We did have lunch with Casson Trenor and talked about how he got where he is and what not which was super cool and inspiring. He is an environmentalist, social activist author, restaurant owner (he opened the world's first sustainable sushi restaurant - Tataki, right here in San Francisco), and media personality. He is the author of Sustainable Sushi and was named one of Time Magazine's Heroes of the Environment in 2009.
Today, was more time spent in the office and more time on the phones. I spoke to some incredibly inspiring people today who are actually living in Louisiana or nearby the oil spill and have family who are being directly affected by what is going on. One of them was telling me about how controlling BP is being about the whole situation, and here's the story that really got me. Apparently some local fishermen were trying to go save some sea turtles and other animals that were on the surface of this huge oil slick and BP made them leave. Then, BP lit that oil slick on fire and burnt the animals alive while people were trying to save them. How sick is that?
After work Jules and I went to her place to make compost cookies. Basically they use a basic cookie recipe plus you add a bunch of random crumbled up junk like potato chips, crackers, coffee grounds, chocolate and M&Ms. She had tried them before and figured we should try making them ourselves. The dough was so good - we ate way way too much of it but once they cooked they tasted like fish. I don't know how or why, it was super disappointing though. Afterwards we walked up to Bernal Hill with one of her roommates for a gorgeous 360 degree view of the city, even though it was foggy and nearing dusk. But we made a vow to go back when it was sunny and her roommate was nice enough to drive me home, which was lovely.
Since then I've spent the evening cuddling with Pippy, watching movies with Mandi, and watching Aaron play God of War. This is definitely the life.
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