More Nonsense

As a consumer of fast food I cannot completely pledge my hatred for the fast food sector of the economy but I know that if they all happened to disappear over night I would not even shudder. The first part of my partial hatred comes from a financial point of view. I added up the amount I would spend a week on fast food if I ate there twice a week including only weekdays and the sum came to around $75 and that was rounding down rather generously. I then decided that I would spend the same amount on groceries to see how long it would last me. After using the majority of the groceries including the primary food, such as food I would make a meal out of, it lasted me about two full weeks and I still had some food left over and a good portion of my snack related food left. This meant that I did not have to buy all the same items the next time I went to the grocery store and had more money to spend in my budget on food that I can cook meaning my groceries would last me that much longer. Financially I saved around 50% of what I was spending on fast food. From a nutritional perspective I had to have been eating much healthier. I am not expert on health and nutrition but it does not take an expert to know that the majority of fast food it not beneficial to your body other than the fact that it fills you up and it controls your hunger. The food that I got from the grocery store consisted of fresh produce, meat to cook and additional side dishes such as rice to eat along side the meat and produce. As I said before, I am no expert but I have a feeling that the food I prepare is much healthier. I can also add food preparation to the list of things I have little expertise in but I do know that my pan-fried chicken with a side of rice and vegetables taste better than anything McDonald's has to offer but then again I may just be biased. Personally, I believe that beneficial finances, health and taste all out way convenience and if you can't find the time to cook a couple meals in the day than either you work to much or not enough.

UNICEF Tap Project

Normally I would talk about an important event going on in my life but this time I want this post to actually have value to it. The United Nation's Children Fund, also known as UNICEF, is holding a project that they call the Tap Project. This project is meant to help provide clean water for countries that do not have easy access to it. All you have to do to help is not use your cellphone. It sounds odd but their mobile website has an application on it that times how long you do not use your phone and for every minute unused, you provide water for one day to a child in need. It works this way because several corporations have pledged a certain amount of money for every minute raised to help fund the project. So please feel free to help a child's life today and be productive at the same time.

Winter Olympics

Watching the Olympics has always been something I look forward to whether it be Summer or Winter. I am willing to watch almost any sport they televise just knowing that is the best people from across the world competing to prove who is the best in the world. I also enjoy the fact that they change the location of the Olympics every time they come around. Sometimes they choose a less than appropriate place for the Olympics. Take this year for example, they chose Sochi, Russia as the place to hold the Winter Olympics. I do not have anything against Russia but if a place does not already have high living standards for the people who actually live there, than I don't know if they should be hosting the Olympics. Lately people who are in Sochi have been complaining about the living conditions such as undrinkable water or how they have surveillance cameras in the showers. There must not be a list of requirements for the hosting city to uphold because if their were I feel as if clean drinking water would be pretty high on the list. Having already heard so many complaints about the living issues I have grown tired of them to the point where I no longer care to talk about them. I'll just stick to enjoying the sports which is what we really tune into the Olympics to begin with.

Old Styles, New Times

I started to write about the weather again because it is safe to say that it has only gotten worse but then I remembered that I had already wrote about it in my last post. The suffering is real when you consider lighting yourself on fire while walking to class because you have convinced yourself that you would be more comfortable aflame than you would numb and miserable. This soapbox already feels worn out.

My 21st birthday passed by over the weekend and my parents were the only one's who got me a present that did not alter my mind (although I did take a shot with my Dad.) They got me a modern day record player and a few records. As someone who was born into the age of technology and often saw things that already have predecessors as out of date, I never thought about owning a record player as a good use of time or money. The trick to having good use out of a record player is finding music that would more likely be on vinyl (i.e., older music) and finding out what you enjoy. Jazz has always been one of my favorite genres and I have always listened to it off of iTunes and my Dad always told me it never sounded the same. Not until I played a Miles Davis on my record player did I really understand what he was saying. It would be hard to argue that the quality of the music was better but something about the sound of it was different. It was as if I went to a concert blindfolded. Instead of my record player sitting on top of my dresser it was Miles Davis propped up against playing a concert for one but luckily for me this concert has no end. I doubt I will completely indulge myself into listening to vinyls and give up all other forms but it is a nice hobby to have.

R.I.P. Miles Davis