Austins-Web

An interesting article ended up on digg today that immediately caught my attention. The title by The Economist entitled: The End Of Cheap Food. I gave it a quick run through but a contributing factor was a rising population and an increase demand for a finite food supply.

This scenario sounds extremely similar to the plot line of Soylent Green.

In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.

I love this film, to me it defines the 70's in movies. A special effect back then was the fact that the whole film was shot with a cheezy green filter. Charleston Heston is also a bad ass in the film.

I digress. The reason I mentioned the film was that the film was set in a future with overpopulation and no real food. Instead everyone is being rationed government issued soylent green. The big twist in the end (sorry for anyone who hasn't seen it), is that soylent green is simply manufactured human beings. I know, talk about Planet of the Apes ending right there.

Is this sort of future inevitable? Will the Charlest Heston film depict our grim future? Only time will tell!

Soylent Green Trailer

Sorry for ignoring the blog. It's weird to say, but I have been pretty damn busy as of late. My apartment is feeling more and more like home as the days go bye. Nearly everyday, I learn something new about cooking, cleaning, general maintenance, etc. It's been great living in a different city and experiencing city life. I don't eat out nearly as much as I like to, but maybe that is because I enjoy cooking and learning how to cook. There are a plethora of restaurants here in Glendale, and neighboring cities that are begging to be tried.

The thing that I enjoy the most about moving out is simply living close to work. My commute is 2.8 miles as opposed to 35 miles (before I moved out).