einstein Blog and Journals

Due to the fact that I feel no motivation to work on all of the things I need to do today, I find myself prowling the internet for interesting subject matter to feed my brain.   

I made the decision to become vegetarian.  I voiced as much about 3 weeks ago now.  Sure, I have been chided about it by several narrow minded people and by those who simply do not understand.  A small price to pay.  I am a big girl and I can handle it. 

While prowling the surfaces of many areas of what is the World Wide Web, I happened upon a specific person's myspace page.  Usually I would not have spent more than 30 seconds on this particular site because this person is the typical person trying to become a celebrity from notariety on the internet.  To everyone their own.  I will not be judging anyone for this.  What I happened upon was a quote.  It was: "Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet" Albert Einstein   Wow, that Mr Einstein sure was a genius wasn't he?  I actually had no idea he was vegetarian.  I have learned something new today. 

I will not be stepping onto a soapbox at this time.  I only wish to state a few of the feelings I experienced while reading some of the person's views on being vegan/vegetarian.  For the most part, I agree with this person.  Even though he is a great deal younger than me, he made some extrememly good points that were very true. 

One of the points I did not agree with is that being a vegan/vegetarian automatically makes you healthy.  He also states that not eating meat will make you thin.  I can not disagree more.  I am now a believer in the vegetarian way of life, but I feel that you have to make your own choices to be healthy and at your target weight for your body.  Point in fact here is:  McDonald's french fries are considered vegetarian.  Am I wrong?  It is simply a potato fried in vegetable oil.  They are extrememly unhelathy and one of the staples in my diet, I will admit.  I am attempting to make my transition to a meatless diet as easy as I can for myself.  I need it to be something I don't even think about when I consider my next meal anymore.  It will just come naturally.  Until it has became a thoughtless feat for me, I will continue to do what works for me.  After I reach this point, then I will work with everything in my power to attempt to make myself healthier.  That is my ultimate goal.  I feel this person who is trying/wanting to be a makeshift icon needs to be a little more considerate of people's feelings who do not fit the perfect mold.  I will mention no names for I am one who prefers to choose my battles and this is one I dare not fight.  This is simply my point of view.

Additionally, there were some links on this site that take you to some very disturbing videos.  I tried my damndest to watch as much of them as I could.  Seeing this only reiterates my reasons for making the choice I did.  I have no desire to try to bring anyone who remains carnivorous/omnivorous to my side of the fence.  I do think that if anyone who eats flesh would take 15 mintues of their time to view just a small portion of any of these vidoes they would be forced to question their ways.  These slaughter houses are certainly inhumane.  Torturous is more the word I feel.  I felt such a rush of emotion when these horrific things were forced into my face that it is nearly undescribable.  I felt rage, anger, sickness, weakness~because I am only one person and can not take back what has already happened and sadness just to name a few.  

I am so thoroughly glad that I have made the decision that I have.  I feel extremely proud of myself to have made it this far again.  This time it will not change.  I have witnessed everything I needed to prevent the going back ever again on the internet today.  Viva la www.  (until your child discovers Jenna Jameson/Ron Jeremy or the likes of them that is...)