{"id":1464,"date":"2007-07-03T18:00:19","date_gmt":"2007-07-03T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idyllopuspress.com\/meanwhile\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2014-03-08T07:38:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T11:38:15","slug":"the-alternative-to-ungreen-plastic-disposable-cups-at-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllopuspress.com\/meanwhile\/1464\/the-alternative-to-ungreen-plastic-disposable-cups-at-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alternative to Ungreen Plastic Disposable Cups at Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"

In another episode of “Writing Fiction is Tough And Here’s How We Entertain Ourselves Rather Than Staring At The Monitor”, I decided to go No Impact Man one better on the subject of reusable cups<\/a>, which I posted about below<\/a>, and VIDEOBLOG an alternative to landfill fodder plastic cups, like for parties, which may not be a reusable alternative (though in version 2 of the video I say it is) and may not be aesthetically optimum but is still not plastic and involves making creative use of otherwise trash items at hand, and since it will be a while before everyone is carrying around their own Mason jars I thought, hey, who doesn’t love easy crafts and you can even enlist the help of partiers.<\/p>\n

This presentation was done totally on the wing on a cheap digicam, not a videocam, so forgive the quality, the lack of light, the crappy sound (turn it up) and the entirely unscripted innocence.<\/p>\n

As this is our first real attempt at videoblogging, and son H.o.p. liked the second version, while I liked the first, I present both videos below, however self-indulgent this may seem.<\/p>\n

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Lousy Videoblog on Making an Origami Cup 1<\/a><\/b>
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Lousy Videoblog version 2 on making an Origami Cup<\/a><\/b>
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Update:<\/strong> If DailyMotion is slow loading in, the second video is also up at Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: We like green. I don’t think we’ve ever purchased a bag of plastic cups for personal use except for a birthday party for Marty a couple of years ago and my birthday party in June, so please go gentle on us for having a bag of leftover plastic cups in the kitchen. (Of course, all this may mean is that we don’t entertain much, and when we do it’s on a very small scale.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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