Breakfast: The ubiquitous Kashi and soymilk BUT I added bits of apple that made it taste weird.

Lunch: A huge salad and some cold curly fries.

Dinner: Pasta and a salad

Cravings: Sushi again (I’m tempted to walk over to the Hudson River and catch my own.)

Mood: Worryingly cheerful (When I’m in a fabulous mood, I temper it by convincing myself it’s a manic episode and will dissolve into tears by the end of the day.)

Everybody’s eyes always pop out when I explain what a Freegan is. People just can’t believe that they dumpster dive, eschew buying and remain steadfastedly unified in their opposition to capitalism. Or to put in their own words; "After years of trying to boycott products from unethical corporations responsible for human rights violations, environmental destruction, and animal abuse, many of us found that no matter what we bought we ended up supporting something deplorable. We came to realize that the problem isn't just a few bad corporations but the entire system itself." Or to use more iconic language, they have turned on, tuned in and dropped out. And that, the ‘system’ notwithstanding, is as American as apple pie (which by the way, comes from England). Seriously, think about it but if you don’t want to, I have developed some mathematical equations to illustrate my point:

Freegans + Drugs + Communes = Hippies

Freegans + Jesus = Quakers

Freegans + Walden Pond = Henry David Thoreau

Freegans + Jesus - Electricity = Amish

Freegans + Jesus + Mother Ann - Sex = Shakers

Now don’t get offended; I’m being purposely simplistic to prove my point, which is that striving for the simple life is not new in this country (Little House on the Prairie was on the air for nine years!) and neither is proselytizing against the wicked consumerist ways of your fellow Americans (Who said; "Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!"? Answer below.). And I suspected you might not believe me so I dragged in an expert. I talked to Dr. David Shi, President of Furman College and the author of "The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture." Not only did he say that I was completely right; but he also endorsed me for Queen of the World. OK, he didn’t say any of that; but here’s what he did say: