Two Big Macs, two large fries and oh yeah better make that a Diet Coke.

September 5th 2008

Today I walked to work – it took me 30minutes and the scenery was amazing. I’ve been feeling stir crazy and quite grumpy because of all the time we have been spending in the van. In addition to driving to SmallTown, we have been driving everywhere - mostly get large scale items to set up our life here. But my guess is that if we really wanted to we would have found a way to avoid the van. In BigCity, Canada I rode my bike everywhere, ran 10km on a regular basis, and did yoga at least 3-4x a week. But with the crazy pace of the move and cleaning it has been a week since I have had the chance to do any exercise.

What’s really strange is the reaction I got when the folks around here found out that I walked to school – they’re look of amazement said it all. America is headed for a freakin’ fat explosion. Or the porcification of America - as HippieHusband calls it. On average, one person here is equivalent to squishing together at the very least two BigCity Canadians, in some cases three. Oh I know people in Canada are getting fat as well, but here it is ridiculous. In BigCity, Canada, city dwellers walk around with Starbucks coffee, here SmallTown Americans walk around with supersized slurpies. I mean if you can’t fit into a bus seat then something is wrong. And I don’t buy the whole medical condition. What’s even more ludicrous is, as Middle America is gets fatter, Hollywood and the fashion industry become anorexic.


There are several grocery stores here in SmallTown, and what’s remarkable is that you can predict where someone shops by their girth. The skinny hippies frequent one and the fat jack in the boxes frequent the others. It’s wrong. All wrong.

I guess when the gas shortages start more people will have to bike or walk to school. Oh Brave New World, I can’t wait for the revolution!