To meat or not to meat....

Vegetarian- A person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.



I've noticed a weird habit I've been practicing as of late.... keeping my distance from meat. Not that I do it consciously, but I've just become disgusted by it.

The way it looks, smells, bubbles... its texture, taste... but most of all, I just can't get the picture of the animal I'm eating out of my mind! It makes me want to gag just thinking about eating it.

Then again, I've never been fond of beef, but chicken... I love chicken!!!



Another thing, I don't seem to have a problem with meat as long as it's not recognizable as meat, or some other flavor completely masks it. For example, I can eat a McDonald's hamburger (definitely can't taste any meat in those), or I can eat a chicken crispito.



I'm very disappointed about the fact that I can't enjoy some of my favorite foods anymore, but at the same time isn't this better??? I've always felt bad about eating meat, so why not just get rid of it altogether... a.ka.- become a vegetarian??? Well I'm going to have to think about it some more... McDonald's hamburgers are on the line!

My definition of home

This is the time of year i miss it most...
I miss the foggy mornings, the sunlit afternoons, the wind rushing through the oak leaves, the sound of the bay crashing against the rocky beach.


This is what i call home.







I wish i could be there right now. I want to breathe in the air, feel the wind in my hair! Oh home, my California.
I so rarely get to visit California in the winter time which is why i miss her so much now... I usually get to visit when she is in full gold!

Ah summer... A relief from the homesickness. I could stare at those hills for a lifetime.

So I guess it's true what Dorothy said- "There's no place like home."

This all brings a song to my head...

All the leaves are brown

And the sky is gray

I've been for a walk

On a winter's day

I'd be safe and warm

If i was in L.A.

California dreamin'

On such a winter's day

Stopped into a church

I passed along the way

Oh, I got down on my knees

And i pretend to pray

You know the preacher like the cold

He knows I'm gonna stay

California dreamin'

On such a winter's day

If i didn't tell her

I could leave today

California dreamin'

On such a winter's day

California dreamin'

On such a winter's day

California dreamin'

On such a winter's day

-The Mama's and the Papa's

Never heard the song? You should definitely check it out...

This is the year...

This is the year it all begins. This is the year I've been waiting for. So why is it I feel the hollowness of fear in the pit of my stomach?