But when you sleep, where do you go?

My blog’s feeling a little neglected. After a three week vacation, and then this week I’ve been dragging my feet a little — it still feels like summer… Damn, what’s up with that? Time to buckle down and get back to work. The summer is nearly over here in La La Land. In two weeks the semester starts and then the shit really hits the fan. I’m looking forward to it. In June it’s nice when all the students are gone and it’s pretty easy to get a table at your favorite restaurant, but then .. this town get’s kind of lonesome when all the students are gone for too long. We’ve had our fun and now it’s time to kick the academic year into high gear, you know?

The past week I’ve been making strictly soy lattes at home. I’ve been using Silk vanilla soy milk, and I’m pretty pleased with the results. The grocer was running a special on Silk — $1.80 for a half gallon. That’s a reasonable price. I went to the food co-op and they had Westsoy half gallons for $3.99. And that Westsoy stuff is much too sweet for my tastes. I like my milk bitter like the coffee at the bottom of the 24-hour diner’s coffee pot. Just kidding! But damn, Westsoy is really sweet. If you like chocolate milk, you’ll love vanilla Westsoy. Yeah, I’ve been pretty happy with the Silk soymilk, it’s cheap and it does the job.

I’ve been having a bit of jealousy over my California friends. They go to this place called Trader Joe’s that has a lot of organic foods, but the stuff is really cheap. I love the local food co-op here, but their prices are pretty insane on a lot of stuff. I really want to shop at the Co-op, but when I look at my little bag of food and the amount I just paid for it, I go into shock. The grocery store now has an organic aisle, and they’re carrying more organic produce. I think a lot of people go through this same problem … Is it better to support the locally owned business or to buy your stuff at the mega store for cheaper? I support local businesses when I can. I do most of my music shopping at the Record Collector downtown, which is by far my favorite music store. But all the little shit I need around the house like toothpaste and shampoo I tend to buy from Target or sometimes Walmart. But where else do you buy that stuff for that kind of price? What’s the alternative here? Walgreens? I don’t think so. Our precious economy has been overrun by the conglomerates, but at what price? Devils in Arkansas are calling the shots now, kids.