Bergfest

Halfway through the term exactly. Thank goodness.

I encourage everyone to read this: Top 10 Reasons Not to Eat Pigs, and not just because the picture of the baby piggies at the top of the page is one of the most adorable things I have ever seen. If you're interested, May 19th-25th is World Vegetarian Week. I encourage anyone willing to make a change in their lives (and those of the animals) AND who care about the environment and their health, to sign up for the Pledge to be Veg for 7 Days! thing that goveg.com is going. SETA recently did a Try Vegan Week! for Earth Week on campus, and 47 people signed up. It's just 7 days out of your lifetime, and during those seven days you can live more simply, conciously, and compassionately. And you know you have a vegan friend who is willing to send you information, recipes, or answer questions. :)

I leave you with a pic of me and Meredith at our Try Vegan Week table on Earth Day:





I made those signs. :3

Happy Vegetarianniversary to meee!

That's right folks. Today is ONE YEAR without ANY MEAT! I can't believe it. I am the last person who would ever go vegan, let alone vegetarian, and yet here I am, a year later, meat-free and loving life way more than I did before (and now with the added bonus of being dairy-free, but that year-mark isn't until July).

I am:

-Healthier
-More fun
-Way more passionate about life
-An amazing cook and baker
-Actively advocating for those whose voices are silenced
-More aware of MANY more social justice issues
-The owner of a palatte not smothered in cheese and fat, hiding all the amazing flavors of just FOOD
-More creative
-More concious
-...and enjoying living simply, compassionately, and joyfully.

To celebrate I indulged in alcomahols last night for my BFF Morgie-poo's birthday, and today I dropped $50 on stuff from Food Fight Vegan Grocery, including but not limited to Teese and a cute little cookbook called Rabbit Food.

Le Sigh

It seems like the stretch between February and the end of May is always the hardest part of the year for me. It's being exacerbated now by some of the side-effects of coming off the BC pill (moodswings, cramps, bloating, headaches, freaking BREAST TENDERNESS, which I've never had before, and no before you ask I'm not pregnant).

John is in Berkeley right now checking out the law school and such (he got accepted and they're throwing fat stacks of money at him, it's a sure-thing we're moving in August). I miss him a lot. It's a portent of how hard it's going to be while we're apart during my stint in D-land (which I bought my ticket for, incidentally: arriving in D-Land June 21 and coming home July 25). But then at least I'll be busy instead of bumming around my apartment while it pisses rain outside and I ignore the huge pile of dishes in my sink.

But all is not lost. I have Death at a Funeral on DVD, and I made GRUB sweet and sour tofu, and I have chocolate, and tomorrow (if the weather doesn't suck) after I do my homework I'm going to go down to the first farmer's market of the season.