6.11.2010

Vegetarianism



So I haven't updated in a really long time, and I apologize for that. I stopped having things to talk about and got incredibly busy with schoolwork for the past semester.


I could recap everything that happened in my life but I don't really feel like it.


Right now I recently finished reading a book entitled Eating Animals by my favorite author Jonathan Safran Foer. This book is his only non-fiction piece and it's about his discovery of what exactly we're eating when we eat animals, along with the way that these animals are treated when they live on factory farms. So, I decided to become a vegetarian. So far I'm doing well, it's been about two weeks and there has been no meat consumption. I did eat a piece of cake at a graduation party before I realized that cake has eggs in it and I can no longer eat non-vegan cake. I haven't cut out dairy from my diet yet, just because it's so prevalent in everything that I eat. I'm hoping that eventually I'll either be able to cut it out or only buy products from places that treat their cows humanely.




I am also currently in a production of three one-act plays in New Haven. The plays go up this upcoming week, on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of June. I'm hoping that whomever would like to go will come. Tickets can be bought here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/114112
or at the door.
I have also started exercising at the gym. I got a gym membership for the summer at Southern's fitness center. I went Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of this week and it wasn't that bad. I'm hoping to get to about 135 pounds by the time the semester starts up again, and continuing to get back to my old weight of 120. I would be happy if I stayed at 125, however.
As well, in July I will be studying abroad for the entire month in Spain. I'm incredibly excited and I hope to use this blog to keep everyone back home updated on what I'm up to overseas.