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Peta2
So, I keep talking about Peta2 but I haven't mentioned my username on the Peta2 boards! You can find me under the username inknotmink63. I post only every now and then when I can actually contribute to what's being discussed.
I am also part of the Peta2 street team! Right now they have a special deal where if you order something you get like a free street team laminate badge thing to put on a lanyard. The laminate is usually like 8000 points by itself. You earn points by partaking in animal activism. Some of the simplest ways are by personalizing your street team profile, downloading a wallpaper, using a peta2 avatar, or using one of the peta2 myspace layouts! You can also get points for adding Peta2 on myspace and/or facebook!
The sitereally is a source of a lot of information. They have areas for like all of their campaigns, the Peta2 blog is usually updated multiple times a day, you can order free stickers and information, and they have videos for you to watch to learn about factory farming and the fur industry and such.
Vegetarianism & Weight Loss
With all the working I've been doing - picking up extrashifts and such - I haven't really been able to go shopping to get the stuff I really want to try. I want to get nutritional yeast to try out multiple "cheesy" recipes in my vegan college cookbook. I want to try to make a mac and "cheez" dish so I can kick my constant eating of kraft mac and cheese. It's a comfort food and takes no concentration to make, even on the stovetop. I'm hoping nutritional yeast will finally help me kick my dependency on cheese. Plus, nutritional yeast is chock full of vitamins and minerals according to "Easy Vegan Cooking" pamphlet I recieved today from Compassion Over Killing (COK).
I got my bathingsuit today that I ordered on wednesday. It's a little snug and I've gained enough weight over the past two years that the last time I bought the same bathing suit (a couple sizes smaller) my belly was hidden...now it's more visible, and I don't think it's just cause I got the berry-colored one instead of the black one. I really hope my new vegetarian diet will help me to lose weight...but I have to change up my diet to not just eat the same thing every day when the meals aren't exactly the most nutritional meals, ya know?
My Typical Day in Food:
Breakfast: Bagel w/ Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese...or Cocoa Krispies and sliced banana in vanilla Silk
Lunch: usually skipped. might eat a snack of some fruit.
Dinner: usually mac and cheeseand a can of veggies...or rice with canned veggies...haven't had a chance to try much of anything else.
If I'm working a double my lunch/dinner will usually consist of a kid size mac and cheese which comes with a side...and I usually get mandarin oranges as my side. It really would be so much better if I could bring stuff from home to work and be able to leave it in the cooler...but my assistant general manager is very strict on us not doing that. She says if the health inspector came in unplanned and saw something in the cooler other than a TGI Friday's product, apparently we'd get a big fine. If anyone knows anything about this in regards to Massachusetts or Federal Health Laws...please message me on here. Go to my user info profile page thing and there will be a link. ^.^
My Kitty!
Poor kitty...we have a storm right now and talk about ironic...my cat is named Stormie and he's terrified of storms. lmao. He jumped into my lap which made it difficult to type for a few paragraphs lol. Now he jumped down and I think he's hiding. At least I was able to comfort him for a little bit and at least I'm home now so if he needs me, I'm here.
Life
Got out of work wicked early tonight! It was pretty slow so they cut 3 doubles including me. Of course, as I was about to leave it started to get busy lol. Could've used the money, but I was able to go out with Chris (the bf) since I left work at about 8:45pm. We decided to go to a movie...at first we were gonna see Whatever Works (the new Woody Allen flick starring Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood). When we got to the theater, however, I decided I wanted to see Bruno instead and Chris definately was on board for that lol.
The movie was sooo funny...except for one part. They actually went hunting! And they showed a rabbit they killed! I had to cover my eyes and I just about cried...would've but the whole scene was literally less than a minute. The main focus with the hunters was how anti-gay they were. So I'm glad they didn't spend more time on the hunting. Still, I hate the stereotypical "rednecks" and their damn need to hunt to show how friggin "manly" they are. There is nothing powerful about killing a poor defenseless animal...especially a rabbit...and especially when you use a rifle...what's so manly about aiming? If you want to show off your testosterone, why not aim to pee? lol. Why not go to a shooting range if you want to fire a gun that bad...get a moving target and there you go...you get the same skill from that without the bloodshed.
I'm gonna go check on my points I sent in a redemption application for...I want to see what my total is now. Maybe I can get that laminate...I just hope they don't run out. I don't want to order something just to get the laminate. I'd rather earn enough points to get something good (usually the stuff that's 5000 pts and above) and get the laminate as a bonus.
XOXO
So, I keep talking about Peta2 but I haven't mentioned my username on the Peta2 boards! You can find me under the username inknotmink63. I post only every now and then when I can actually contribute to what's being discussed.
I am also part of the Peta2 street team! Right now they have a special deal where if you order something you get like a free street team laminate badge thing to put on a lanyard. The laminate is usually like 8000 points by itself. You earn points by partaking in animal activism. Some of the simplest ways are by personalizing your street team profile, downloading a wallpaper, using a peta2 avatar, or using one of the peta2 myspace layouts! You can also get points for adding Peta2 on myspace and/or facebook!
The sitereally is a source of a lot of information. They have areas for like all of their campaigns, the Peta2 blog is usually updated multiple times a day, you can order free stickers and information, and they have videos for you to watch to learn about factory farming and the fur industry and such.
Vegetarianism & Weight Loss
With all the working I've been doing - picking up extrashifts and such - I haven't really been able to go shopping to get the stuff I really want to try. I want to get nutritional yeast to try out multiple "cheesy" recipes in my vegan college cookbook. I want to try to make a mac and "cheez" dish so I can kick my constant eating of kraft mac and cheese. It's a comfort food and takes no concentration to make, even on the stovetop. I'm hoping nutritional yeast will finally help me kick my dependency on cheese. Plus, nutritional yeast is chock full of vitamins and minerals according to "Easy Vegan Cooking" pamphlet I recieved today from Compassion Over Killing (COK).
I got my bathingsuit today that I ordered on wednesday. It's a little snug and I've gained enough weight over the past two years that the last time I bought the same bathing suit (a couple sizes smaller) my belly was hidden...now it's more visible, and I don't think it's just cause I got the berry-colored one instead of the black one. I really hope my new vegetarian diet will help me to lose weight...but I have to change up my diet to not just eat the same thing every day when the meals aren't exactly the most nutritional meals, ya know?
My Typical Day in Food:
Breakfast: Bagel w/ Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese...or Cocoa Krispies and sliced banana in vanilla Silk
Lunch: usually skipped. might eat a snack of some fruit.
Dinner: usually mac and cheeseand a can of veggies...or rice with canned veggies...haven't had a chance to try much of anything else.
If I'm working a double my lunch/dinner will usually consist of a kid size mac and cheese which comes with a side...and I usually get mandarin oranges as my side. It really would be so much better if I could bring stuff from home to work and be able to leave it in the cooler...but my assistant general manager is very strict on us not doing that. She says if the health inspector came in unplanned and saw something in the cooler other than a TGI Friday's product, apparently we'd get a big fine. If anyone knows anything about this in regards to Massachusetts or Federal Health Laws...please message me on here. Go to my user info profile page thing and there will be a link. ^.^
My Kitty!
Poor kitty...we have a storm right now and talk about ironic...my cat is named Stormie and he's terrified of storms. lmao. He jumped into my lap which made it difficult to type for a few paragraphs lol. Now he jumped down and I think he's hiding. At least I was able to comfort him for a little bit and at least I'm home now so if he needs me, I'm here.
Life
Got out of work wicked early tonight! It was pretty slow so they cut 3 doubles including me. Of course, as I was about to leave it started to get busy lol. Could've used the money, but I was able to go out with Chris (the bf) since I left work at about 8:45pm. We decided to go to a movie...at first we were gonna see Whatever Works (the new Woody Allen flick starring Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood). When we got to the theater, however, I decided I wanted to see Bruno instead and Chris definately was on board for that lol.
The movie was sooo funny...except for one part. They actually went hunting! And they showed a rabbit they killed! I had to cover my eyes and I just about cried...would've but the whole scene was literally less than a minute. The main focus with the hunters was how anti-gay they were. So I'm glad they didn't spend more time on the hunting. Still, I hate the stereotypical "rednecks" and their damn need to hunt to show how friggin "manly" they are. There is nothing powerful about killing a poor defenseless animal...especially a rabbit...and especially when you use a rifle...what's so manly about aiming? If you want to show off your testosterone, why not aim to pee? lol. Why not go to a shooting range if you want to fire a gun that bad...get a moving target and there you go...you get the same skill from that without the bloodshed.
I'm gonna go check on my points I sent in a redemption application for...I want to see what my total is now. Maybe I can get that laminate...I just hope they don't run out. I don't want to order something just to get the laminate. I'd rather earn enough points to get something good (usually the stuff that's 5000 pts and above) and get the laminate as a bonus.
XOXO