#dumpstering

small but mighty!

here is this Aldi's organics dumpster, which is large and mighty. I think I'm out of dumpstering practice because I kind of stood there and stared at all of this for a while and couldn't decide what I felt safe taking. bananas yes, because they have a peel. onions yes, because they too have a skin you don't eat. I looked at a bunch of the potatoes but the undersides were icky. but like maybe I could've taken some broccoli and celery that was on top? somehow an organics dumpster feels less safe than finding a lone broccoli in a regular dumpster. it is more... wet. I feel like things start to rot faster. this is more a feeling than anything. I've definitely taken apples from dumpsters. I think I just forgot what my standards are.

the boxed stuff is from aldi, the bread + salad is from panera

the seasons of my dumpstering life are changing, my friends. it’s just too hard to make yourself go out at night to do this when you work full-time. and when you’re not 19 anymore. and when the seasons are literally changing which means it’s staying light out later, making it hard to be a sneaky dumpster mouse (and the season of natural outdoor refrigeration is ending). maybe summer is for sunrise dumpster runs when I wake up with the birds in the vines outside my window? maybe not though. we’ll see.