dont make me choose.

sdriving home today i was sort of lamenting a new road being constructed nearby my house.  partly because i dreaded the traffic increase that would follow  and partly because of how many trees were cut down to make room for it.  but because my mind wanders too much, my thoughts didnt end there.

i started to think about all those living tree dudes in lord of the rings and how so many of them were killed by sauron and his army.  i wasnt just pissed when they showed the dead trees and forest but i was sad.  i think i got a little emotional even.

in lotr, there were countless dead humans but all the death and destruction was meaningless to me until i saw the trees get some.  i checked moviebodycounts.com to verify if i really was as twisted as i started to think i was.  the site confirmed it.  LOTR II and III are some of the highest movies in body counts.  in fact the 3rd part is 1st place.  yet all i remember is the trees!

here comes the worst part.  if i was so affected by the trees being cut down in the movie (apparently more so than the dead humans), then why did i have so much fun cutting a tree down yesterday in my yard?  few times in my life have i felt so accomplished as i did when that thing started to tip over and fall.  please dont hate me.  the tree was getting all up in the house.  i swear.

and i do plant a lot of stuff too.