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well my plan to eat locally has not really been followed. since whole paycheck opened about a 5 minute drive away, and since around 1/4 of their produce is from local farmers, i dont really have an excuse except are you kidding me? it costs 5 bucks for a baguette there. they do however carry the elusive soy vay (which i found with mixed success in the nearby local markets), but eh, no takuan. theyre hot plates are worth it if they have the really good veggie curry and samosas. i still prefer aloha salads and gourmet express gourmet foods next door (much cheaper, tastes the same, veggie friendly, get more). i think the initial popularity of the place will dwindle once ppl realize they cant afford to spend that much money. maybe not the folks in kahala, but the kaimuki folks. however i know where to go when i went the freshest best looking produce ever. i got a zucchini and a nectarine but i really wanted to stuff my mouf with strawberries and tomatoes.
the lanai garden is doing well, and i have been harvesting the snow peas to throw in the pan with my fried tofu. usu i just eat em right after picking. there's a spider mite problem i caught too late, and the leaves have taken a huge hit. i am out there with my diluted dishwashing soap in a sprayer and dousing the infested leaves. they are basically only a problem on 1/6 plants, but i have found a few here and there and the others, so i have to be more vigilant. lettuce is also taking off and almost to the size of a salad serving.
i felt kinda down today after waking up (at noon) - i think because my sister is gone, and i secretly miss her however much i cherish having the place to myself for 10 days. i went to a free reggae show last night with a, and we liked one of the bands a lot, which he says his band kinda sound like. then we went to get jack in a box, which was of course good going down (oreo shake + curly fries, yum) but afterwards i felt all full and farty. i think we shoulda gone to zips.
so this morning when i didnt wanna get up thinking about all the stuff i had to do today - clean, write a letter for a grant application, work on a job app, finalize my summer travel plans, study - i just decided to meditate before cursing my way thru the day, and i felt so much better after that half hour! then i cleaned the kitchen and replaced the shower curtain lining and went to read at barnes and noble. i havent meditated in months, just the before going to sleep kind where i lie down and breathe and fall alseep in two minutes.
i really miss california. sometimes i feel trapped here, usu when it is too hot and/or humid to wanna go out and sizzle. i miss the warm summer days and cooler nights. it is getting cooler in general but this morning was hot, so i decided to sleep in, which is only possible in my sister's cool room where she gets the best breeze and no direct sunlight in the mornings.
well time to make pasta. hope all you livejournalists are happy and healthy!
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today i half read an article in the paper about this family that tries to eat food grown locally/within a 130 mi radius (the major hawaiian islands) while staying within a budget of $15/dinner for 4. they cheated and bought chicken from the mainland because they couldnt find cheap enough local meat, which i felt defeated the purpose of their locally grown only objective, but i was thinking i wish i could do this because the local market is just a couple minutes away. however local produce is pretty expensive, and i am trying to save money cuz i just planned a 3-day trip to the big island! i'm staying at this buddhist bed and breakfast place near hilo over the thxgvg holiday and am really excited, so i am trying to save money and figured i could stop eating out so darn much. i am impatiently waiting for more peas (only 1/4 are fruiting) and the lettuce to grow more leaves. in my hort class i'm planning to grow tomatoes and eggplant and corn and beans. i really want to eat only locally grown foods but that doesnt fit that well under my saving money objective, altho that family was able to do it somewhat successfully. i was thinking of just trying to eat local stuffs, but letting myself eat other stuff if it's more cost effective (and if i already have boxes of cereal and other food at home). anyway should be interesting. i'm hoping to save $100/month by not eating out, and since my mom left cathy and i have been eating at home more and munching on grapes and stuff, and i went thru this cooking phase where i cooked for 4 days straight because i had to use up all the butternut squash somehow. i am tired time for bed.
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well it's been forever since i wrote / checked updates here. lots has happened since the balmy february days, was that the last time i posted? didnt i post something angry at some point? anyway i have been going thru my neglected yahoo account and have deleted like 500 spam msgs and other crap, and am discovering messages and evites i didnt even know i got from friends. pfff!
hope everyone's doing well. i'm sunned out! and my son sent me some cds!
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i had a great time with surprise boyfriend, who left today unfortunately. we went to the beach a couple times, went on a hike at a botanical garden, had plenty of shave ice and other yummy food.
here is by far my favorite photo of his visit. more to come...
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i'm fighting off a cold on the 3rd day of symptoms (i mistook the first day of symptoms as sleeping or eating something wrong, and stupidly had a pint of beer and an enchilada for dinner - there go 16 sick-free months!), which seems to be not going away, got worse, but now seems better, and i think partly due to the neti pot which i finally decided to use. i had serious doubts when carlos told me about it last winter, but i checked it out and since i was desperate to get off nasal spray. i got 2 stainless steel ones (tn has the other if youre interested), which came with instructions, salt, and a cd (since lost), but the website has all the instructions necessary. although i had some problems at first with water going down my throat or into my mouth, i have gotten the hang of it enough so that i dont have to stop to spit out water or swallow or readjust the nozzley part. i looked up videos to see how people use it, and apparently oprah has given it good publicity. this was the best video i found on youtube:
hope everyone is well this winter. i hear it is raining and cold in the bay area - stay warm - cuddle!
1/22: felt like crap this a.m., so i used the neti pot and saw all this yellow-greenish mucous collect in the sink and slowly wash down the drain. gross, but works. still drinking my reishi and astragalus tea in hopes of this cold being as short-lived as possible. |
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Cloned cows Peggy Sue (right) and Anna Belle graze on a farm operated by ViaGen outside of Austin, Texas, on Oct. 4, 2005. AP Photo on npr.org
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FDA Finds Meat, Milk from Clones Safe to Eat
once again, biotech out of control. i heard they were coming out with this report a week ago and it immediately made me want to give up meat and all industrial food for good. i went to the cooperative-owned market nearby and put down 40 bucks for 2 bags of mostly organic and/or locally grown fruits and greens. i remember the berkeley bowl days o'plenty when i could fill up two bags for $20. i'll just eat less, i tell myself. since clover milk costs so much here, i drink mostly soy milk now to avoid all the chemicals and hormones the poor cows ingest with their feed.
last night i went to an indigenous food sovereignty event at the Hawaiian STudies Center at UH, and it was pretty amazing and disgusting how far biotech corporations and universities will go to protect what they call their "academic freedom" - which means they basically steal the seeds of the indigenous peoples and genetically engineer them to sell them (sometimes back to the same people they stole the seeds from) to make a profit. last night a taro farmer spoke on behalf of the taro and Hawaiians and it was pretty clear that UH doesnt have the upper hand. also, nutritionally, he mentioned that people with wheat and gluten allergies can eat poi.
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Human Hair Makes Great Mulch
Interesting! i'm going to try it when i cut my hair soon. i cant make a mat or anything. actually maybe i should collect the hair from my brush and get started. two basil plants are dead. Not to blame cathy or anything, but damn, she better give me her hair when she cuts it.
Also an article about harvesting rainwater. i havent finished reading it because i've got this headache (i tried fasting for 24 hours, made it to 22 but couldnt stand the headache anymore so made quinoa and tofu and ate some of cathy & bryce's homemade strawberry ice cream). when i tried fasting 12/26, i got nauseous in the car (that was my excuse), so i got about 17 hours in, and realized that i eat entirely way too much as i stuffed my mouth with arare. i didnt need much to feel satiated, but i knew had arare been a burrito or pizza or pad thai, i would've devoured everything in spite of all the signs telling me to stop. i'm addicted to food, but i'm getting over it, and reading about agriculture and the meat "harvesting" industry and the supermarket industry in the US makes me wanna vomit.
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according to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) paperofcolor:
5. moving to hawaii
4. yummy pizza
3. my friends & family loving me
2. finding my path as an environmental protector
1. BEAN HEAD!!!!
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