Made an impromptu midnight dumpster run on my way through town tonight. Lots of full bins. It must be almost time for trash pickup. Sometimes in the past when I've looked, they've been nearly empty. But not now!

At Vitamin Cottage (where I had patronized as a paying customer 12 hours earlier), I scored 2 unopened loaves of some wacky exotic rice bread. Actually, I found 3, but left one of them behind in case anyone else in the neighborhood might be hungry.

For the hell of it, I stopped at a Starbucks dumpster, and found lots of empty cups, and a half eaten container of salad. Had I felt brave and/or desperate, I probably would have tasted it. But I was neither. I quickly grew tired of sorting through post-consumer waste, and continued on my wway.

Still feeling a taste for more treasure hunting adventure, I made a last stop at the place from which I had taken my first dumpstered bite. 7-11. It too was very full. I didn't have to rifle around very long before I found a little bag of soft, squishy, sweet... donuts! A Homer Simpson moment.

Rice bread and donuts. Not exactly the most balanced way to eat, but who's counting calories? Not me!

Actually, I did kind of wish I had found some fruit. Maybe if I had persisted a little longer at Vitamin Cottage, I could have found some. Oh well. Maybe next time.

At some point in the not too far future, it might be time to step my training up a bit. Maybe a few more practice runs, and then I mayb see about challenging myself to eat nothing but dumpstered or otherwise free food (parental provisions don't count) for a day, a week, or perhaps even longer.

Urban Survival. It's not just a weekend retreat. It's not an action item to be categorized and prioritized. It is not a joke you laugh at for 5 minutes and then put back on the shelf. Take a big, juicy bite out of life, because this is life in all its agonizing glory.

If everybody did what I am doing, what would the world be like? What would happen? It's a question I often find myself pondering, not juts in regard to this subject, but for any action taken in life. If everybody, or even a significant portion of the populace, started dumpster diving... Well... Then things could get really interesting.

I was going to elaborate more, but I just realized that I'm about to fall asleep in my chain. Dream time. I think I'll wash my hands first. They smell kind of nasty.