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The comments I get being a vegetarian

2009-12-02T18:16:00.000-08:00

Whenever I meet new people, I try to avoid telling them I'm a vegetarian. Or when we go out to restaurants, I feel it's unnecessary for my parents to tell the waitress I'm a "picky vegetarian." This is simply because everybody seems to ask one of the cliched questions/comments I've listed below! Then, they always want to argue about how I answered. Sometimes I would just rather not argue about the way I've been living my life for the last five years.

So, as politely as I can manage, I'm going to try to answer them here:

What do you EAT?
Meatless yet edible goods. That's what I eat. You couldn't have figured that out?

Why'd you go vegetarian?
I always seem to stumble at this one, because the reason I went vegetarian is no longer the reason I am vegetarian. See, I can't quite remember the day I decided I wanted to stop eating cute fuzzy animals, but I did. And I was always disgusted by cow and pig already anyway. NOW, however, I know just how cruel and inhumane some (I'm not saying all.) slaughter houses are. I just don't want to be a part of that.

Now, it's not the question itself that annoys me, it's that every single person who has every asked it always follows my answer up with an argument. "So how's one person going to make a difference?" "But then don't plants feel to?" "How do you know if you've never been to a slaughter house?"

I would never let me kids go vegetarian.
Well, that's great. You're a controlling mother that doesn't feel that your children should have their own rights/morals, and you basically just called my mom a bad mother. Run along now.

Are you CRAZY?
That's very nice of you to ask. No, I'm not crazy.

However, I do get some nice, totally acceptable questions/comments every once in a while:

When did you go vegetarian?
What a fairly normal and non-insulting question! Thank you for asking it! I went vegetarian somewhere during 3rd grade, when I was 9 years old.

Is your whole family vegetarian?
No, only me.

Isn't it unhealthy to be vegetarian?
(Don't get this confused with them simply TELLING me that it's unhealthy to be a vegetarian.)
Actually, no. A lot of the vitamins and proteins found in meat can be easily substituted with vitamin supplements, or by simply eating other foods. In fact, most vegetarians live a much healthier lifestyle, and you're not very likely to find an overweight one, seeing how we don't eat fat.

Do you eat cheese and stuff?
Yes, I do. If I were vegan then I would not eat anything that comes from animals, or use any animal products whatsoever. For now, I'm just vegetarian.

Do you eat fish/chicken?
No.

Lunar Ink Virtual Writing Tablet

2009-10-27T16:38:00.001-07:00

This is a commercial Kate & I made for school.

Cincinnati!

2009-07-25T09:38:00.000-07:00

Another trip, and away!

Yes, I am very happy to be going to Cincinnati for the weekend to see, not only Stacy, but unborn Daphne as well. I also get Skyline and Graters while I am there. Lucky me! ^.^

In case you hadn't figured it out already, I'm visiting Stacy for her baby shower. Daphne is due in September. (A few weeks early, and she'll be in the run for sharing my birthday!) I got her a ducky themed gift! And we're also bringing our favorite childhood book. I chose Goodnight Moon. :)

Thought I should mention that. I haven't been out of state in a while, (we're also brushing Kentucky for a bit) so I'm pretty excited! See you all on Sunday! ^.^

I am the Half-Blood Prince!

2009-07-15T08:01:00.000-07:00

Maggie, Marty and I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter last night. Well, this morning, actually. I thought I'd hate it, but it was AWESOME. I loved it, and other than the fact that nobody ever said "Snape killed Dumbledore" in the movie, which in my opinion is the most famous Harry Potter quote ever, I thought they did an exceptional job with this one. They get an 8.5 out of me, which is pretty good if you know how I rate movies.

When they turned the projector on, the first thing to pop up was a "Closer Look" Twilight thing. I knew I was home when my fellow fans booed with me. :)

I'm going to go see it again. Maybe not today, because it's still going to be packed. I dunno who I'm going with, but I'm seeing it again. No exceptions.

Well, I'm off to finish deciding what merchandise to get for my birthday/Christmas. I think I'd be in Ravenclaw, don't you?

Reeses Stop Animation

2009-06-15T13:10:00.001-07:00

I am SO SICK of my videos not uploading to any websites. Blogspot is the only one that doesn't hate me. You have NO IDEA how frustrating it is to work on a video for two hours, only to be told that "An error has occurred, but we're not gonna freaking tell you what it is."

So, now that I have yelled at everybody because of my problems, I'm sure you're dying to watch the video. Or hopefully you already have. I made a stop animation with reeses cups before, but it was quite suckish. This one is still suckish, but it's honestly the best one I think I've ever done. I was expecting it to be longer, and I wish it was, but "move quarter inch, picture, move quarter inch, picture, move quarter inch, wait did I already move that one? oh well, picture" gets old after a while.

Thank you, blogspot, for being the only website kind enough to host my videos.

Guess Where I Am!

2009-06-07T17:47:00.000-07:00

I just so happen to be in a magical place. Actually, it's not really that magical. If it were magical then Hazel's diapers would just automatically change themselves. But Hazel's here! I should probably rephrase that because it implies that Hazel came over my house, when really I came over her house. Yups.

So, I'm at Maggie & Gabe's (and Hazel's) house! [: I helped garden yesterday but I had a cold (still do) and my throat hurt really bad so I didn't do much work. Today we got Dewey's. YUMMY. But now I really want red cream soda.

Hazel's seeeepin' on Maggie right now. She is extremely AWESOME, surprisingly playful, and the absolute cutest baby EVER. She can cry pretty loud though. Umm, so I'm going to depart on that note. Byebye.

Last Day Of School!

2009-06-02T06:01:00.002-07:00

Happy last day of school! I know, the school year grew up so fast. ]: Umm, yups. Nothing special. We're just sitting and doing nothing in all of our classes. Except Millett. We have a final exam in her class, last period. BOO.

I went to Kate's softball game yesterday with Alexx, and we got ICE CREAM! (The ice cream man came and gave us edible Spongebobs.) Oh, they won by the way. Actually, they would have lost if Kate hadn't hit a home run and tied the game. :P

I am SO COLD. I'm sitting next to Kate in computers because we have a free day (last day of school and all) so I have to sit RIGHT in front of the air conditioner. I'm always cold in this class anyway, but now it's like, cold, AND windy.

Country, Two Days, Sims 3!

2009-06-01T05:58:00.000-07:00

Hazel came out to the country yesterday for the FIRST TIME! Whoop, Whoop! She discovered the river, and the well, and the bushouse, and the outhouse, and the barns, and the field, and a pier, and the wood pile, and the pavilion, and MORE. And Gabe got a new macro lense. I took some of the pictures in that set. Just saying. [:

Only [guess how many] days left of school! That's right! TWO! YUPPERS. So, like, just today and tomorrow. That means, the rest of today, and then tomorrow. Not the rest of today, and then two days after that. Two days. More like 1 and 15/16 because this period is almost halfway over.

Okay, enough gibberish. Sims 3 comes out TOMORROW. Which fits in nicely because tomorrow is the last day of school. So, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, you're not gonna hear much of me. The sad part is, I don't think sims 3 is gonna be all that great. I never liked having to unlock things in sims 2, and I think they made sims 3 into more of an "Do this to unlock this, then you can make your sims do this" kind of thing. I just like playing sims. I'm sure my fellow simmers understand. Or maybe you don't. Maybe I'm a loner.

Anyway, I'm going to go now. TTFN.

Back in Cleveland! YAY! Wait..

2009-05-30T14:08:00.001-07:00

Okay, Chicago was DA BOMB. I took pictures, but I forgot my camera charger, so they're only up to the end of day 1.

So, what'd I learn about Chicago? They're museums are museumier, they're ghettos are ghettoier, their tall buildings are taller, their fit people are fitter, their smokers are smokier, and their blue peopler are bluier. Our zoo is better than their though.

Bus Ride there:
Nothing special. It didn't feel like it was that long, except when Alexx was sleeping on me. Then I was stuck in between her and the window, which was NOT fun. At the rest stops we were stuck with fast food, but we got to walk around so I can't complain.

Museum of Science and Industry:
We only got lost once! :) We saw this toymaker thing, a genetics, thing, an evolution thing, and this really scary cow exhibit that we just slowly walked away from. We ate lunch there, which was kind of suckish. The pizza lacked sauce. Then we talked to Kate back at home. I bought a snow-blobe that says Chicago.

John Hancock Observatory:
SO COOL. I swear, I wanna go back there. We were above the clouds. They gave us too much time there, though. So I called home while Alexx and I layed on the floor. Alexx bought a shirt that says John Hancock Observatory on it.
Navy Pier:
Also really fun. I had my first deep dish pizza there! Then Shawn and Prahbprete came and begged us to go on the Ferris Wheel with them (I guess you need 4 people) which was really fun. We got really hyper though.. Then we went on the chairswings, which is when my camera died. Those were extreme and hardcore. Also, quite tubular and gnarly. In modern times, they may be described as raw or awesome. We didn't get enough time there, though, because we had to leave after that.

Hotel 1st Night:
I showered first, then Alexx. Then we discovered the HEAT LAMP!! So, we made a sauna by running hot water and leaving the heat lamp on. It was like really hot and steamy. [: So Alexx, Leanna and I played a bunch of games in the bathroom while Natalie was sleeping. She was like the only one who got enough sleep. We fell asleep around 3 and woke up at 7.

Breakfast:
They forgot to come get our room at breakfast. (We aren't allowed to open our hotel doors..) but once we called them Mrs. Syndella came and rescued us. I had scrambled eggs and jelly toast, but I got really impatient with the toaster so it was more like jelly bread.

Field Museum:
I SAW SUE!! Other than that, it was really boring. We got really lost in the Ancient Americas exhibit and started asking randoming people "How the heck do we get out of here?". We ended up in the gift shop (??) and I bought a monkey for my collection and named it Sue. Then we met up with the family at McDonalds, ate, and then sat in the main lobby for the last half hour, which was surprisingly fun.Architecure Cruise:
I think I was the only one actually listening to the tour guide. :) He told us all about the history of the river and all the buildings around it. He kept bragging about how polluted it is, but THEIR river never caught on fire. HAHAHA. Alexx dropped her dinosaur in the river, so she stole Josh's. Correction: She made him give it to her

Lincoln Park Zoo:
I started getting really cranky because my head was hurting really bad, and I started feeling sick. So I got ice cream which helped for a bit, but then it got worse. Anyway, I walked with Leanna, Natalie, and Tyler at the beginning, then with Shawn and Prahbprete in the middle, and met up with Alexx at the end. I bought an Eric Carl book for Hazel, but don't tell her yet because she can't have it until later. [:

ESPN Zone:
I was REALLY cranky and needed to eat, and I was waiting to eat here because they said to. So I was really mad when they didn't have any vegetarian food except salad. It was okay except they covered it in mystery cheese. Then the advil and tylenol (are you supposed to take those two together?) started kicking in, so I got better for the arcade, which was okay. I kind of switched in between Natalie and Leanna, and Alexx. Played lots of air hockey.

Blue Man Group:
SO AWESOME. We sat in the second row. And I saved some toilet paper from the show! [: It's made from 100% recycled paper. And Alexx got a blue dot from one out in the main lobby. Later on on the bus ride home, I was listening to music and I said "I forgot my toilet paper at the hotel!" and EVERYONE turned to look at me so I think I said it kind of loud. :) After blue man group the cavs won (WOOT!) right as we pulled into the hotel.

Hotel 2nd Night:
We got back at 11:00, and everyone showered. I was last. BOO. We made another sauna but it wasn't as awesome as the first one because I accidentally didn't put the hot water up hot enough. (Those nozzles were confusing.) Then we fell asleep at about 1 and woke up at 6:30.

Breakfast:
Nothing special. But I noticed here that at every single meal I was the last one done. Am I really that slow of an eater?

Shedd Aquarium:
PACKED. Too many people. Not enough time. Not organized at all. The wild reef thing was kind of cool. Alexx and I met up with Shawn and Tyler and then when we tried eating at the cafe but this guy yelled at us for sitting at the table. So we ate on the floor of the hallway. Then we saw the dolphins. I was really proud of myself because I'd already been there before with Maggie :). So when we went to the gift shop I tried finding the same dolphin I got three years ago but they didn't have it. So I got one that KIND OF looked like Siesel (the dolphin from last time) and named it Beanie. I also bought a bookbag and a shirt.

Bus Ride Home:
Seemed too long. I tried sleeping but the people around us were TOO LOUD. Then I started getting really mad at Taylor because she's the kind of over-dramatic sassy girl who gets mad at everyone for everything and we had to sit behind her the whole time. And we were SO SICK of fast food. We made it home though.

I slept 14 hours that night.

Go Chica Go Chica Go Chica, Go!

2009-05-26T14:03:00.001-07:00

Guess where I'm going? Nope, not Ellupiter (more on that planet later), but to CHICAGO! YEAH! Actually, I'm leaving tomorrow at 7:00 am (Probably more like 8:00. We have to get there at 7.) and getting back on Friday at 8:30 pm. We're going to see blue man group, the ZOO (!!!!!) some museum, and, umm.. other stuff?

I'm bringing my old camera, too. So, there shall be lots of crappy pictures to post.

On a more interesting note, I would like to share some pictures of my latest gangsta craze.

Yes, the above picture is Alexx and me, and our gangsta grills. I'm holding up my gangsta ducky, there. I think hers is a grizzly bear? I forgot. Well, talk to you guys on Friday. Be prepared for LOTS of picture goodness.

3-Day Weekend Plans (:

2009-05-15T09:09:00.000-07:00

Okay, so we get a three day weekend! Yay! Am I right? Yeah, no school today. So today, I'm going to see Star-Trek with my brother. (Hehe. Yeah, nobody else wanted to go see it for some reason.)

Tomorrow, I might go next door if Emma's there, or I might go see Angels & Demons with Kate and Natalie. (If I can finish the last 100 pages by then.) Yeah, the cover is an ambigram, because the entire book is filled with them. I made one with my name! :D I'll post it later.

And on Sunday if we're going to the country, I'm making Kate go with me so we can go canoeing and play volley ball and stuff. (Oh yeah, I'm re-trying out this year. Wish me luck!)

At School - Yet Again

2009-05-11T06:17:00.000-07:00

I have computers first period every day for the rest of the year, so I'll probably be posting a lot of posts every week day between 8:36 and 9:24.. :) I just can't post pictures, obviously, so I'll try to do that when I get home.

Anyway, my weekend was fun. Friday Alexx slept over, as you can see by the video I posted yesterday. So I spent the rest of Saturday pretty much playing sims 2. Then on Sunday Kate came over in the morning to do her paper for social studies (No word on her computer..) and then I made her help clean my fishy tank.. hehe. That's a story in itself, but you'll probably find it boring. So since Sunday was Mommy's Day, Maggie came over with Hazel, who I held most of the time. I spent the rest of Sunday doing my paper and talking to Alexx and Kate.

I'm listening to Green Day! :) That's the only fairly normal music I listen to, so I listen to it at school. ♪ Do you have the time.. To listen to me whine? ♪

Yup, see you later. Bye-Bye. [:

Alexx Was Here!

2009-05-09T19:16:00.000-07:00

Alexx slept over Friday night. We came downstairs around 2 am to make some popcorn, but got a bit distracted.

So far, blogger is the only website I've been able to get this to upload onto. With youtube, onetruemedia, and jumpcut, they all claim that "an error has occurred" but I guess they don't feel the need to tell me what the error is. :]

I is at ur skule... axessin alegal pages!

2009-05-08T05:55:00.000-07:00

We're not supposed to be able to get to any blogs at all.. But apparently they have a few holes in their system at the moment. Hehe.. Yeah. (If you type in the url directly, like "www.alleexm.blogspot.com" it'll let you. But you can't just go to "www.blogspot.com".) Anyway, I just spent the last 5 minutes trying to take a screenshot of my "Dream Backyard" assignment. That part was a success, I just have nowhere to paste it so that I can save it as a picture. (Paint is also inaccessible. There's no "run" option in the start menu either.) Anyway, I'm surrounded by noobs. :) Ya know, kids who can't find the Q key or go WOW!! at the idea of typing 15 wpm. So, I'll see you when I get home.

By the way, the keyboards here suck as well. They hurt your fingers after a while and the little proppy uppy thingies on mine are broken, so I have to type with it flat. ]: Try typing with a flat keybaord. Go ahead. Try it.

Did I mention how cute she is?

2009-05-07T19:00:00.000-07:00

Of course, with Hazel (Rose Schaffer) born like a week and a half ago, my first post HAS to be about her, am I right? This was taken on the first (or second?) day! She's still at the hospital here, sleeping all happy-like.

Well, look at the cute little baby feet! Didn't they get more human-y? I think so. Anyway, I love this picture a lot.. It's probably in my top 10. (:

Welcome to my new blog!

2009-05-07T18:41:00.000-07:00

I used to have a blog, actually. I just stopped using it about three years ago. So, I recently decided to delete it and open a new one. (This would be that new one I was talking about.) I'm not sure who you are, or why you're reading this, and I probably sent you here. So, welcome to my blog! I'm sure you'll stay updated on my life! (: