Morning Glory

Monday was a fun day to talk about plastic. I got to learn a bunch of things about plastic and recycling. The tidbit about the floating pieces of garbage in the ocean kinda reminded me of a clogged toilet after a night of ravenous cravings. I was happy that I was able to do something about that foam banana that had been sitting in my room for over a year. I was pretty happy to see that not everyone had brought a water bottle that they had maybe just finished 5 minutes before class. I feel that my banana was pretty amusing and the most enjoyable item that was brought today. I felt very clever that I had brought one since I was pretty confident that no one had a foam banana. I had brought an eraser as an extra item in case my foam banana was not acceptable for the project. The eraser was in the form of a purple and white panda that had the ability to take off the white “fur.” Without the “fur” it kinda looked like some weird deformed bug. Plastic plays a really important role in our society and since it’s basically integrated with our everyday lives due to its accessibility, cost-efficiency, and convenience. It was pretty interesting to hear about the different types of plastic like how foam plastics are usually polyurethane and some hard bottle plastics are made up of polyethylene terephthalate. When we were asked to fill out the tags for our plastic project submissions, I added a comment on the back of it. It is a reference to the video game “League of Legends,” since that’s where I got the banana from. I hope someone who is looking at the banana on display will be able to understand the reference. To be honest, I am not that really interested in things like environmental protection and the such, but I really respect those who spend their time and resources into creating a cleaner world.