All I do is consume media & cook eggs.

7. Watch all movies on AFIs top 100 (34/100) - in progress

I watched "To Kill A Mockingbird" on Monday, which was somewhat interesting -- moreso when it finally reached the trial. Robert Duvall is a creepy looking man in that movie though. Face could kill millions out of fright. I also watched "Taxi Driver" yesterday, which I fell asleep in during the last half hour. It's too bad, really, because I think the last half-hour was probably one of the more entertaining and important parts. But I can't seem to stay awake recently... unless, of course, it's after midnight and I should be sleeping.

8. Read 50 books (46/50) - in progress

I finished "Fast Food Nation" this week, along with "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich. I've seen the movie based on Fast Food Nation, so some of it was repetitive, but the entire food industry is honestly a mess and I think all it's doing is adding stress to my grocery shopping and if I should ever eat meat again. Is it bad that slaughterhouses move at such a rapid pace (to increase profit) that sometimes (most of the time, according to this book) fecal matter gets into the meat that gets sold to consumers? And the USDA has no power to enforce food recalls when E. coli gets into the meat and kills children? I'd think so. But I also don't understand what I can do, other than not buy meat. It's incredibly interesting to learn all these things -- but I also feel rather helpless.

Nickel and Dimed, on the other hand, did not have that effect at all. It was written by a journalist who works three minimum-wage jobs for a month each, and tries to survive on $6 or $7 or $8 an hour. It wasn't nearly as interesting as the agriculture / food books I've been reading, except when it made me feel guilty that my mom hires a cleaning lady.

30. Use my library card to take out 25 books (18/25) - in progress

I took out a book on a woman who lived with the Amish for a bit, called "Plain and Simple." And then "A Clockwork Orange" became available through the hold I'd put on it, so I picked that up too.

69. Shop at a farmer's market during season for fruits & vegetables I buy - in progress

I went down to the farmers market again on Wednesday, and bought more peaches and some eggs. I was pumped to eat those eggs this week, so I had an adorable meal of free-range eggs sunny side up and homemade toast (and grocery store milk, but we can't all be perfect, OK). I think the egg yolks were creamier, but maybe that was just my mind playing tricks on me. When I bought the eggs though, I asked if the woman sold them by half-dozen, and she said no, but they lasted quite a long time... and then proceeded to tell me a story about how her friend went to Africa for a month and her eggs were still good when she came back. You just don't get those anecdotes in the dairy aisle of the grocery.

I'm about a thousand days behind on my journaling, an ultimate fail that I am resolved to fixing this weekend. I hope. Also, in unrelated news, I decided to do a separate page for the 6 in 60, like I am keeping for the AFI movies and the books I've read.

-- Till next time.