Thanksgiving in two days!

I'm going to attempt to cook a vegan Thanksgiving meal on Thursday. I only have to heat up the vegan turkey which is nice, but all other things will definitely take some effort. I'd love to bake a pie, but there isn't much room in my kitchen so we'll see how that goes. I really do love following a vegan diet, and I feel that it allows me to express a lot of creativity when it comes to cooking. If I'm able to do the cooking, I'll post photos. I'm excited! It's going to be great :)

Things I've noticed about myself since going vegan

I posted this on reddit just now, but I figured it also belongs here.

I will start off by saying that I have been a vegetarian my whole life, thanks to my awesome mom. However, after driving on I-10 between Las Cruces, NM and Anthony, TX during a road trip and seeing (and smelling) the dairy cows walking on mounds of their own shit, I had an epiphany and went vegan. These are some changes I've noticed with myself since I have made the lifestyle change. Oh I'll also add that I am a 23 year old woman because that might be relevant. I'm also a pretty lazy vegan: I eat a lot of frozen meals, soy products, salads, soups, cauliflower, and carrots. I don't really do any cooking because I hate doing dishes. I know this is just some anecdotal evidence, but I just thought it'd be neat to share it with y'all.

• I don't seem to have much body odor anymore. It used to be that if I forgot to put on deodorant, my pits would stink so bad. Now, they don't really smell like anything if I forget.
• Less acne.
• I've lost weight even though I haven't been much more active. I was teetering on the edge of being overweight before I went vegan, but since then I've lost 10 pounds without even trying and my stomach is pretty flat. I also eat TONS of carbs; the difference is that now I just eat stuff that is lower in calories and I eat lots of fiber too.
• No more chronic constipation and hemorrhoids. This was a serious problem for me before I went vegan and I hated going to the bathroom because of it. I am genetically predisposed to constipation and hemorrhoids, but going vegan has made the problem rare, only occurring once or less a month.
• I am a lot gassier. But if it means no constipation and hemorrhoids, I'll take it.
• I'm more emotional about animal suffering. I walked by the meat counter at whole foods and I started crying when I saw the animal parts. Poor things didn't deserve that :(

Photo time

A few weeks ago I got a new phone, a Motorola Moto G. Great phone, fantastic. I grade it A+. Before then, I had a crappy $30 Walmart phone because my demons cats spilled water on my wonderful Nexus 4, ruining it. Now that I had a decent smart phone, I have a much more active presence on instagram. I especially enjoy taking pictures of vegan food and cats, which surprisingly garners a sizable amount of "likes." I figured I'd share some photos here since I don't post too many.

Ah yes, my lovely brown couch that is a convenient shade of dookie brown.

 

 My vegan pizza from Blaze Pizza. It's like a chipotle for pizza. Such a great concept and my pizzas are always delectable.

Galadriel is one of my two cats. She is such a cuddle bug.

Andromeda enjoys sleeping on the most inconvenient places. She has even been known to sleep on my rear.

So whoever you are, whether you're a friend or someone I haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet, or even some weird internet stalker, I hope you enjoyed some pieces of my life.

 

Drugs suck.

I'm still sick, but you'd better believe that I'm popping decongestants faster than an pill addict pops hillbilly heroin. Which brings me to another topic I'd like to discuss: drugs.

I have never had the urge to do drugs. I have never done any drug. The most I've done is drink an alcoholic beverage, but even that is done extremely sparingly. I had a fruity alcoholic drink the night I got engaged, but I stopped at that one and I haven't had a drink since (8 months). I honestly don't see the appeal of it. Why should I drink something that tastes horrible and has tons of calories? Because I get to loose my mind for a few hours? No thanks, I'm not interested in paying for it in the morning with a hangover. That's pretty much the worst trade-off ever.

Also, lighting up something and inhaling it is bad for you, no matter the substance, because it damages your lungs. I could get behind eating it, especially if you wanted it for medicinal purposes to replace opiates, but I'm still not going to use it recreationally.

What drug users don't realize --either because they're ignorant, selfish, or too addicted-- is that when they buy from trashy dealers, they are funding drug cartels that rape, murder, and torture innocent people. But I guess as long as they get their dope or crank it doesn't matter to them.  To me, that is what makes drugs so immoral. If they were all legalized I wouldn't be so adamantly against them. I certainly would not consume them however.

My point is, don't do drugs. Instead, think of a more useful way to spend your free time.