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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Caveman diet anyone?

Anthropology was supposed to be one of my throw away, meet-your-18-credit-arts-requirement courses, but it has turned out to be pretty interesting (except for the fact that it is a night class and lasts 3 hours long). What I have learned from this course has only reaffirmed by belief that I was not cut out for the break neck pace of modern western society. Did you know they have a word for people who literally work themselves to death in Japan? Anyway, all the so called "primitive" cultures I learn about seem to living it up in style. Maybe I'm a little biased because I've had this dream of living on a tropical island ever since I saw the Swiss Family Robinson (did you know they were making a remake of this movie with Will Smith and family as the Robinsons? They would have to figure out what to do about the swiss thing but otherwise that might be a pretty good movie. Robinson is an African American name anyway right? At least it is better than Beyonce trying to get cast as wonder woman. I understand she is ambicious but who's going to belive that she came from a tribe of Amazons who are all white?) Back on topic. Anyway, there are people out there who catch fish, hunt and forage for food and then relax for the rest of the day. That's their work, to feed themselves. Isn't it odd that in our society, eating seems to be a break from working? That's 20 hours of work a week that's not really work because you are getting the immediate gratification of eating. I'm sure that these people also have their own problems such as the possibility of starving when you can't find something to eat. I for one would be willing to make that sacrifice to live the forager's way of life, as long as I could bring along my computer and TV.

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