I care about the environment. I cringe when I see litter. I have given a lecture or two about folks smoking in no-smoking zones. I'm a vegetarian (animal agriculture definitely effects the environment). For about a year, I was a Green Source Writer for Yahoo! Contributor Network (formerly Associated Content). So I don't know how in the world I almost forgot about Earth Day this year. I got a call mid-week from my father telling me Earth Day was coming, and I better not come over to my parents' house like I did for Earth Hour 2010. Anybody who knows me well knows that if you tell me not to do something, chances are I'll do it anyway. Low-key, I still believe he subliminally wanted me to come over to bother him but didn't want to admit it. The next day I saw a work e-mail stating, "Let's make Tribune Tower greener." Nice job, Trib! But I don't work in the newsroom on weekends, and I knew I had to make a decision--go to my parents' house and bother them for Earth Day 2011 or stay home and chill on my own.