jakebe | Shot The Moon

drleo in Austin to do it, but for the most part I've given up all meat.

My reasons for this are pretty simple: I would not be able to kill an animal myself for food, so letting other people do it and reaping the benefits strike me as 'cheating'. If I were in a room, alone, with a cow and I was expected to beat it between the eyes or something with a sledge-hammer, I just couldn't do it. The idea of putting another animal to death just...isn't cool for me. And if I can't do that, then I really feel...weird, about eating meat.

Don't get me wrong; meat is tasty. I *LOVE* chicken, like every good black man should. :9 I'm not going to go around and call a crusade against omnivorousness, so you can put down your little debate caps right now. Yes, I know we were designed to eat both, yes I know it's perfectly natural to eat meat, so there is NO NEED TO TELL ME. I'm just not going to do it.

You also don't need to wave a burger in front of my face and go "Mmmmmm" like some slavering carnivorous retard with two brain cells. Yes, I know that's a good burger, and no, I'm not going start frothing at the mouth and attack you for it. You can put it away now.

There are more pet peeves on stupid things omnivores do to vegetarians, but I won't go into it too much further. Let's just say that going back to it is a lot easier than I thought it would be. I thought it'd be a struggle to resist McDonald's or Slim Chicken's whenever I passed by one, or that I would get these *cravings* for meat and lie awake nights thinking about how grand a double cheeseburger would taste. But really, it's like riding a bicycle. Nothing's really changed, and it's not that big of a deal. Everyone around me has made a bigger deal of it than I have, even.

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Hey there, all...

Yesterday was actually fairly productive. I slew several e-mails that have been sitting in my box since the dawn of time (I still have several more to go), finally got to reading a bit of Lazarus' story, made signs for the Cookbook section and cleaned up my sections a bit. Hopefully I can make everything look nice before the weekend.

People are going on again about what LiveJournal is used for. This is a cycle that seems to pop up every few months. :) I was going to write a long diatribe about it, but really, it's just this simple: I use LiveJournal as a diary, only I'm aware that people are reading it. I try to be as honest as possible without stirring up too much crap, and since most people aren't going to get too upset about anything I write anyway, it's pretty easy to do. :) I write here because it helps to clear my head, seeing my thoughts in a place where I can go, "Oh, so this is what I really think." And it's nice to have friends give me advice/comments on this that and the other. That's pretty much that.

I'm worried about being too judgemental about things. There are a few situations that I'm not happy with, but I'm not entirely sure I can give a good, balanced reason on why I'm not happy with it. Maybe it's just because I'm being an old fogey before my time. :) At any rate, I really have to learn to just shut up sometimes.

After careful consideration for almost a year, I've made the decision to become a vegetarian again. I plan on having One Last Hurrah of some sort, and I might just wait until I can visit <user site="livejournal.com" user="drleo"> in Austin to do it, but for the most part I've given up all meat.

My reasons for this are pretty simple: I would not be able to kill an animal myself for food, so letting other people do it and reaping the benefits strike me as 'cheating'. If I were in a room, alone, with a cow and I was expected to beat it between the eyes or something with a sledge-hammer, I just couldn't do it. The idea of putting another animal to death just...isn't cool for me. And if I can't do that, then I really feel...weird, about eating meat.

Don't get me wrong; meat is tasty. I *LOVE* chicken, like every good black man should. :9 I'm not going to go around and call a crusade against omnivorousness, so you can put down your little debate caps right now. Yes, I know we were designed to eat both, yes I know it's perfectly natural to eat meat, so there is NO NEED TO TELL ME. I'm just not going to do it.

You also don't need to wave a burger in front of my face and go "Mmmmmm" like some slavering carnivorous retard with two brain cells. Yes, I know that's a good burger, and no, I'm not going start frothing at the mouth and attack you for it. You can put it away now.

There are more pet peeves on stupid things omnivores do to vegetarians, but I won't go into it too much further. Let's just say that going back to it is a lot easier than I thought it would be. I thought it'd be a struggle to resist McDonald's or Slim Chicken's whenever I passed by one, or that I would get these *cravings* for meat and lie awake nights thinking about how grand a double cheeseburger would taste. But really, it's like riding a bicycle. Nothing's really changed, and it's not that big of a deal. Everyone around me has made a bigger deal of it than I have, even. <:)

Anywho, I'm going to start looking into getting books on nutrition, just to be 'safe'. I still eat dairy and eggs just fine (no loss of life involved there), but I'd like to make sure I'm getting enough protein. Soy and TVP are good things to have around, and something tells me my bean intake is going to steadily climb over the next few months. ;)

And because I forgot to do it yesterday, Happy Birthday to <user site="livejournal.com" user="genesis_w">! I hope it was a really good one. :)

I think that's about it. Time to go open the bookshop.