Two Truths and a Lie

1.  Last year I moved to Missoula from LA.  It was a easy transition as far as the city life goes.  The vibe is defiantly smaller and more laid back.  Although its a beautiful place to live I miss the music scene terribly.  I hardly ever see good shows up here.

2.  I have been vegetarian off and on sense seventeen years old.  As of today it's been just under a year sense I last consumed any meat.  I've also been vegan for a few months of my life.  It's super healthy and believe it or not, very tasty!

3.  When I was growing up my father raced and built custom cars.  I wasn't ever into it but my little brother followed in his foot steps.  Thus, now I'm the odd one in the family who likes music(a little to much) and tattoos(way too much).

awkward much? Thank you Dwight.

I have the worst anxiety sometimes when I'm put in awkward situations.  This has got be a factor in why I feel that The Office is such a good television show.  I can enjoy the uncomfortable feelings that would usually overwhelm me.  If you've never seen the show before it can take a few episodes to get into but this is true of most TV shows in general.  Steve Carell is a well known actor and plays the branch manager in The Office.  I find his character along with Jim and Dwight to be most hilarious.  Another six or so characters make up the rest of the cast.  They are all equally as important in delivering the laughs that make forget to think.  I basically think most everyone has seen an episode and if not I really do recommend it.  I don't have cable so as soon as the season comes out on dvd I watch every episode (usually in a row) on Netflix.  Oh, what a wonderful invention for the laziness of future generations.

op eds yeah!

How awkward would you feel if someone said "hey, lets look at your Facebook page"?  We escape from our "real" worlds into this almost second life state of mind.  I can be anyone I want to be and see anyone I want to see. It's very creepy but I'll say that sometimes I wonder if people are peeping my profile.  I totally agree with the writers point of view about Facebook.  The power of writing about Facebook or other social networking sites is pretty immense.  Who car argue with the obvious?  The number of us whom are addicted to these sites is rising.  Did you ever think the day would come when your friend request turns out to be your mother or father?

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Im glad I'm not the only one who feels so overwhelmed by the amazingly beautiful and untouchable girl I see every so often but never have the urge to say "hello".  My friend Chance Petek wrote an article explaining how we all feel this way and I'd glad to say I agree with him.  Although he claims you could potently take a girl up to the guest room and do the "nasty" the same night you say hi to this person has some logical fallacies.  Everyone is so different it would be a little stereotypical to say that this is true.  However I do agree with the article and it has made me release that we are all the same.  No matter how out of your league you think she is... she could be thinking the same thing about you.

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Why in the world would you genetically modify vegetables to taste different?  If you someone doesn't like a certain vegetable then don't eat it.  I do not agree with this articles views.  Where is the logos in this piece?  I enjoy my vegetables the way they are.  If I went to the store and got an apple that tasted like a banana then I would be thoroughly confused and disappointed. I understand they are doing research and thats great but this energy could be used otherwise. Not impressed right now.  Please stop trying to change my taste buds response to foods I quite enjoy.

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person. person. test.

The enneagram results put me in category 3 which is otherwise known as image focused.  I also scored higher with withdrawn traits.  I totally agree with the test results I received.  It's neat how we can disguise  our inner feeling with our outside appearance.  Although I do have this character trait the fact that I'm somewhat withdrawn from society and the world is very odd.  On the inside I'm thoroughly confused as far as my life goes.  A lot of the time I'm scared or have horrid anxiety but I cover this up with my appearance.  I like to seem confident as if I could care less what anyone honestly thinks.  The truth is, that's actually the opposite of how I really feel.  I care far to much about what you think.  This is due partly to the fact that I want to know if how I feel is how I'm portrayed.

I've been a musician for the past seven years and played numerous shows in Montana, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.  This has done nothing but boost my ego.  Oh how much I enjoy the feel of being in the spotlight!  Arriving at the show only to see people waiting around to watch me play is such a uplifting feeling.  Maybe this has effected me in a negative way and maybe not.  My girlfriend tells me time and time again that I'm pretty much an asshole.  At first I would beg to differ but when it really comes down to it maybe the truth is I am an asshole.  Do you really believe the truth shall set you free?  I don't see how this would aid in setting me free at the least.  

Believer

As I take the garbage out and see a huge blue dumpster full week after week I can't ignore the problem we have with waste.  Yet we try our best to not think about it.  Maybe it's because the trash doesn't effect you on a personal level but it could very well be that you choose to ignore the problem all together.  There is obviously a larger trash problem in a city like Seattle compared to our little town of Missoula, MT but one day this wasteful, fast paced lifestyle will have greater effects on us.  The question is: how long will we choose to ignore this problem that seems to be burying us alive?


"Every single thing you see is future trash. Everything. So we are surrounded by ephemera, but we can’t acknowledge that, because it’s kind of scary, because I think ultimately it points to our own temporariness." believermag.com


Think about the environment and our future children or friends future children.  We need to be recycling as much as possible.  Maybe recycling isn't the answer but NOT recycling is very pointless.  I admittedly contribute to being a wasteful american but at least I'm aware of it and try my best to recycle and reuse whenever possible.

Research Question

Initially I thought a good research topic could be the effects of vegetarianism and non vegetarianism on agriculture but that was too broad.  As I watched this show on vegans I realized that meat eaters may have a bigger effect on agriculture than non meat eaters.  Now I think more about the effects of meat production on the environment and how that could be the best direction to go with this paper.

I'm most definitely having issues deciding which way to go with this whole thing.  Maybe I should concentrate on the health issues that go along with these vegetarian topics?

One time I read a statistic saying that meat consumption is up 40% compared to fifty years ago.  And I know that other countries eat a lot less meat than Americans do.  This is also an interesting aspect of environmental and health sustainability.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Organic

Organic foods contain an average of 50% more vitamins, nutrients and minerals than non organic foods. organicfoodinfo.net/  When you eat an apple from a farm that uses over 30 chemicals to grow that apple you are not only eating the apple but all 30 chemicals used to grow it too. This means you have to jeopardize your health by consuming more fruit with more chemicals just to get your daily nutrients. 

Produce is one thing but meat is a whole different world. Cows and chickens that are not organically raised are pumped full of anti-biotics and hormones to make them grow fast and stay "healthy" until the slaughter.     Cows are vegetarian animals but to save money the big meat producers are now feeding them ground up parts of other cows.  This can cause mad cow disease in the cows themselves which is then eaten by humans... I think you get the point. care2.com/

Most people just don't care where it came from or even how but I think that shows ignorance and a lack of care for your body and health.  So, just think twice before you eat a "chicken nugget" because chances are it's hardly chicken.