Rawr. I'm starting to get annoyed more than is proper about gas prices increasing exponentially! They have now prevented me from going to the HFC - basically cutting the jugular vein of my supply of bulk items, organic produce, wholemeal flours, reasonbly priced tofu, and some convenience items! Gah. I hate this state sometimes! Usually, its just mildly irritating because of the widespread ignorance, prejudice, set-in-their-ways-ness, etc. But right now its driving me crazy.

Its practically impossible to get affordable, good organic produce around here without driving 30 minutes away (gas prices tie-in). There's no venue for recycling besides paper goods and aluminum cans (which we don't use). Where are the city-provided recycle bins here? Co-ops? Decent farmers' markets? Vegetarian restaurants? I know that alot of that is luxury and not necessary or anything, but I would really like to be able to recycle all the friggin' plastic bottles, steel cans, cardboard, styrofoam, etc. we go through! Co-ops are affordable places to buy things in bulk from local suppliers, they build community ties and are owned by members for members instead of being selling stalls for food corporations! We have farmers' markets, true enough, but not like in California...bah. THe Vegetarian Restaurants thing would be cool, but I prefer my own cooking, heh :D

Somedays I just don't like being so different. I'd loathe trying to be "normal," but sometimes I just wish I could know exactly, irrevocably what I believe about inerrancy, free will, animal rights, how far Godly beliefs can and should be applied to politics, whether pot should be legal, and tons of others. It seems like nearly everyone else knows exactly what they believe and that nothing will ever change it - and if they don't they're simply agnostics who don't bother to look for God while still recognising some intrinsic moral code that they constantly violate and try to hide from. bah...

glad thats mostly out of me system. |