Interrupted
My Life Thus Far
A Slightly Less Tortured Time
I've done absolutely nothing today, but get into meaningless Facebook arguments and eat. It was wonderful, actually. I won all of my battles, and I ate good food. I'd say the day was a success! I also got to watch a Criminal Minds marathon. My favorite show, but I swear I can never find it on tv these days. I've probably seen all episodes, since I'd seen every single one on today. It doesn't bother me, though. I can re-watch any of them.
The battles I engaged in on Facebook today were mostly centered around veganism (animal rights issues) and race. Of course. I'm starting to become more and more discouraged by how oblivious so many of my friends are when it comes to the consumption of meat. Why do they care so much about cats, dogs, horses, wild animals, but couldn't give half a shit about cows, pigs, chickens, goats, etc.? I don't understand the disconnect. Even when I was eating meat, I was still very aware of where that meat was coming from. I thought about it every single time I bought it, or cooked it, and especially when I ate it. Being vegan doesn't mean you no longer like the taste of meat. I did like meat. It's about finally reaching a point of higher enlightenment when you accept that the whole world isn't there for your comfort and consumption. The pleasure isn't worth the guilt. Animals were not put on this planet for my desire to eat them, or exploit them for their fluids. I don't have that right. The right to choose how to live their lives are being taken from the animals being killed for meat and exploited for milk, eggs, wool, and other products. Animals with the same cognitive level of consciousness as the cats and dogs we would never consider eating suffer awful lives. It all just makes me sad. When will the rest of the world catch up? I almost wish I could go back to being a dietary vegan, when all I really dwelled on was how awesome my health was after giving up animal products. That was a slightly less tormented time.
The discussion about race revolved around an entitled white man not understanding the importance of the black lives matter movement (and how changing it to all lives matter diminishes the importance of the movement). Yes, every single life matters. No one is arguing that. But telling people of color to shut up about black lives matter and forget race is a blatant slap in the face. It took about 3 hours, but the guy finally came around to what I was saying. I hope he learned a thing or two, because I wasn't backing down.
Tomorrow I'm going to need to get out of the house. I'm not accustomed to too much down time, so I'll need to get up and moving. I think Snookums and I have the day off together, so I'm sure we'll get into something. I think my feet are fully recovered from the heels I wore yesterday. I don't regret it, those shoes were cute, and I think it even helped my Achilles tendon (which is still bothering me, ugh).
I have nothing much else to talk about. So, I suppose I'll just sign off and go eat some soy milk ice cream.
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