Day 274: Grocery Shopping Fail [x2]

 

October 1st, 2011A long tangent of events were a part of my life today, including a failure to buy a set of groceries at two distinct stores. After going to Foodworx in the morning with Geetha and getting a waffle, we proceeded to Geisel where Bee-John met up with us and annoyed us both. Bee-John and I got some delicious lunch at Tapex bringing the smelly odor all the way over to the Geisel library. I did some Vietnamese homework as well as the preparation of my presentation on Monday while there, having an ultimately overachieving Saturday. Rashika came, Geetha left, & then Bee-John left, so I made my way home. When I got home, I worked on a few activities before ultimately settling on going grocery shopping at Von’s. My picture of the day illuminates my impressive ability to work on a Saturday when everyone else is having fun. I ended up wandering the halls not knowing at all what to buy, eventually settling on wrapping paper. Afterwards, I ate a cup of Noodles for dinner before meeting up with Geetha at Ralph’s, where I ended up not buying anything except a small set of fruits. The night ended with going to Geetha’s place and eating some delicious pasta made exclusively by her for me.

On this day in 1890, an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees. Environmental trailblazer John Muir (1838-1914) and his colleagues campaigned for the congressional action, which was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison and paved the way for generations of hikers, campers and nature lovers, along with countless “Don’t Feed the Bears” signs. Native Americans were the main residents of the Yosemite Valley, located in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, until the 1849 gold rush brought thousands of non-Indian miners and settlers to the region. Tourists and damage to Yosemite Valley’s ecosystem followed. In 1864, to ward off further commercial exploitation, conservationists convinced President Abraham Lincoln to declare Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias a public trust of California. This marked the first time the U.S. government protected land for public enjoyment and it laid the foundation for the establishment of the national and state park systems. Yellowstone became America’s first national park in 1872. I WANNA GOOOOOOOOOO

Ron Paul, antagonist of the Federal Reserve and advocate for the gold standard, probably won’t capture the Republican presidential nomination. But with his libertarian leanings energizing a small though growing group of passionate conservatives, the quirky Texas congressman is proving to be a force in the 2012 contest. Four months before the initial voting, Paul is having such a big impact on the race that some Republican operatives are convinced that he will play spoiler in important states, siphoning votes and attention from his rivals for months to come and helping determine the nominee. HE MOST DEFINITELY WILL WIN.

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