Monday, September 1, 2008

Adventures in consumerism...

Alright... here's the plan. One month, Sept. 2008, no purchases of any product with a UPC (barcode you idiot)

Sofar it's just me in on it, but feel free to join up... i'll be posting about issues i come up with (so far... feeding the cats?) and adventures in figuring out ways to subvert said issues... so hopefully i can pick up some decent pointers along the way...

i'll keep you posted

(ps. so far, i fed the cats a can of cat food... i'm thinking i might try to do the same but try to spread it out by mixing it with cooked rice, and other kitty friendly foods i can buy locally or with out barcodes...)

oh, and ideas of how to come up with college text books would be great!

3 comments:

Bones said...

oh... and first person to guess my inspiration (except ppl i've told, fuckin spoilers...) wins a prize

Krys said...

one question. if you buy something used, like a used book, does that still count? particularly if the barcode isn't being scanned or tracked? if you buy your textbooks online from ebay, i don't think you're breaking the spirit of the exercise.

Bones said...

i was wondering that on my bike ride down to school today... i think it will deserve its own post.... we'll see