Day 140

Sunday June 8th, 2008

Today was a semi-productive day at the DDC. I woke up an hour earlier, didn't bother to get up for the gym, but still I consider it a success. I got breakfast and then headed off to the DDC where I got caught up on email and then started working. I started my introduction but then got stalled when I needed information about the food commodity market and the global food crisis. There is a lot of discussion about the effects and causes of the current food crisis, but there are no numbers about it. After searching through a number of articles I went to the USDA-FAS webpage and then uncovered why it was so difficult to get numbers. The commodity market is insanely complex. Everything is interconnected and intertwining and basically messed up. Megan arrives tomorrow. I heard it was raining today. I don't believe it. It hasn't rained since week one.