Madness

I can't stop listening to Muse's new album "The 2nd Law". Among my favourites are "Madness", "Panic Station", "Survival", "Follow Me", and "Big Freeze". If you haven't heard any of this yet, be sure to check it out. I've been a Muse fan for years. They just keep getting better and better!

Another note on the "madness" title besides being the title of Muse song - I have, once again, attempted a large change. This one I hope to stick with - we all know how the "vegetarian" phase ended, and the "exercise" phase. This time I'm going vegan. Yes.

It seems crazy right? I love cheese, I love milk, I love all the delicious things. But honestly, the way these animals are treated is just so awful. I'm trying to avoid justifying my guilt for eating this overprocessed, overdone bullshit we modern people call food. Of course, I wouldn't be me if I wasn't lazy, so I'm probably going to be the world's worst vegan ever. For instance, just today, I've already failed. I had a lindt chocolate with my lunch (which was granola with almond milk, btw). But I insisted my latte be made with soy milk and no whip, and honestly it didn't taste much different than the regular one with cow's milk. I think it's just a matter of substitution, and utilizing foods I already love. Like organic peanut butter, granola, and hummus. Also, I'll be eating a lot more veggies and fruit, and probably less processed sugars. I can see this becoming an obsession - and I hope it does. If I start obsessing over it, maybe I'll keep it up.

If you have netflix, watch "Vegucation" - a documentary about some people who sign up for an experiment - go vegan for 6 weeks, see the difference it makes, see what factory farmed animals go through, see what our food is made of. See if you'll remain a vegan after 6 weeks. 

You see, giving up the meat won't be the hard part. It'll be the dairy and eggs, I think. But I can survive without animal products! I will endeavour to do so.