Protein Powder

Can protein powder substitute real food? It appears possible. My room mate lives off it, and I just saw a homeless person get off at Main and Hastings with two big buckets of the stuff.

The bus ride tonight felt very awkward. Looking at the mentally ill person on the wheelchair, I felt disgust--first at her than at myself. It was hard to tell from her face; she definitely didn't sound female, but from the shiny purses she was showing off I decided that she was female. She got on at Coquitlam Station. At first the driver didn't even want to touch her, citing WCB regulations. Nevertheless there was an old man there who was nice enough to push her on to the bus.

Just about two hours ago, I was pouring from re-watching Schindler's List, from watching the horror of seeing human beings treated like cattle. And yet here I was staring at another human being as if she wasn't one. Recalling her friend who helped her off the bus, who was waiting for her at the intersection, I was ashamed that this man in rags might be a better person than I am.