hungry

Allow me to bitch a moment....The bastards in charge decided to announce today what all of America with a pulse knows....we are in a recession. Ya think, assholes.

Anyway in my best Jerry Seinfeld impersonation "What is up with the cost of food?" I go to 4 different grocery stores. I buy only whats on sale. I use/clip coupons, buy extra coupons online (www.couponclippers.com) and yet every paycheck I'm having to stretch a dollar more and more to keep the fridge & pantry stocked. I was the worst offender when it came to eating out because I really dislike cooking. BUT when we bought a home we knew that my drive thru/take out/give the waitress/waiter a decent tip days had to end & we would only be eating out on occasion....fine, cut my veins, fine. Saturday on a now rare eating out occasion we decided to go out to my favorite restaurant (I don't want to say Mexican restaurant because really aren't they all? There's a Mexican in every kitchen doesn't matter if he/she is cooking barbecue....) Ya, that was kinda racist... So what, I'm half beaner....it's the truth. Anyway...their prices went up. When I first started eating there the tacos were about a $1.25 now they are $3.25 for one flipping taco. Guess I won't be seeing them for a while.

The cost of putting dinner on the table is making the freegans looks like geniuses (http://freegan.info/). It's your repulsion to get over with of course. I'm damn close to becoming granola...

I caught myself paying very close attention to 17 Kids and Counting (http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/17-kids-and-counting/duggar-family.html) when they showed how they make their own laundry detergent...These crazy baby producing people need their respect though, watching their show today they explained that they in fact own their own land, live debt free, and pay almost everything in cash...including their $1900.00 grocery bill. Go Daddy & Mama Dugger....

I'm considering starting a garden in the nana's backyard...forget the fact that I kill every plant I have ever been in charge of. Note: the plants in my home are cared for by the nana...I am only their roomate.

My question is when I was little I was told to eat my food because the kids in China are starving....will there come a day that the Chinese children are told to eat their food because the American kids are starving?