cassette or CD, they had to get one too. Enter Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart and its rollback prices allowed me to prepare for my various recitals, talent shows, and performances. For a kid with little to cling to in my sad pathetic life, that music was a priceless gift. That’s what Wal-Mart is to people like me: a priceless gift. It’s allowed me to change my wardrobe for under $150. Now, when I say wardrobe, I mean that I replaced almost every article of clothing I own. Wal-Mart is awesome for this. Some people say that it’s not brand name, but I recently saw one of my favourite Walmart shirts on my favourite sitcom. The 725 label is losing the stigma that was once attached to it. It also works for gifts, electronics, and crafts. Wal-Mart is that little piece of corporate America that warms my heart and makes me think that not all big businesses are evil. The best thing about Wal-Mart is that it’s for everyone. There’s always going to be something there for you no matter what you’re into. Plus, Wal-Mart, unlike Superstore, has lots of friendly staff there to help you no matter how many items you’ re going to try on. It’s also very student friendly. Walmart is open until 11 p.m.; I literally jumped up and down with excitement when I discovered this two months ago. Finally, I can go shopping on weekdays after work and classes without trying to rush to Metrotown before 9 p.m. I can shop at my leisure without hassle, which is heaven compared to Superstore, Zellers, and all of Wal-Mart’s other competitors. All in all, Wal-Mart is an amazing place to shop. It’s allowed me to do things that I otherwise couldn’t afford to do. It’s an amazing piece of consumer heaven on Earth. Another reason for Wearing a CONGOM 5, scsi. Te environment is a bit more fucked than it used to be, and this probably has something to do with the new statistics regarding the depletion of mammals today. Greenhouse gasses are stabbing holes in the ozone; climate change is distorting regional vegetation and all the while winters are getting colder and summers are getting warmer (I wouldn’t want to forget that the glaciers are melting and the sea levels are raising too). I would like to say that we’re lucky; if this was a court case before God, or whatever all-seeing eye you believe in, us humans would take to the stand and then the chair because we’re definitely to blame for the slow murder of Mother Nature. I’ve been told this act of genocide is due to overpopulation, which seems plausible, as nations, not just continents, are holding inhabitants of more than a billion. The fact that overpopulation exists as a great strain on Mother Nature is the same fact that has also brought about the needed awareness that there may be limited amounts of edible resources. I know the word “limited” may sound weird in a consumer’s society, especially when our local shops like Costco and Superstore depict the world as an infinite supply of gluttony, selling bulk packages of “tomatoes on the vine” and what appear to be endless tubes of Pringles; not to mention the warehouse that holds these goods is an acre itself. But I guess that means that in order for Costco to possess so many edible resources, there is a starving kid that only exists elsewhere because of this. However, this starving boy is not yet dead, unlike whatever species just keeled over this time; over one quarter of the mammal population is now living on the endangered species list. So maybe we, the greatest consumers, should either stop consuming in bulk, or force ourselves to wear condoms more periodically. Why? Overpopulation should be assessed because a quarter of the mammal population is now living on “death row,” as overpopulation has led to an intense form of cultivating the land and its resources. We may only stand at the top of the food chain for a little longer, as there will not be enough mammals living bellow us for us to constitute a chain for us to eat. So unless we want to start eating each other, I have found one more good reason to wear a condom. 1]