Foodz

yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. It's been too long.

I discovered Food, Inc. today and thought that that was worth writing about.

It's a movie that tears apart the food industry.

Look, I've spend the past four years learning the ins and outs of the food industry and I know it's crap. But, for the general consumer, this movie is going to scare them. Remeber The Jungle? Yeah, that was this movie about 60 years ago. Does the food industry need to change? Absolutely (there are reasons I didn't apply to work at Campbell's ya know). Are people going to be willing to spend more on groceries than they already do? No. Are people going to start cooking more so that they can control all the ingredients in their diets? No.

The problem, of course, begins with the food industry but it's the consumer that demands convenience and low prices that fuel it. People want to convert to all organic meats? Alrighty, but don't expect it to be cheap or always there when you want it. No pesticides on vegetables? Again, alrighty, but your produce is going to be smaller, not last as long, and will probably look like shit. No preservatives? Ok, just expect short shelf life, gross colors and lots of off flavors. Stop buying Dorito's (msg alert!) and deli meat (whoa sodium and sulfates and nitrates!) and anything baked, pop corn, soda, "fruit" drinks, cereal, peanut butter, TV dinners, ice cream and about 90% of all the stuff on the shelves (high fructose corn syrup). Don't eat any hydrogenated fats, aka saturated fats, aka "bad" fats (solid at room temperature).

Bah. It needs to change from both sides. Producers and consumers. Gosh darn!

muzak

ye gads. A week has gone by since my last post!

I just don't have the time and interest... I've said this before.

I wanted to make it a point to get on here and say that easter is fake holiday. If I have to work that day and don't get time and half... it's not a real holiday. Obviously.

We listened to Black Rebel Motorcyle Club all day on Sunday. That made it worth it.

Today; Radiohead and Richie Kotzen. Yum.

The Kindest Truths are Often Spoken but Never Heard

That quote is dedicated to my Food Processing and Preservation professor (the new foodie in the department).

She is like a mother on crack that just doesn't understand people.

Whenever we go somewhere she brings her little P&S (point and shoot) camera and says those stereotypical phrases,
"Everyone smile!"
"Line up! Tallest people in the back!"
"Look like you're having a good time!"
"Stop hiding! This is going to be on the website!!"

It's embarrassing. We're wishing we were two inches tall and invisible and she's standing there, smiling like a fucking clown and telling us to stand up straight and how awesome we look in our bump caps, too-large lab coats, and unflattering safety goggles (? really?).

Why is she on crack? Well, she's a marathon runner so she has the body of a 12-year old boy. And she never really seems to have a grasp of what's going on. For instance, one student blantly told her she missed class because she felt like sleeping in... and about 10 seconds later this professor is saying she understand that the students alarm didn't go off. No, lady, she purposely missed your class! It wasn't an accident!! wahahahahahahahahahaha!

She's just crazy, yo.

Only 3 more weeks of her... then I'M DONE!

I didn't know me

I'm enjoying my Psychology class more and more... but it's also a little unnerving.

With the "I'm learning a lot about people and why they work the way they do," I'm also learning a lot about myself and what makes me tick and why I have my personality flaws, etc.

Every class it seems I have an AH-HA! moment where I realize that something I did or thought or felt or a way in which I acted was because it's more-or-less normal psychology. It's bizaar!

Today I found out that:
- I'm more like a Type A personality even though I'd like to be a Type B with the motivation of a Type A
- I have too much stress. I'm anxious and tense now and If I keep going like this, I'll end up with long-term problems. Whoopie!
- When I had my car accident over two years ago, I took me over a month to finally get upset about it. Yup, that would have been an example of posttraumatic stress disorder. I definitely experienced the Five Stages:

• Psychic Numbness - shutting down of mind and emotion
• Automatic Action - calling 911, calling insurence, calling Mum
• Communal Effort - Wes' dad lent me his car until I got a new one
• Letdown - Phsycially/Emotionall worn out. This is when I finally got upset, a month later.
• Recovery - I had my new car and it drove fine. I just had to get used to not seeing my little red escort.

- Change can be hazardous to your health!!!!! That's why people are happy with things never really changing. Example: My job. I just changed jobs and even though I'm less sleepy and therefore less irritable, but I'm more stressed therefore more irritable. So really, it all balanced out.

I have to go birthday shopping for my Wesley now... yay! something fun today!