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Wow.

My day is not over yet… but I am going to go ahead and blog before this 8 page research paper sucks the life out of me and I cant remember what happened today. Haha.

Today has been an absolute roller coaster. I’ve decided to rate my overall mood for each stand out event in my day on a scale of 1-10.

I woke up at 9:40 and got dressed and out the door with 10 minutes to spare before class- “5″

I stopped at Java City and got a Caramel Javalanche (comparable to a Starbucks Frappuchino) because I didn’t grab breakfast before I left my room.- “6″

I made it to class with 2 minutes to spare, but the teacher has already started giving the assignment, but whatever, cause he hadn’t taken roll yet. We got to do group work instead of sitting around in really uncomfortable seats the whole class period.- “6.5″

Class ended early. “7.5″

I got back to my room and got a lot of work done on my research paper- “7″

I was sore so decided to play WiiFit+ and do some yoga- “7″

I headed to lunch when my stomach started getting angry. I felt really weak and lightheaded as a result of having a breakfast that consisted of sugar, sugar, and more sugar. “4″

I got to lunch, shaking from the sugar crash, and got some food. “6″

Alicia and Alex wouldn’t stop singing stupid songs and it was getting on my nerves because I was still shakey and them singing made me anxious for some reason- “3.5″

I finished my meal and headed to the SAC- “4″

I had a paycheck and two “you have a package” slips in my mailbox- “8″

I got a bonus on my paycheck and a free sample and a package from Jesse in the mail- “10″

I started installing Snow Leopard onto my computer- “10″

Jesse called. His grampa died in his sleep (I think) last night- “2″

I came back to my room and talked to Jesse on Skype. “4″

I had to go to band.- “3.5″

Band wasn’t that bad. “4.5″

I am back in my room now and SO CLOSE to being done with this paper that is due at 10:30 in the morning!!- “6.5″

Crazy day.

-F

(Year 2: Week 1 Weigh In)

So this morning’s weigh in was 204.8 which is up 2.6 pounds from last Tuesday. I didn’t know why it was so high… but I soon figured it out…. SO! Due to… (ahem) femininity (blarrgghhh) I am at +2.6 pounds for the year!

Rarr. 

Oh well. Next week will look better, I know it! =)

-F

(Left: June 12, 2008- Right, November 1, 2009)

Because I love SEEING results!

…although I do wish I still had that tan… 

haha

-F

So, no- this is not a weight loss related blog, but in a roundabout way, may turn out to be… anyway.

We had to watch a (really graphic) movie in Liberal Arts called Fast Food Nation, which basically is a movie based from a book about the fast food industry as seen from different points of view. The point is that in the movie they used footage from a real cow slaughter house and… wow. It was sick. I wasn’t grossed out by the massive amouts of blood that was pouring onto the floor of the factory, I was grossed out by the way the animals are treated. Yeah, I knew that this happened, but I guess I never really thought about how bad it really is…

There was something about a slaughterhouse in my dream last night, which is kinda irrelevant, but it was enough to keep the whole issue on my mind. Today I have watched a few videos on animal cruelty in mass production farms and these are some of the things that let me to do what I have set out to do for the next 30 days- to be vegetarian.

Cows were put in a machine that flipped them over on their backs so that a worker could slit the cow’s throat and rip out the juglar vein. After that, the cow is turned and dumped out of the machine onto a floor that is a pool of blood. Most of the cows are still fully concious at this point. Then they are tied up by their back legs and hoisted into the air to continue in processing. Some cows are stripped of their skin and dismembered while fully conscious before they finally die.

Pigs are the same story. Many of the pigs in the video I watched were on steroids that made them unable to hold their own body weight on their atrophied leg muscles. Piglets ears are clipped and are castrated at birth without any anesthesia or painkillers. Mother pigs aren’t even given space to turn around during the duration of their pregnancy. 

Chickens (and I hate birds so its a wonder that I care) have their sensitive beaks clipped so that they dont attack the other 14+ birds that they are sharing a tiny cage with. 

I could talk for a long time about all the disgusting crap I saw on this video, but I have to go to New Testament now… so.. 

I urge you to be in the know about what is going on with animal cruelty. If you are affected by the scenes of abuse and murder like I have been, or even if you’ve only wondered about any of it and want to make a change for the better, visit www.peta.org where you can sign a pledge to go veg for 30 days and even request a vegetarian starter kit!

Do it for the animals!

=)

-F

I thought of you.

Sorry it is backwards!!

I don’t want this blog to turn into a place where I just sit and complain… but I just need to vent.

I’m mad. Mad is not the word I want to use… but.. yeah.

I suck at writing.

One of my teachers is probably going to try to take points off of my participation grade from Monday cause she thought I was texting in class. I was taking notes on my iPod because my computer died.

I made a 59/75 on my first NT test. I thought I was really prepared for that test and I don’t know how to do better.

I need the woman at O’Charley’s to follow up on my application and call me in for training. I have a car to pay for.

I dont think my theatre teacher likes me.. so how is being a theatre minor going to be enjoyable if the director doesnt like me?

I hate my liberal arts class. I dont understand what I read so when it comes time for class discussion I just try to listen and understand what is going on and the teacher calls me out by name for me to make a contribution to the discussion and I can’t think of anything. She makes me look stupid. 

I never realized how immature so many freshmen were until I was stuck on a hall with the loudest of them.

I’m a burden on the people who love me, and that pisses me off.

I don’t want some little “here is a Bible verse to make your life seem less sucky” handout… I just needed to make a list of why I feel how I feel… which is not good. Maybe I can contract the Swine Flu and go away for a while. Yeah. That would be nice.

-F