A day in the life of Snorlax

Snorah, Snores, and Snorlax are a few of my many aliases.

In real life, I am Norah Carlos.

I junior at UVM from the great state of Virginia.

First and foremost, my life is a huge joke.

Case and point, below.

Just hanging out in Central Park...in a tiger suit.

normal, right?

This photo comes from my most recent adventure as an Student Intern at Greenpeace USA.

This summer, I spent 5 weeks living in Washington, DC attempting to be a real person. The life of an actual adult was the scariest/most exciting/strangest experience to date. While at Greenpeace, I learned how to organize, canvas, phonebank, and how to articulate our environment's most pressing issues to the public along with 18 other student activists from across the country.

So where does the tiger suit come in? The campaign I worked on was against the world's three largest toy companies, Hasbro, Mattel, and Disney. All three of these companies use paper products in their packaging that comes from deforested rainforest such as the Paradise Forest in Indonesia. Not only does this mean irrefutable harm to priceless forests, but also loss of habitat to the Sumatran tiger, orangutan, and indigenous peoples.

NOT COOL ASIA PULP AND PAPER.

This summer was an amazing experience, and one that I will always remember, but it's nice to be back in the great state of Vermont. At UVM I am currently majoring in Environmental Studies with a concentration and minor in Policy. After being in DC, I know that effective legislation is one of the most effective ways in order to bring about change. Although I am less than thrilled about current policies today, I hope that I will be able to in act the change, or lack there of for the future.

Although I seem to have a pretty good goal for my future, it's a long way away. Until then, I plan on making many mistakes, learning from them, and hopefully figuring out what I am going to do with myself until then.

For now, here's a real life Snorlax in its happiest state, slumber.

photo cred: NIGHTLOTUSCOSPLAY: COSTUME GALLERY