31. Within the last day and a half, I have purchased, read, and been terrified by the book Skinny Bitch. Enough that I went to Whole Foods for the first time in my life and stocked up on vegan cuisine. I’m seriously considering becoming a vegetarian. And I’m on a fruits, veggies, and whole grains kick. I bought some chocolate soy milk that’s delicious. And some non-dairy frozen desert that looks like ice cream but is actually made of rice according to the ingredients list (rice cream?). I bought some organic cookies. And a bunch of Kashi whatnot. And some frozen dinners (such as the vegetarian chicken fettuccini I ate. God only knows what the “chicken” actually was). So now I’m on a vegetarian test run. I only expect it to last a couple of days, because I’m extremely fickle. That, and I have no will power when it comes to food-related lifestyle changes. There’s virtually no chance I’ll make it through Thanksgiving. I don’t even eat the turkey, but by the sheer fact that I’ll be near my mother’s cooking… well, there’s just no way I can pass up her lemon chicken if she makes it. Not possible.
32. I was a little behind on my NaNoWriMo novel the last couple of days, but I have gotten sufficiently caught up now. I don’t know how much longer I’m going to be able to do this. It’s exhausting, and it’s really hard. Some days, it’s downright unpleasant having to coax myself into continuing to write, and then frustrating because I know that everything I’m writing is far below my normal standards. I’m going out of town twice this month, which will make it even more difficult than it already is. How am I going to write 1,667 words a day on a novel when I’m with my family and friends? I feel like I’m doomed to fail on this. Thank God for my tenacity.
33. It has occurred to me that I never posted pictures from Halloween. I successfully avoided all forms of the dreaded "Sexy Halloween" that I find so distasteful. I ended up having three costumes. As I mentioned before, I was a Formal Apology for my friend Anna’s party (which I think looked better in person than it does in the picture). I was Daria Morgendorffer from the cartoon “Daria” on Halloween. And I was Meg Griffin from “Family Guy” for my work Halloween party (I pinned my hair up under my hat to make it look shorter). I already have a slew of ideas for next year. These include Sexy Corpse, Whistler’s Mother, Amish Hooker, and Jackson Pollack Painting.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Costumed Vegetarian Novelist
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7 comments:
Procrastination has a hold of me again. Well that and an insatiable desire to win at mahjongg. But to the point I am trying to make. I really like your blog. your musings are clever and very entertaining. I know how hard it is to get a novel finished! And your costume ideas are brilliant.
have a great day
T.C.L.
Wow, you were three things for halloween! And they were all cool! I was a busy graduate student... but I didn't really miss dressing up too much. I'll have to come up with a fun, but marginally "teacher appropriate" costume for next year to entertain my students!
Wow, what is "Skinny Bitch" about exactly?
Yes! Be vegan! It's not hard! It's awesome!
I second the post by Jes. I cut out meat in eighth/ninth grade, and I can't imagine ever eating an animal again.
There is nothing better than a good filet mignon. I love animals, but unfortunately I love filet mignon more.
BTW I think that I'm stealing Amish Hooker and Formal Apology.
To The Chaotic Libra - Thank you for your compliments. I hope you continue to procrastinate here.
To Amy - Skinny Bitch is a book about not eating crap. That's pretty much it. And Halloween is my favorite holiday, so I enjoy getting into it.
To Jes - Dude, being a vegetarian is hard enough for me. Vegan would be downright impossible. I'm addicted to milk and cheese.
To Heidi - I'm giving it a go, but it won't last this time. Maybe eventually I'll get it to stick.
To Chris - Yeah, I don't really love animals. I just don't hate them enough to make them want to suffer in the ways that they do. And the book I read made some compelling arguments for not wanting to ingest the things that are inside the animals (hormones and whatnot). I stole Formal Apology from LinkLarkinWannabe over at BWW (with permission). And I hope that you do steal Amish Hooker.
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