Food Shortage...Oh No!!

Source: vanwieren
I’m shocked! We get water that is transported all the way from Greenwich, Connecticut, 2476 miles from Los Angeles! The pure and clear water that keeps up hydrated comes a long way. Then there’s bananas which take 2199 miles to get to Los Angeles, think of how much gas is used for trailers. It’s a lot!! I mean bananas are good, their soft, chewy, white, big and small, and always good in a licuado .^_^. but thats a long way where they are brought from. Bananas, water, raisins, Pasta, and many other products come from a long way in where pretty soon these and other fresh products may begin to decrease in quantity due to the oil crisis, making this a big tragedy. Where will I buy and what will I afford with a food shortage? I mean just today I went to La Superior to buy lettuce, tomatoes, ham, cheese, mayonnaise, and bread to make tortas but I was only able to find mayo and bread. The market was far from looking like the usual fresh Superior I would buy groceries and other products from, it looked more like an abandoned store where the products on the shelves were the only ones available. I mean like many others I’m a locavore, I buy food, fruits, vegetables, and other products in stores that are within 100 miles from my house but with products decreasing in stock I'm left to go elsewhere. The local stores that I normally go to: Food 4 Less, La Superior, El Super, etc. have begun to run out of fresh products which leaves me looking for the nearest farmers market by my house. Then I found out of such a thing called frankenfood, which is food that’s been genetically modified, containing all types of chemicals that can cause health problems to a person. For all I know, the foods I've been buying at my local markets could have been frankenfoods. Imagine the type of chemicals I could have in me just now! Searching for a near farmer's market will not just be my only option to find fresh products but it will be a healthier choice too. I’ve just heard of the nearest farmers market located on 7159 Bissell St in Huntington park, Ca. It’s a small farmers market but it’s close enough for me to be able to walk to even if it takes me a while, plus I could also ride the bus there. Bissell St.’s farmer’s market is small but its great, there I am able to find the vegetables and fruits I need. It all looks so fresh, tasty, and is so delicious, like the big juicy strawberries they sell. They also have many organic products for lower prices than what they have them for at my local markets. Now that I am buying at my local farmer’s market, not only have I gotten fresher products, but I have been purchasing more organic foods and I feel great. I’m lovin’ it! ^_^

Source: localharvest

From Day to Night - It's Life Changing

Source: CheapFlights
Today was a bad day, my grandmothers' flight to Los Angeles from Mexico was canceled due to the whole airline issue and that was a big bummer. I was really looking forward to seeing her today. The cancelation of U.S. airline flights did not just affect my family but it is affecting many around the world. People have had to cancel important meetings and rearrange plans they had which consisted of them flying out of town. Society has been left to find other alternatives to navigate out of town if really needed. U.S. airline flights are creating negative economic effects because some airlines have decided to give refunds to people whose flight have been canceled, therefore money is being lost. To top things off my family and I cannot even drive to Mexico because of gas station outages. Just today we had a four hour wait to simply get gas, it was chaos, cars honking everywhere. When it was finally our turn we were only allowed to pump $30 dollars of gas which was not enough for our car that normally fills up with $50 dollars.
All of society is greatly struggling, not only are airline flights canceled but gas outages are leaving many with fewer alternatives to move from place to place. The economy is beginning to collapse because gas outages are causing people to not purchase cars as much anymore and instead take public transportation, ride a bike, or simply walk. Joe’s car company at Downtown just closed down last week because people were no longer consuming cars. Now that we have the gas outage I have had to give up spending every weekend going to the mall, ahhh no more window shopping. :( The stores around my house are not as interesting as the mall where I have a variety of stores and products to choose and see from. Now I even have to give up the luxury to be driven to school every day and instead have to walk there. Now I’ll have to wake up half an hour earlier than the usual to have enough time to walk to school and get there on time. How exhausting!
In my house there is enough canned food and water for about a week or so but with the oil shortage I am worried that we may starve to death or get dehydrated. I mean I'm already skinny as it is and without food and water I'm terrified to just think how I’d look. I know I am not the only one worrying about losing our necessities and that there are many others who are going through tougher time. Things just don't seem to get any better, I do not have a job which just adds to the 12% of unemployment rate that there already is. Eventually I think the majority of society will be unemployed, society will be offered with very few products to choose from and people will be eating scraps of food found in the trash. In order to use the products my family and I have left, we have decided to prioritize our needs as the most important, staring with water, then food, and clothing. We will only eat two meals a day instead of three and drink four cups of water instead of eight. We are not shortening our family days out to two or three times a month instead of every weekend. Hopefully this oil shortage ends soon!
Source: health compass

Oil Reserves

Class today was very interesting, I learned the meaning of demand and supply and as I can recall, demand is the willingness and ability to buy. Supply on the other hand is the quantity of services and goods that are produced. Both, supply and demand affect the oil crisis, one way or another. Picture this, if people did not demand lingerie then there would be none created, people would just be wearing their clothes over nothing, all natural. I also took a true or false quiz in class at thatquiz.org and sadly to say I got most of them wrong. I mean I would've never thought that the answer to "Each country publishes information about its reserves. This gives us pretty good information about future oil production," would be false instead of right. I mean I would have thought that it was right because in order for the world to know whether we truly running out of oil or not we should have published information regarding the reserves. Don’t you think? Personally I think that this would help us prevent from going any deeper into a world without oil.
Source: heatingoil

Uses of Oil - Make Up Reality

So So I'm walking down the streets of downtown today, when I come across a crowd that was blocking my path, and all I'm thinking is people are so nosy these days but there you see me trying to see what the fuzz is all about. haha. I manage to make my way through to the front of the crowd to see this man giving some type of oil show. The guy's showing all these different kinds of cosmetics and materials that contain oil and that many use on a daily basis. When I hear the guy say "MAKE UP", I'm like WHATTT, that’s crazy! How can something I use like every day be so nasty? Make up is used almost everywhere, like when shooting a movie, commercials, and going to work; I mean hundreds of movies and shows are created yearly, that's tons of petrochemicals being used. I just don't understand how something so magnificent that is able to cover up blemishes and beauty a girl up be a part of the oil crisis. Now imagine living without make up, how would people really look??? The oil crisis seems to be getting worse every day and make up seems to be decreasing in quantity which is why I have considered tattooing my makeup. No longer will I have to use up any more make up or have to worry about running out of it completely. I haven't made a final decision yet but until then, I will simply use make up twice a week for now.

Source: karlaslayouts

Life Without Sneakers

Source: dallasobserver
On Sunday Morning I woke up late to hear in the news that SNEAKERS would no longer be created, I was in shock! So I get up and take a quick shower thinking that I'll walk to the Warehouse near my house but by the time I get there, theres a big-o sign that has SOLD OUT written on it, and I'm like OMG, what am I going to do?!?! Now I only have the pair of sneakers that I have at home, my sandals, flats, and heels which are not always appropriate and comfortable. When it's cold my sandals do not keep my feet warm or cover them from the rain when its raining, plus I can't even run in them. My feet feel like their burning when the weather is hot and I'm wearing flats because the sole is very thin. When its hot and I'm wearing flats, my feet get sweaty and stuff and that's nasty, then I have to be wearing them little socks which are not always comfortable.