good news for people who love bad news

That's a song. But I can't remember who sings it. oops. And I just learned that 2 or 3 google searches releases about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle of water. (I can't say I'm too worried about it, actually. Should I be?) anyway, its true that lots of bad stuff is happening these days. Gaza's getting pounded. An indonesian ferry with several hundred people aboard sunk. A Nepalese reporter was "hacked to death." bleck. no good. But there is also good news out there! On a rather small scale (but related to bigger things!) I finally found a little health food store that has all fair trade products. (Including brown sugar, woohoo! But no vanilla, boo! But David Bon. brought me yummy extracto de vainilla de Mexico. so I'm set. ) I'm excited to finish the average joe (hah...) coffee I bought at the super market so that I can go buy fair trade coffee. And now I'm off in search of fresh cilantro to make a yummy sweet potatoe, black bean dish (from Simply in Season, the burritos) because my dear friend Emily sent me the recipe! Yum good food and good friends. Also today is very sunny. And I will go to my second flamenco class. That's right, when I come back I will be pura gitana. pure gypsy. Everyone tells me I look like a gypsy already. (a lie...) And then to the climbing gym. Um, but anyway, I just browsed the BBC homepage to see if I could put up some more good news...um...kind of hard to find. Scientists got some footage of the Solenodon? (Only mammal that can inject venom into prey. Lives on the island of Hispaniola--DR and Haiti.) Yeah, thats about all I got. Plus an advert for the best job in the world, i.e. "island caretaker" on small islands of Australia. If I thought I had any chance of getting it I would apply...