on my way home from work today i noticed some storm clouds and simply thought "hmm, looks like it might rain." once i got home and heard the patter of rain on the window i looked out and noticed a lovely rainbow. not more than 5 minutes later my window was being assaulted with nearly quarter sized hail. it came down like crazy and then was done in under 10 minutes. i was scared to death that my windows were going to give out. i called my landlord again and asked when they were going to be replaced. it's supposed to be sometime this month.
so i've got another boring post here. i've since discovered that i do indeed have cable if i unplug the internet so i was able to watch so you think you can dance. i love that show. now i'm watching bad tv over the internet and waiting for 11PM. got more work to do tonight. i'm exhausted but only two days left until i can shut my phone off and relax for two weeks straight.
until then i have to pretend like i'm not watching america's got talent and eating mac n' cheese on the couch. oh, please to say it's day 2 no meat. since fish doesn't reheat well and i'm too exhausted to cook i've mostly been ingesting garbage. oh well. i give myself a pass until august when everything slows down a bit.
i'm taking a break from work for a minute, mostly because my laptop overheated and i had to shut it down for a while. boss is ordering me a new one which is great. currently i have to hold it over my box fan every few minutes to cool it down. seems dangerous but it hasn't melted my west elm desk yet which is good. every once and a while i lift it up and check.
i have to find something to do until 11 when i have to log back in to work. i guess i'll clean house. this place is pretty tidy though.
i had a good july 4th yesterday. after relaxing at home i went out with some friends to catch the fireworks at fair park. instead of dealing with the crowds we camped out at the meridian room across the street with good beer and food and watched the show.
i have the last bit of turkey left in the fridge to finish up before i go pescatarian. i think the trip to italy is an excellent time to switch to this diet since i'm not generally big on fish. the cruise is known for the excellent food and if i don't like fish in italy i won't like it anywhere. if that's the case i will have try full vegetarian. i really want to cut out mammals and poultry. i'm reading another book about food and for a while i thought i was just choosing books that were pushing vegetarian propaganda. as more time goes on i'm thinking it's just that i don't like how the food industry in this country handles meat. right now i'm reading the omnivore's dilemma and the chapters i've read so far are focusing on america's dependance on corn. not because of necessity but by choice.
one of the most disturbing things i've read is on the cow and how, because of all the surplus corn, we are trying to train rumens to eat corn instead of grass. much of the cattle sent to the grocery store never eats a blade of grass after they are 3 months old or so. kind of sad given that they're generally slaughtered at 18 months. also i read some interesting things about grazing paddocks and how raising chicken and cows on traditional farms improves the landscape. did you know that the same technology used to make bombs it what we use to fertilize our crops? we can't use animal manure anymore because it's so filled with antibiotics and chemicals from the food that it would kill the crops. that manure is dumped, runs out to sea and kills all the fish. so sad.
but enough about that. i don't want to get all preachy. when i first looked into becoming vegetarian i read the PETA website and immediately changed my mind. those people are just batty. today has been fairly eventful and it's only 1PM. so far i've practiced yoga and some meditation. i've cleaned the kitchen and next i'll tackle the rest of the place. i'm planning on studying some japanese later as well.
nashville was interesting. i got to meet a lot of the people i work with on a daily basis. they were all very nice. we got a lot done and i'm freaking out a lot less. one week to go until italy. today's events:
- went shopping with mom
- cleaned out my closet and filled 3 bags of stuff to get rid of
- finished laundry
- cleaned house
currently i'm relaxing and watching a movie i had a lot of doubt in. either my expectations were so low anything would seem good or this is actually pretty good.
it's a lot like an american version of ricky gervais in an uncomfortable, documentary style kind of way. it's awkwardly funny and sad at the same time. that and my dole strawberry popsicle are making this a pretty good evening. tomorrow i'm looking forward to checking out moon. where is sam rockwell's oscar. i've been a fan for a long time and i hope this is his year.
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