a video and reception at the Akureyri Art Museum and a concert by Bang Gang last night is the first social mingling with the local art crowd since arriving, been so busy. incredible how fast the time goes, but slogging on code, servers, files, tags, templates, formats, networks, samples, loops, and clips soaks up time in an infinite do-loop. having a regular schedule does the same, especially the limits on internet access as defined by library opening hours. and the resistance to going to Café Karolina for the ‘free’ access there, ’cause it costs, gotta buy something. but with sugar, chocolate, caffeine, and alcohol off my menu, there is herbal tea left. already hard enough to maintain the avoidance of these ever-present substances in the grocery store, where restless shopping catches me reading labels of things like Pringles to be reminded of the horrible substances hiding in the machine-perfect chips. mono-sodium glutamate: to be avoided. or my favorite cookies, Burton’s Home Blest chocolate-coated digestives, to see if they have suddenly eliminated sugar from the ingredients: fat chance. fruit the only available sweet, or carrots. but going back to apples that are shipped from New Zealand or Washington State, definitely NOT organic, is not pleasant. at least the stores are now open 24-7 in some instances, though I remember from a decade past that there were price differentials of up to 300% between the cheap generic Bónus chain, and the small local 10-11 shops, on the same items. not sure it is so high these days, but prices for very normal food is roughly double the cost of normal organic foods in Boulder, for example. I try not to shop, but when doing so, ignore the prices: depressed starvation would be a direct result.