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I'm putting my money where my mouth is in regards to not hating the Earth, and am signing up for Austin's Green Energy program. It increases my cost per kilowatt of electricity by about 1.8 cents, which means it'll add about $5 a month to my electric bill. It doesn't directly pump in electricity generated from wind into my apartment, but instead pays for the extra money that it costs to add that kind of power into the electric grid. I actually wanted to do this when I first moved here, but they weren't allowing any new people into the program. So now I can do that little bit more to help save the environment, one bit at a time.
I know I keep harping on how amazing the Alamo Drafthouse is, but they once again do something super cool, and get the deaf guy in There Will Be Blood to come to the theater and do an interview in sign language after a screening of the movie. Also they recently had a showing of Real Genius (best 80's nerd comedy EVER) where they handed out laser pointers to shine on the screen whenever a laser was shown in the movie, and replicated the big finale by shooting air cannons full of popcorn over the audience to simulate it raining popcorn.
The people who started the Drafthouse were also named one of 35 people who Will Shape Our Future. I suppose they meant in a fun kind of way.
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