Island Med Student

A few nights ago I saw Wall E, a Pixar/Disney film. If you haven’t yet seen it, you should! It was a fabulous movie.

The basic plot is that humans managed to destroy Earth, and eventually fled the planet to live in a giant spaceship. The only survivors were the cockroaches (of course!), and a robot that compacts trash into little cubes. The majority of the film is silent, which I found incredibly moving. There is a fantabulous love story, when Wall E meets a another robot sent to Earth to find life.

The best part of the movie is the current plight of humans living on the Spaceship. They have turned into obese, lazy people who float around in flying chairs, eating food from sippy cups, and playing virtual games. I think this is a completely realistic depiction of future humans. To me, this Sci Fi story could absolutely come true someday.

The floating chairs reminded me of something I used to say all the time: “Only humans would create escalators, and then create the stairmaster.” Seriously, think about it…..

Micah, now do you understand why I refuse to stand on those moving walkways in aiports?!! They frighten me! I also avoid escalators and elevators to the best of my ability (unless I have heavy bags, or am going to the 113th floor of a building, etc.) I also believe that “virtual” sports (aka sport video games) are just about the worst idea I can imagine. I understand if you are physically handicapped, and could not otherwise play the actual sport. But seriously, if you have the ability to swing a golf club, for goodness sake, swing it! Using your thumbs to swing a golf club just seems incredibly silly to me.

Come on people, when are we going to get it?!