Um... er.... well, I was away. And my Internet hasn't been working! I've been forced not to blog against my will by hostile Teen Republicans who, after years of searching, took me captive as enemy #1!
Ugh. Forget it. I've been totally lazy and haven't updated in very near forever.
But I am here today to get back on track! The most exciting thing that has happened to me since I have been abusing and ignoring my blog has been our trip to Disney World. Considering the fact that I am not a kiddie-friendly human, nor do I enjoy waiting in lines... it wasn't nearly as awful as I thought it was going to be. Huzah! There were vegan options almost everywhere we went, and I had a pretty darn good Mediterranean sandwich at Hollywood Studios. Random, huh?
Also, I heard of someone named Angie* who claimed to be a vegan. Seeing as I know her, I was siked! I'm getting tired of being a loner. Then I heard that Angie said,
"Oh yeah. I'm vegan. Like, I don't drink milk or eat eggs ALONE... but if they're in stuff, who cares?"
W T F!? Talk about a freegan! I have to ask apathetic waiters at random restaurants if that salad is vegan, and I have gotten a million billion "uuuggghhh. I'll go ask the chef"-s. Who knew you could call yourself a vegan and go about eating things that contain animal products! Gee whiz! I'm gonna go get myself a big huge grilled cheese, just because I can now. What a magical day! Give me a break. This is potentially worse than the myspace-facers that spell 'vegetarian' wrong on their "about me"s.
"ive been a vegutarien for a month. i dont eat red meat at all. i love animals alot."
While their statuses are usually something along the lines of,
**sCeNiEbEaN<333** just had lyke the best chicken stripzz EVA.
Ick. Sorry to be a pretentious beeyotch. It just hurts my soul when I see people who are phony like that, especially when it comes to something like animal rights. Am I going to rip your face off if you kill a housefly? Um, no. But please spell the word 'vegetarian' right if you're going to advertise it. Maybe Hot Topic needs to start selling some freakin' dictionaries. I bet if it had a picture of PARAMORE (omg) on it, they would buy it. Or maybe even EDWARD CULLEN (<3!).
In other (less bitchy) news, since I haven't been blogging, I've been gorging myself on crap. If it's vegan and it's full of sugar/sodium/fat, I've been eating it. I shouldn't even be hating on freegans, I've been as unhealthy as a manager of Mickey D's lately. Oreos, Taco Bell, Ramen, chips, more Taco Bell, sugary granola bars, and Taco Bell has been the staple of my diet. You know what it's time for?
*Drumroll*
A DETOX! I have been searching the granola-crunching web for a safe, healthy, organic detox and I think I have found one. A nutritionist made up this flippin' sweet detox called "The Martha's Vineyard Detox" (Umm, hello! Anything with Martha's Vineyard in it is fiiine with me) and it seems to be pretty legit. It's not psycho like Beyonce's cayenne pepper-drinking detox, and it just involves drinking herbal tea and vegetable juices (...) regularly. It's based on drinking your nutrients instead of eating them, so your body doesn't have to work as hard to absorb them. Along with drinking herbal shiz and veggies/fruits, you have to take a food-based vitamin. Check! It is supposed to really clear out the toxins in your body, as well as filter out all the crap that you dump in there from cosmetics to sodas. I'm going to continue doing research, and keep this updated. There seems to be a relationship between my health and my updating this blog... laziness, much? If anyone knows of any good ones, please let me know. tips on detoxing, lemme know!
I am getting healthy for Christmas, darnit! Then I won't feel as bad about consuming mass amounts of vegan desserts!
*name has been changed greatly
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
McD-bag
Excusez mon français... but McDonald's can kiss my vegan ass.
Let me rest my case with a quote. Joy Mench, who runs the Center for Animal Welfare at the U. of California, said this.
"When there are eight birds in a cage this size, the bird barely has room to stand," Mench continues. "And even then she's really compressed. There are a lot of birds pressing against her and turning around is really difficult. And a really important thing about this as well, probably one of the main reasons that crowded hens experience a lot of illness, is there's not enough space for all the birds to feed at the same time. If you're a low ranking bird—low on the peck order—you tend to get pushed to the back during feeding and you can't get enough food. So quite often the lowest ranking bird in that cage gets sick and dies."
WHAT!? And these aren't even the animals that are killed. The birds that are sent to be turned in to "happy" meals (ironic, huh?) are hung upside down by shackles, then have their throats slit while they're still completely conscious. And if that isn't awful enough, they throw the birds in tanks of boiling water while many of them are still alive. If this was being done to dogs, or even pigs... it would be illegal. What makes a chicken any different, McDouchebag?
In reality, chickens are a lot more intelligent than a lot of humans I know. They can recognize over 100 other chickens, and have over 30 vocalizations. And get this- chickens are able to understand that an object, even when taken away and hidden, continues to exist. This is even beyond the mental capacity of a small child. They all have different personalities, and can solve problems, and have social groups... come on. It's the same thing as torturing and eating a dog. Honestly? They seem a lot smarter than my dog, Ollie, who doesn't really care if an object exists or not, as long as he can chew on Barbies.
Seriously? I am disgusted about the slaughtering methods used by McDonald's. It's obvious that they aren't unaware of the situation, they're just too ignorant to care. I know that people aren't going to stop eating chicken, (even the "red meat vegetarians" who are also ignorant to this awful reality) but couldn't we just come up with an ethical way to treat and kill these animals? Wait a second... we have! It's called Control-Atmosphere Killing. CAK involves making sure the chickens are deceased BEFORE they are thrown into boiling tanks of water. Of course McDonald's doesn't care- it would involve spending their precious moolah on a change in their vicious killing cycle.
How about getting rid of that dollar menu and upping the prices a little bit? Maybe it will even stop people from eating the crap they crank out, too.
Citations(aka check 'em out!)-
http://www.mccruelty.com/
http://www.chickenindustry.com/
http://www.peta.org/cak/
Let me rest my case with a quote. Joy Mench, who runs the Center for Animal Welfare at the U. of California, said this.
"When there are eight birds in a cage this size, the bird barely has room to stand," Mench continues. "And even then she's really compressed. There are a lot of birds pressing against her and turning around is really difficult. And a really important thing about this as well, probably one of the main reasons that crowded hens experience a lot of illness, is there's not enough space for all the birds to feed at the same time. If you're a low ranking bird—low on the peck order—you tend to get pushed to the back during feeding and you can't get enough food. So quite often the lowest ranking bird in that cage gets sick and dies."
WHAT!? And these aren't even the animals that are killed. The birds that are sent to be turned in to "happy" meals (ironic, huh?) are hung upside down by shackles, then have their throats slit while they're still completely conscious. And if that isn't awful enough, they throw the birds in tanks of boiling water while many of them are still alive. If this was being done to dogs, or even pigs... it would be illegal. What makes a chicken any different, McDouchebag?
In reality, chickens are a lot more intelligent than a lot of humans I know. They can recognize over 100 other chickens, and have over 30 vocalizations. And get this- chickens are able to understand that an object, even when taken away and hidden, continues to exist. This is even beyond the mental capacity of a small child. They all have different personalities, and can solve problems, and have social groups... come on. It's the same thing as torturing and eating a dog. Honestly? They seem a lot smarter than my dog, Ollie, who doesn't really care if an object exists or not, as long as he can chew on Barbies.
Seriously? I am disgusted about the slaughtering methods used by McDonald's. It's obvious that they aren't unaware of the situation, they're just too ignorant to care. I know that people aren't going to stop eating chicken, (even the "red meat vegetarians" who are also ignorant to this awful reality) but couldn't we just come up with an ethical way to treat and kill these animals? Wait a second... we have! It's called Control-Atmosphere Killing. CAK involves making sure the chickens are deceased BEFORE they are thrown into boiling tanks of water. Of course McDonald's doesn't care- it would involve spending their precious moolah on a change in their vicious killing cycle.
How about getting rid of that dollar menu and upping the prices a little bit? Maybe it will even stop people from eating the crap they crank out, too.
Citations(aka check 'em out!)-
http://www.mccruelty.com/
http://www.chickenindustry.com/
http://www.peta.org/cak/
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Man vs. Obesity
I don't know if I have brought this up yet on this blog, or anywhere for that matter... but I think the "obesity crisis" in America is freakin' DISGUSTING.
Now let me just clear up something. Every body is beautiful if it's taken care of. If you eat 3 meals instead of 4 (fourthmeal... Taco Hell's slogan which I find high-larious), and get out of the house as opposed to playing xbox all day, I commend you. Let's face it, the vegan lifestyle pretty much means converting to a health nut. I do love my Munchos and Oreos (and other vegan junk ending in 'os') in moderation! But my God... has anyone seen the movie Wall-E? The people all become fat, and no longer walk, but hover around picking up food and watching TV. That is what we are slowly becoming. I wish that we could make cute little Wall-E robots, though, he is SO adorable!
The reason I am going on this rampage is because I came across a show called 'Man v. Food' this weekend. I nearly hurled. So it's this dude who goes around the country finding "delicious food" (you know, 13 pound pizzas, 10 pound milkshakes, 190 pound burgers...) and seeing how much of it he can shove down his throat before he hurls. And sometimes he even gets his pic up with OTHER fatties who stretched their stomachs to fit 190 pounds of rotting corpse. Woo-hoo! Talk about an accomplishment. I wouldn't be so offended by this if if wasn't a total representation of American culture (or lack thereof..). Other culinary "connoisseurs" go around the world trying out cuisine from a wide range of cultures. This one just stays in the good ol' homeland. Frankly, it's effing embarrassing. I don't want other countries to see that we eat13 pound pizzas and have jiggly cellulite badonkadonks from gorging down a 190 lb. hamburger!! That's humiliating! We have spread culture around the world for decades, and now we are just spreading obesity. Poor Chinese people used to live on an extremely healthy rice and lean meat-based diet. Now? They're packing on the pounds, unintentionally Americanizing (ahem... fattening) themselves because the a-holes at McDonald's keep cranking out shiz that has 32 grams of fat in it. Come ON.
When Adam Richman of the show was asked to address the link between the show and the obesity epidemic, he said this.
"There is a difference between crazy moments of devil-may-care munching, and abject gluttony. I think conveying that one should make a diet of bacon cheeseburgers and fried chicken would be HIGHLY irresponsible and at no point do we, nor WILL we do that. As a man who has had to address weight issues for a significant period of his life, it is naturally at the forefront of my thoughts during production."
Are you KIDDING me!? I don't see any extreme perfect-portion salad eating. All the show IS is a big, fat, ode to obesity. If he didn't want to convey a diet of bacon cheeseburgers maybe he should stop EATING 72 pound steaks. When I see an episode that is about a healthy meal, I'll believe that B.S. For now? What-ever.
My words to America? Lay off the 10 pound milkshakes. Maybe the fat will lay off your booty. People wouldn't be as touchy about this crisis if they weren't admitting it to themselves. And Adam Richman? Kiss my vegan badonkadonk.
Now let me just clear up something. Every body is beautiful if it's taken care of. If you eat 3 meals instead of 4 (fourthmeal... Taco Hell's slogan which I find high-larious), and get out of the house as opposed to playing xbox all day, I commend you. Let's face it, the vegan lifestyle pretty much means converting to a health nut. I do love my Munchos and Oreos (and other vegan junk ending in 'os') in moderation! But my God... has anyone seen the movie Wall-E? The people all become fat, and no longer walk, but hover around picking up food and watching TV. That is what we are slowly becoming. I wish that we could make cute little Wall-E robots, though, he is SO adorable!
The reason I am going on this rampage is because I came across a show called 'Man v. Food' this weekend. I nearly hurled. So it's this dude who goes around the country finding "delicious food" (you know, 13 pound pizzas, 10 pound milkshakes, 190 pound burgers...) and seeing how much of it he can shove down his throat before he hurls. And sometimes he even gets his pic up with OTHER fatties who stretched their stomachs to fit 190 pounds of rotting corpse. Woo-hoo! Talk about an accomplishment. I wouldn't be so offended by this if if wasn't a total representation of American culture (or lack thereof..). Other culinary "connoisseurs" go around the world trying out cuisine from a wide range of cultures. This one just stays in the good ol' homeland. Frankly, it's effing embarrassing. I don't want other countries to see that we eat13 pound pizzas and have jiggly cellulite badonkadonks from gorging down a 190 lb. hamburger!! That's humiliating! We have spread culture around the world for decades, and now we are just spreading obesity. Poor Chinese people used to live on an extremely healthy rice and lean meat-based diet. Now? They're packing on the pounds, unintentionally Americanizing (ahem... fattening) themselves because the a-holes at McDonald's keep cranking out shiz that has 32 grams of fat in it. Come ON.
When Adam Richman of the show was asked to address the link between the show and the obesity epidemic, he said this.
"There is a difference between crazy moments of devil-may-care munching, and abject gluttony. I think conveying that one should make a diet of bacon cheeseburgers and fried chicken would be HIGHLY irresponsible and at no point do we, nor WILL we do that. As a man who has had to address weight issues for a significant period of his life, it is naturally at the forefront of my thoughts during production."
Are you KIDDING me!? I don't see any extreme perfect-portion salad eating. All the show IS is a big, fat, ode to obesity. If he didn't want to convey a diet of bacon cheeseburgers maybe he should stop EATING 72 pound steaks. When I see an episode that is about a healthy meal, I'll believe that B.S. For now? What-ever.
My words to America? Lay off the 10 pound milkshakes. Maybe the fat will lay off your booty. People wouldn't be as touchy about this crisis if they weren't admitting it to themselves. And Adam Richman? Kiss my vegan badonkadonk.
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