more natural

she doesn't like using the air-conditioning during the summer. its because she doesn't want to pay for it, she says, but really i think its because of some ethical primitivist fixation. though, she doesn't mind propping the door open on hotter days, trying to suck the cool air from the air-conditioned halls. does being selectively cheap help nature? does successful economics make you happy?

speaking of happiness...
i was sitting out in the sun today with a friend, using the term loosely. we're friends out of convenience and small common interests only, which i guess defines any friendship. so i was playing cards with a friend today out in the sun. we were passing the hours, much like i'd imagine a pair of elderly retired men pass the hours, reflecting on the moment and moments passed. we discussed our desires, what we thought we needed to be happy. right then, what would make us happy. we didn't know how to go about getting any of these things, it was just a laundry list. there was no course of action to be followed. at least none we planned on thinking up and then taking the time to follow out. it was just things for the moment and thinking about them and sharing them made us happy. having them might have made us happy too, but the moment would have passed and eventually we would not be happy with the same thing. we weren't avoiding happiness, we just weren't going out of our way for it. there's a certain amount of contentedness knowing you don't have to try very hard. it makes things seem more natural sometimes.