Consumerism at its best

So the whole family is getting new cars. Everyone except for us. And do you know what they're all getting? Chevrolet Equinox. For those of you who aren't familiar with cars, this is a Chevrolet Equinox:




It's big, and a gas guzzler. It's an SUV. Now for those of you who may not know, I absolutely hate pick up trucks and SUVs. Maybe that makes me distinctly un-Albertan. Who knows? But so the family leased 3 of this suckers today. No one needs them. Not one of them needs a car any bigger than our Aveo. For anyone who hasn't seen the Aveo it looks like this:




They got a purple one for Amanda, a gold one for Shaun's mom, and a black on for Shaun's dad. Is that creepy or what? It's like... I don't know the twilight zone or something. It just proves to me that no one, not even in the family is really capable of independent thought. Or this how it seems to me. They are buying into the marketing and buying into the lifestyle that GM markets with the Equinox. Nevermind the fact that none of them need a car that big, the fact that they are polluting, spending far too much on gas and insurance, and are at greater risk to health problems brought on by the fact that they could roll the SUV (with Amanda, is any given day now. I strongly believe that there should be a city wide warning system for the City to warn our hardworking and honest citizens everytime she's on the road. It's for our own protection. Trust me.). Not to mention the increased stress, the urban sprawl. But what about critical thought? NONE! Just keeping up with the Jones', that's all. And I'm not one of those crazy Ad-busters. I don't really care one way or the other about advertising, because if you're not smart enough to think critically about what you're seeing and what you're being fed by corporations then maybe you deserve to be taken for all your worth. I don't know. It's just a thought.

But this is coming from a family who is shelling out five grand for a photographer and five hundred because apparantly none of us can do our own make up for "the wedding". So really why am I surprised?

I'm really glad that Shaun didn't turn out like his sister.

I think I'm too jaded for this now.

Oh, and I got a new cell phone. It was free. It's really pretty and takes pictures.