beauty, beauty all around me

Today was a good day for green, blue, and gold.

my mother in three lines

Her response to the video message I emailed her:

"Nice! At least i get to see you, sweetie.

Your lips are winter-burnt. Dont u have

chapstick? love u!"

(I kinda stole this post concept from Christina. I wanna be her when I grow up.)

My Love for Bacon Knows No Bounds.

Apparently, I'd rather eat a pig than see it frolic through the meadows. About a month ago, I buckled and ate meat. And once you open that gate again, it's almost impossible to close. Maybe I'll try again someday...when they make a bacon substitute that's just as seductive as the original.

Recommendation: Trader Joe's Fully Cooked Apple-Smoked Bacon. No Nitrates! Their turkey bacon is also delish and it doesn't shrink when you cook it.

I wish I owned this before I turned vegetarian

It's an alarm that wakes you up, not by a sound, but by the smell of
bacon. Mmmmm...

Since we're on the subject, I've compiled a list of meats/meat dishes that I miss:

• Bacon
  
• Smoked Apple Chicken (Top Dog! What!What!)
• Kielbasa and fried rice
  
• Country-fried Steak
• Salami
• Beef a Cavalo
• Garlic Chicken skewers
• Lemon Chicken
• Chicken and Waffles
  

Even if I wanted to go back to being a omnivore, I couldn't. Every time I think about eating meat, the opening sequence of Babe, which starts with Babe's mother being hauled over to the slaughterhouse and ends with a close-up of Babe crying, plays in my head.

too much of my time

...has gone into revamping this blog, which I never write in. I changed the template five times, made 12 headers, and spent most of the weekend trying to learn html. I could've finished a novel. I could've written a novel! But instead, I spent that time obsessing over blog templates. The sad thing is, I'm still not completely finished and I'm not so hot about how it looks. However, so the time spent won't be such a complete waste, I will try to write in this thing everyday for a month.

Things to look forward to:

"Cows Hold Grudges and Why that Fact Made Me a Vegetarian."
"I Was Sorta, Almost Eaten by a Mountain Lion."
"Shia LeBoeuf Laughs Last."


P.S. I think Christina is the only one who reads this, therefore I blog just for you.