Live and Let GONZO

I've realized, I live an alternative lifestyle. Some people don't get it, but it's what makes me happy. I really do whatever makes me happy, which makes me wonder why people don't do that all the time? I don't understand conservative, uptight people who are afraid of their own shadow and ignorant to the rest of the world outside of their "perfect" existence. I'm afraid of large spiders. What if I go to kill it and it actually engulfs my hand with it's fangs as I'm going to smooosh it? Also, sharks or dead bodies in my pool. I mean, they call it a phobia for a reason; it's the irrational fear of things. I don't have to have a reason. It's irrational! Yet, I digress. I want to get a tattoo that signifies my love for the crazy and random moments in life that make my life worth living. My dad and my brother claim that they are going to get this with me, but I kind of don't believe them. My brother hates tattoos and my dad hasn't gotten a tattoo since he was 18... and I don't think he realizes how much they cost nowadays. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzo_journalism this inspires me. I love Hunter Thompson and I love the way he lived and I loved the way he died, with complete control over his entire life - no matter how chaotic it may have sounded to anyone else in the world. This is that tattoo I want, but I want it to be an outline, not filled in with black or red, just an outline of black and red I think. Yes. Yes, this is what I want.

I'm Accidentally Vegan!

Colleen ranted and raved about this diet so finally I was like, I'll do it with you. It's an all vegan diet minus added oils. So no olive oil, canola oil, vegetable oil etc. so that means no hummus! This has been much easier than you would think. I've been making some amaaazing recipes, including Macaroni and Not Cheese and Gnocchi with Marinara Sauce and Vegetarian Meat Crumbles. I also invented a sandwich with mixed field greens, quinoa, hummus and balsamic vinaigrette. It's a "salad in disguise" as Colleen likes to call it. Also, we have been swimming every night and trying to exercise on a daily basis to prep for our New York Trip 2010! We will be getting on a train at 3:30 ish AM in a couple of weeks and heading to the "big apple." I'm really excited. I love New York. I've also been doing some research and discovered several vegan restaurants that are on our diet that I really want to try. One is called Bonobo and it's primarily focused on the Bonobo's diet I think. Like raw foods, nuts, salads, fruits and lots of veggies; but to make it more people friendly, they also have tofu scrambles for breakfast and meatless sausage. Another restaurant I found is called Blossom. It's all vegan and it looks absolutely incredible. We are trying to stick to this diet for 28 days and that overlaps with our vacation, so we're going to try our best to be good on vacation! On a side note, I have been going to the chiropractor on a weekly basis, apparently I'm all sorts of messed up. My hips look something like this x-ray except it's opposite sides. It's carazzzy. I didn't think anything was that wrong with me. and then this is what my neck looks similar to. My neck is supposed to be curved outward and it's not at all. The Doctors were baffled. Hopefully this will be fixed within a year... yeck...