With Jackie almost graduated, my mom decided to pay her a visit and I decided to tag along. It's hard to be green while traveling, with all the transportation and eating out, but I did my best. Luckily, my mom decided to follow my lead- she didn't look at the map once!
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I don't know why the make you wait so long to find out the results of your bar exam, after 4 months, anything is painful. But I suppose 3 days of testing (that's 12 hours of essay, 200 multiple choice) would take a while to grade ( Read more... )

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Today, for the first time, I shopped seriously at Rainbow Groceries, a San Francisco Co-op. I had been there once before after Carolyn told me about the bulk spices because I needed a cumin for a thai curry recipe. I bought a tiny amount, which came to less than $1, and put it in a re-used bottle too, so awesome ( Read more... )

There needs to be a new word, one that describes what I am doing. Think flexitarian but with a sustainability motive, not health. Sustainatarian, oops, already taken. Oh yes, ecotarian. Here we go.

According to the reputable source, Wikipedia, when an ecotarian makes "a consumption decision, they consider the impact on the land of growing the ( Read more... )

Back in the summer (or whenever it was that SF had nice weather) I watched a free performance by the SF Mime Troupe, a political comedy theater group (that surprisingly, talked). They did a 2 hour play about the financial crisis, making an allegory out of a small village (America) beseeched by a witch (the credit card companies). At the end they ( Read more... )

I think the most interesting part about food is it truly binds us all together. I still remember the only decent conversation I had with a girl who was absolutely reviled by our high school for her unabashed know-it-all-ness, was about food ( Read more... )

A couple years back, my friend's dad taught me how to grind beef. It certainly makes sense in terms of the "Burger that Shattered Her Life" but on a more basic level, a cheap cut of beef should not be cheaper than the ground version (even if they do add unrevealed variables). But my house is a constant dearth of cooking utensils (can somebody ( Read more... )

First read Generation M Manifesto , a beautifully written open letter to the "Old People Who Run the World" including such gems as "You turned politics into a dirty word. We want authentic, deep democracy - everywhere," You wanted exurbs, sprawl, and gated anti-communities. We want a society built on authentic community," and You wanted growth - ( Read more... )

I just recently turned 25, and on schedule I am a law school graduated. Before that, I graduated on schedule from college. Before that, K-12. I've learned a lot, in fact, I'd venture to guess I'm over-educated. But during all these years of schooling, they never taught us the most important lesson of all. Rejection ( Read more... )