
Turns out Mark is a helluva baritone. Which, of course, was all E needed to know before his girlfriend was out of her fur-lined case and being lovingly strummed. E pulled out a reworked copy of the classic “I Will Survive” with enviro-happy lyrics. And the party was on. Next thing I knew, I had the video camera while the two guys belted out the anthem. Guess it could become a theme song for Mark’s big adventure when he kicks off this spring.
I’ll keep you up-to-date on YERT, but you can bookmark the site if, like me, you want to live vicariously.
Until Mark uploads the video of the boys singing the enviro version, here’s my fave version of the song:
um, why does Mark have Princess Leia hair? is that an enviro-sensitive thing we’re not aware of yet? if it is, i want no part of it.
and that looks like an open beer on the counter. did you break the beer fast? did you?? did you??? you DID, didn’t you!!!
That was E’s beer, Ash. Damn, you’re suspicious! I have not broken the beerfast. Not one sip of brew has passed these lips since December 31!!!!
Ash, I think you’re seeing the light fixture behind Mark’s head. He does have great hair, though.
O, and Mark, if you’re reading this, jump on in. You know by throwing yourself out there, you’ll be getting all kinds of comments about how you look over the next year. Be ready…
Nice, I am listening to the song while working on your template! Good stuff.
he totally has the cinnamon bun hair thing going!
If if Morgan Spurlock did Michael Moore in the butt, this guy woould shoot out in nine months.
boys, boys, boys!
I’ve been looking for that thing in my hair for weeks now, but can’t seem to find it. Maybe I left it in Albuquerque last week? I doubt they’d let me fly with it, too… I just know that if I found it I’d try to figure out a way to recycle it!