And so it begins. I'm calling it clogging (consumption logging).
Today I spent $8.62 on lunch. I had Pad Se-ew it was sub par but I have leftovers that I will eat tomorrow.
My leftovers were placed into a small "chinese food" container --> a brown paper bag --> a clear plastic bag.
Pretty ridiculous amount of packaging for this small container. I've been housing a pretty large collection of bags and other miscellaneous containers in the bottom drawer of my desk at work. This started when the CSA was still in season and I would use the bags I collected for the food I picked up. That way I wouldn't have to carry bags to work.
Anywho, I signed up for a meal plan today (since I am employed by a university) for this semester in an effort to save on money and packaging. Additionally, there is an all local dinning hall just steps from my building.
Hopefully this works out.
Total Spent: $8.62
Total Days: 1
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02 January 2008
I'll (Not) Contain You
We've arrived at the very beginning of the process; it's the first day of consumption logging. I'm off to an unmonumental start. The only thing I purchased today was lunch:
$10.84 for 1 hot links sandwich with a side of 'cued beans from Smoke Joint, the Fort Greene BBQ depot. I'm happy to support them. They are a conscientious local eatery and strive to use homegrown and local ingredients with flare.
Recording a food purchase deserves some explanation. The intention of the project isn't to provide a neurotic inventory of the minutiae of everyday life. However, insofar as the the project is intended to situate those tiny decisions in the context of consumption as a daily behavior, anything that fits is part of the inventory. I've decided to log food because it constitutes a significant portion of my consumptive behavior.
In that vein, I am thinking about all of the 'unbilled extras' included when I get takeout. Today it was:
2 moist towelettes
1 Prepackaged silverware kit, with knife and fork and 1 packet each of salt and pepper
1 Plastic bag
1 container for the hot links and complimentary coleslaw, made of #6 Polystyrene
1 container for 'cued beans, made of #6 Polystyrene
1 tinfoil wrapper for the bun
1 plastic bag
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8 supporting items at no cost to me.
$10.84 for 1 hot links sandwich with a side of 'cued beans from Smoke Joint, the Fort Greene BBQ depot. I'm happy to support them. They are a conscientious local eatery and strive to use homegrown and local ingredients with flare.
Recording a food purchase deserves some explanation. The intention of the project isn't to provide a neurotic inventory of the minutiae of everyday life. However, insofar as the the project is intended to situate those tiny decisions in the context of consumption as a daily behavior, anything that fits is part of the inventory. I've decided to log food because it constitutes a significant portion of my consumptive behavior.
In that vein, I am thinking about all of the 'unbilled extras' included when I get takeout. Today it was:
2 moist towelettes
1 Prepackaged silverware kit, with knife and fork and 1 packet each of salt and pepper
1 Plastic bag
1 container for the hot links and complimentary coleslaw, made of #6 Polystyrene
1 container for 'cued beans, made of #6 Polystyrene
1 tinfoil wrapper for the bun
1 plastic bag
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8 supporting items at no cost to me.
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