Nope.
It's a lifestyle change.
Probably the most dramatic lifestyle change you can make.
Veganism.
Yea, yea, bad, bad. OMG! A life without cow and chicken...how do I live?
Pretty easily actually.
After 20 years of eating animals like no one's business I made the decision to go completely cold turkey (ironic eh?) and stop. And for that last 3 months I have done pretty well. Okay I did slip up at the beginning a little bit (who thinks about the butter that's already on the bread at those Italian restaurants?), but for the last 2 months I have been an almost perfect vegan. And I'm proud of myself. I really am. But since making this change I have noticed a few things about my fellow human.
1. They don't like change. At all. And I always knew this but seriously...when a meat eater feels like they have lost one of their own they get down right nasty. I've been yelled at, lectured to, and whispered about. I wonder if these people would say the same things to and about a person who choices to stop eating fruits or vegetables. Or what is someone found out they were allergic to gluten and had to live gluten-free? Does any change is what's normal cause people to react in such a harsh manner or is it just the transition to a cruelty free lifestyle?
2. A lot of people feel guilty. Or else there is another reason why they must jusify to me day in and day out as to why it is okay for a cow to be tortured and later killed just so they can eat a steak for dinner. My favorite being "the cow (or chicken or fish) is already dead you might as well enjoy it..." Okay. So like. When you die, it's okay for us to pawn off all your stuff, or even your body because well you're already dead...we might as well take advantage of it.
3. The envious crowd. "I wish I could do that, but..." No. You don't. Because once you open your eyes and see what's going on around you, you can't say "but". You just can't. You can't honestly feel something for those animals and then disregard it completely because you don't want to put forth the extra effort in your daily life to do something about it.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
That stupid job.
I decided to start this blog as a way to vent, talk about what is going on, give my view on things, ya know...stuff like that. Basically the reasons why everyone blogs.
Today I was told I didn't get the job I really wanted because they were "concerned" about some things in my past. I've decided I will talk about these now:
1. I broke the law once, no lie...I did an illegal drug. One time. Over a year ago. Right after my boyfriend passed away in a car accident. Now at first I didn't admit to this because well I don't think I have a drug problem, I don't want to do anything like that again, yada yada yada. But after a 15 minute lecture about how said company would never ever hold anything like that against a future candidate because EVERYONE does things like that at least once in their life...well I told the truth. I told it a few times actually. During the interview, during the second interview, during the polygraph test I took. During my rejection call today I was told this prior drug use was cause for "concern".
~Lesson learned: People lie. If it won't show up in a drug test, don't admit to it.
2. When I first moved to Austin I took the first job I could find. I hosted at Red Robin. For a month. I quit, they kept scheduling me, I stopped showing up after my two weeks. I excluded this when writing about my prior work experience because...I don't consider a month hosting tables at the worst restaurant ever as significant. Apparently this was such a huge lie that it was also a cause for "concern".
~Lesson learned: Don't work anywhere you'll be too embarrassed to admit to.
3. I forgot about a write up I receieved while working at my current job. And not even I forgot forgot...I forgot during my second interview. I remembered during the first interview and the polygraph test but DAMN that second interview. Totally slipped my mind I was once told not to say "I don't give a shit" anymore at work. My bad. This was, once again, a cause for "concern".
~Lesson learned: Don't say "I don't give a shit" ever. Besides in your head. Say it there all day long.
Meh so now that I have been rejected, I'm sitting here trying to convince myself that these three things were so important that I deserve to not get the job I really wanted. Even after all the effort I put into getting it. PS...before the first interview I had a two hour test. Yes. A test, two interviews, a background check, and a polygraph.
Waste of time.
Today I was told I didn't get the job I really wanted because they were "concerned" about some things in my past. I've decided I will talk about these now:
1. I broke the law once, no lie...I did an illegal drug. One time. Over a year ago. Right after my boyfriend passed away in a car accident. Now at first I didn't admit to this because well I don't think I have a drug problem, I don't want to do anything like that again, yada yada yada. But after a 15 minute lecture about how said company would never ever hold anything like that against a future candidate because EVERYONE does things like that at least once in their life...well I told the truth. I told it a few times actually. During the interview, during the second interview, during the polygraph test I took. During my rejection call today I was told this prior drug use was cause for "concern".
~Lesson learned: People lie. If it won't show up in a drug test, don't admit to it.
2. When I first moved to Austin I took the first job I could find. I hosted at Red Robin. For a month. I quit, they kept scheduling me, I stopped showing up after my two weeks. I excluded this when writing about my prior work experience because...I don't consider a month hosting tables at the worst restaurant ever as significant. Apparently this was such a huge lie that it was also a cause for "concern".
~Lesson learned: Don't work anywhere you'll be too embarrassed to admit to.
3. I forgot about a write up I receieved while working at my current job. And not even I forgot forgot...I forgot during my second interview. I remembered during the first interview and the polygraph test but DAMN that second interview. Totally slipped my mind I was once told not to say "I don't give a shit" anymore at work. My bad. This was, once again, a cause for "concern".
~Lesson learned: Don't say "I don't give a shit" ever. Besides in your head. Say it there all day long.
Meh so now that I have been rejected, I'm sitting here trying to convince myself that these three things were so important that I deserve to not get the job I really wanted. Even after all the effort I put into getting it. PS...before the first interview I had a two hour test. Yes. A test, two interviews, a background check, and a polygraph.
Waste of time.
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