Greenpeace? I say paparazzi!!!

Everyday (just about) I walk down Congress on my way to the wonderful trail that goes around THAT lake (sidenote: I'd call it by it's name, but they are trying to change the name of it to "Lady Bird Lake" and I find that just ridiculous. It's Town Lake, it's always been Town Lake and I will always call it Town Lake). If you've been walking down Congress during the weekday, you'll notice that there are usually a few people wearing Greenpeace shirts and they have clipboards and want to talk to you about "saving the Earth today." Now the first time I saw these people, I stopped for a second to tell them that I was on my way to run. And on the way back, when they stopped me again, I told them I was hungry and wanted to go home. Fine, right? Well, this has happened almost everyday for the past 2 months. And they aren't just on one corner, they position themselves on 2 opposite corners so that you cannot get past them if you are on Congress. That would be just fine if they would have left it at that, but recently theny've become a bit, um, aggressive. They wave their hands or snap at me, even though I'm clearly carrying nothing, have my music on and am in my workout clothes and then will yell, "DO YOU WANT TO HELP ME SAVE THE EARTH TODAY????" so loudly that I can definitely hear them through Girl Talk blasting in my ear. In fact yesterday, one even stepped in front of me to make me stop. I finally told one, "No, I don't care about saving the Earth today," which is a lie. I mean, I like the Earth but these people are freaking annoying. They've made me want to throw trash in front of them, scream and punch them in the face. That's not me. I'm nice, usually, but these people (who want to do something good) make me so angry.

As I continued to walk, I realized that I know what it feels like to be a celebrity. The Greenpeace people are my paparazzi. I can't get away from them, they are always around and they will do anything to get me to stop and talk to them.