In search of the best fallafel in the world.

There is a lot of waste in the world. At the same time, there are a lot of people who do not even have enough to have a sustainable life. Why is it that everything is so uneven like that? I know that we can look at politics, at economics, and at other political science type things to help us understand how it came to be that way, but i don't know if that explains why these discrepancies exist.

there are a lot of homeless people here on the streets of Paris; and they're impossible to look over. Yet, somehow, when sitting on the metro and a man steps on the train, playing his accordian, almost everyone on the train manages to not notice when he passes a cup afterwards, as if he doesn't even exist, as if what he does for work, the only thing he is capable of doing, does not warrent the respect of others. I know that i've pulled the same thing sometimes, where its easier ot just pretend it doesn't exist, but that doesn't solve it. yet, does giving him a 50 centieme piece solve anything either?


I went to Pere Lachaise cemetary. it's one of the largest cemetaries in Paris, and there's several famous people buried there (Jim Morrison of the Doors fame, Balzac, Moliere, La Fountaine, Chopin, Chaplin, Wilde just to name a few)as well as uncountable others. There's something peaceful, as well as humbling, about walking about generations of people, of seeing family crypts that go back to the 17th century. It also brought to mind all the people who i've lost in my life: Grandpa, Great-grandma, Aunt Ester, Aunt Beverly, and Joe especially.

I know those two thoughts may seem completely unreleated, but seeing as one happened right after the other, i think they will always be linked in my mind.