My December to Remember 3: Day Three
News: Pentagon says U.S. Warship USS Carney attacked in the Red Sea.
WH has no timeline for when Middle East hostage talks will happen.
John Kerry, after arriving to COP28 via private jet, calls for the elimination of every coal plant on earth.
I’ve become that annoying New York lady who only wants to buy Organic. It’s become somewhat of an obsession as I check the back of each product I buy at Whole Foods. I need to see the Non-GMO project blue square. Or USDA Organic certification. Nothing that contains a “bioengineered product,” or food dye made of bugs. Believe me when I say I can taste the insects in foods like that. I won’t eat them anymore. It’s the simplest decision I ever made to put an end to the fake and phony items they put on the shelves for consumption. I’m lucky enough to not have to worry about rising prices at grocery stores, as I plunk down whatever it takes to live that non-GMO life. Whatever authenticity I strive for shows up in all aspects of my life, even if I’m not always dialed into the correct channel.
I don’t know how legitimate these labels are, or how much they ring true, but it feels good knowing I’m getting the best food possible in a land where regulations have made it near impossible to get anything real.
When I was in Europe, food tasted like food there. None of this disgusting aftertaste I get with some of those bioengineered foods here. It was nice to have a glimpse of the real deal for once, as I’m forced to shovel bullsh*t down my gob from all sides of the human experience.
It’s been quite difficult to discern what’s real out there these days, even as we’re given all these different options to consume. I get kind of jaded, especially when it comes to my news. Some days, I don’t know what stories they’re feeding are legit. Things either seem completely made up, or we’re being gaslit into believing the lies that this current administration is actually competent.
Only once in a while do we see stories that qualify as something real happening, something that’s not been cooked up in a lab or hastily tossed together in the pan. Every so often these explosive stories show how serious things are, and to spice up an otherwise dull day at the office.
I predict we’re about to see a whole lot more of things we should be paying attention to, much like the labels at the store. And I think the more I keep aware of the realest news out there, the better we’ll be able to pin down who’s the one really stirring the pot here.
It’s only recently dawned on me that sometimes I have to play this game of theirs to get by. I don’t have the option of visiting an organic farm every time I want to purchase my food. I have to rely on what Whole Foods provides, and I’m hoping I’m savvy enough to be aware of the labels. I don’t have to eat something because “it’s easy,” just like I don’t have to take a headline at face value without checking what the recipe actually entails.
At this point, I view the news as an array of ingredients left on the table, waiting there to be put together into one decent meal. There’s plenty of parts, just no specific technique to make it taste good. I anticipate something on the horizon that will allow us to concoct something so irrefutably delicious that even the pickiest consumer will be able to swallow it. It’ll just take the right set of hands to cook it up, giving us all a chance to savor what’s really going on.
This all may be a stretch, as the news seems to go dark on the weekends. But there’s enough here to show this station of our timeline isn’t all just fluff and airy desserts. There’s some real stuff going on behind the curtain, things that will leave us in a right mess if we’re not careful. But don’t worry. There’s enough of us out here who are used to the mess and know how to clean up after ourselves. I can share my tip and tricks in the kitchen. Hopefully we’re not too far off from creating the best meal of them all.
