A Very Vegan Venue

It was two weeks ago when my sister and I decided to try something new.

What had happened was she posted on her blog, The Grown-Up Girl, that she was going to eat healthier. In this particular post it said that she will drink one cup of tea every day, do a sinus rinse daily, sleep eight hours a night, and not drink soda nor eat candy. She also pledged to do yoga three times a week and watch no more than ten hours of television a week. As an avid reader of her blog I posted the comment:

"I'll join you on this adventure! Except for the soda thing. And the candy thing. And the walk thing. And I refuse to do that sinus rinse thing. And I think I'll substitute tea with hot chocolate. Same thing, right?"

I had no intention of actually changing my habits of drinking soda daily (my weakness), eating candy, or anything like that.

After my sister saw my comment she told me her plan to actually go vegan.
That's a scary word, I know.
Several texts later she was well aware that I thought it was a crazy idea and it'd never work.


Somehow, though, she convinced me to join her.


So the following week we went vegan.

What does it mean to be a vegan? I'll tell you!

NO dairy 

NO fish

NO meat

NO anything made with products from animals. 

Tricky, eh? 

I was insanely skeptical. I really dreaded this. But, I did it. I went vegan for one full week. 
What got me through it all?

Silk Chocolate Soymilk. 

Really quite delicious, actually. 

I am big on animal rights but I am an omnivore. That means I eat vegetation and meat. MEAT.
I like meat.
I don't particularly enjoy vegetation.
Except spinach.
Spinach is good.

Anyway.....................................................................................................................................................

I dreaded going a week without meat. I was concerned for my protein intake. Frankly, I have no idea if my protein intake even dropped. I don't even know how to measure such things! But I will say not once in that week did I miss meat.

If anyone's wondering how my meals went, they went well.

Olivia, my sister who went on this vegan journey with me, was home all week and prepared recipes for the whole family that were vegan. And tasty! A lot of pastas and then rice with beans and things like that. Cut me some slack, it was two weeks ago.

Now, I don't encourage you all to go vegan especially since I don't know if you are vegan already.
It wasn't an enjoyable experience. Just an experience to be had.
I do encourage everyone to try something new.
This may be your something new.

As a friend told me,

"Anyone can do anything for one week."

Don't get all technical on me about lame things like "breathing," or "eating." 

The quote rocks. 

Nowadays I'm back to my omnivore ways and in fact just yesterday I tried some new meat!

It's as chill of a fish dish as possible, but I had fish and chips for dinner! 

My irish friend was very amused. She's tried to get me to eat it for a while now and I've always refused. 

WELL LOOK WHO'S LAUGHING NOW! 

Side note: 

I'm in SAN FRANCISCO this week! 

ALCATRAZ HERE I COME!

GUYS, LEGIT I'M SO FLIPPEN EXCITED FOR ALCATRAZ. IT'S LIKE A DREAM TO VISIT THE OLD PRISON. I'VE DONE SO MUCH RESEARCH FOR THIS TRIP THAT I CAN'T EVEN CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT. I'M GOING TOMORROW MORNING AND DUDE, I'VE GOT SO MANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GUIDE ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE INFAMOUS ESCAPE ATTEMPT. YES, I SAY ATTEMPT BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THE ESCAPEES WERE SUCCESSFUL. I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE CAN TRULY SURVIVE THEIR ESCAPE ROUTE. NOT AFTER ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. LET'S NOT GET INTO THAT. DUDE. ALCATRAZ.

HOME OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS PRISONERS EVER. 

DUDE.

THE ROCK.

ALCATRAZ.

I ...

I CAN'T EVEN. 

IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE. 

YOU KNOW WHAT CINDERELLA SAYS: 

A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES, WHEN YOU'RE FAST ASLEEP. WELL, NOW YOU ALL KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN MAH DREAMS. AND MY HEART. ALCATRAZ. IT'S IN MY BLOOD. 

ALCATRAZ. 

Super Women

I am a huge lover of comics. I admit to liking DC more than Marvel. Don't hate me.

Here is a list of my top ten DC dames:

10. 

Miss Martian

She has many powers including flight, turning opaque, and morphing into any organic thing. 

She is extremely polite for an alien from Mars an is very sweet. 

She's #10 because she thought that she couldn't be herself around her friends so she made this body that you see here to fit in and then lied about all of it. C'mon Megan, be true to you!

9.

Star Girl

Stargirl is an old favorite. She can fly, and shoot star-bolts out of her staff which is not pictured. 

I love her so much because she's just a teen and is constantly overshadowed by Super Girl who in my opinion is an arrogant jerk. Still though, Star Girl always rocks the situation! 

8.

Fire

Fire is a very strong, woman. No super strength or anything! She looks like a human until she switches on her powers and turns into this green beauty. She can fly and obviously light things on fire by shooting flames from her hands! She's so low on the list because she's very dependent on her colleague,  Ice. But she's still one epic woman! 

7. 

Huntress

I love Huntress so much because she doesn't play by the rules. While she was a member of the Justice League, she continuously would take the path of revenge for her upsetting childhood. As an expert fighter Huntress preferred to shoot tiny arrows into her victims with a harpoon like machine. While I think her cape is a little too much for her look, Huntress always rocks out. 

6. 

Batgirl

You all know her. In the old TV show, it was constantly proven that Batgirl is a better hand to hand combat fighter than both Batman and Robin. What makes her so amazing is that as a teen, she decided to join Batman, without permission from him or anyone. Making her even more awesome, when the original Batgirl gets injured and sentenced to a wheelchair, she continues doing hero work as the Oracle, giving out directions and advice to any heroes who call her. 

5. 

Artemis

One of the coolest ladies on this list! As a new character on Young Justice, Artemis became an instant classic. She has no super powers, but she certainly packs a whalop with her mastery archer knowledge, dangerous past, incredible agility and impressive fist fighting. What I love so much about her is that she had a very rough childhood and her family members all became super villains, but Artemis took the other path and made a name for herself. She's also very sassy and won't put up with anything. 

4. 

Zatanna

Zatanna truly is a classic and I have a special place in my heart for her. She's a master magician who has a unique gift, anything she says backwards happens instantly! As a close friend of Batman, Zatanna typically plays by the rules but always dazzles things up with some magic. What makes her so awesome is that she has endless powers! Zatanna just needs to learn a spell or say something backwards and BOOM she's got it! 

3. 

Black Canary 

Black Canary is incredible to me. As the league's best combat fighter, Canary doesn't put up with anything and has no problem letting you know so. Her power is very interesting in that she can use a "canary cry" that is glass shattering and ear deafening. It can also cause explosions and create chaos for everyone and everything it's directed to. This is truly a dame you don't want to mess with. Plus she's dating Green Arrow and he's awesome! 

2. 

Wonder Woman

Really no surprise she's at the top of the list. As one of the top 3 guns in the league, the Princess rocks out with her super strength, flight, and warrior attitude. Born as a warrior the Princess of Themyscira was sent to America (hence the outfit) to fight in the war. Awesomely enough, being born onto a land with no men, Diana was extremely feminist and as an amazon she doesn't accept help from anyone. She is just too cool! 

1. 

HawkGirl

You really don't get any cooler than HawkGirl! Shayera Hol was born on Thanagar and quickly became the top fighter. There's a long, complicated story about her being a spy but it all works out in the end anyway so we'll skip it. Shayera clearly has the power of flight, incredible strategic skill, and wields an electric mace that disrupts all forms of magic. What makes her number one is her attitude, where the mission is all that matters to her and you better not get in her way. She even has a tiff with Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman is the woman to crack first! You seriously do not mess with HawkGirl. 

That's my top 10 DC dames!

Agree? Disagree? 

Too bad. 

It's my opinion. 

ROCK ON. 

What Makes Me Laugh

It's been a while since I last posted...WHY?

Oh y'know, just had influenza, bronchitis, a sinus infection and possibly pertussis. 

But that's all over and done with now! Unfortunately I'm still too tired to make an explicit post on comic book women, so instead here's a bunch of things I find hilarious! 

Only Bass drummers will understand:

Isn't tradition the best?

                       Disney changed Mulan's "fancy" look:         Notice the less make-up and less swankified clothing.  
For those who do not know, this man also plays Batman's butler in the recent Batman movies:

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Also these Beatles quotes: 

Question: How do you feel about teenagers imitating you with Beatle wigs?

John: They are not imitating us, because we don`t wear Beatle wigs.

Question: Sorry to interupt you while you are eating, but what do you think you will be doing in five years time, when all this is over?

Ringo: Still eating.

Question: Do you have any special advice for teenagers?

John: Don`t get pimples.

Question: Who in the world would the Beatles like to meet more in the world than anybody else?

Ringo: The real Santa Claus.

Question: Who of you thought up the name "Beatles"?

Paul: I thought of it.

Question: Why?

Paul: Why not?

Question: Were you worried about the oversized roughnecks who tried to infiltrate the airport crowd on your arrival?

Ringo: That was us!

Question: Girls rushed towards my car because it had press identification and they thought I met you. How do you explain this phenomenon?

John: You`re lovely to look at!

Question: Do you date much?

Ringo: What are you doing tonight?

Question: What do you do when you`re cooped up in a hotel room between shows?

George: We ice skate.

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Thing I've Been Wrong About

One thing that mature people do, is admit when they're wrong. 

I am pretty much never wrong.

But on these things I admit I was wrong. 

I always think this: 

But it's never a T-Rex

I used to think Disney girls had realistic proportions: 

(I sort of think Rapunzel is realistic considering she's wearing a corset)

I thought humidity made hair straighter. 

I used to think I was a great singer.

This is an accurate depiction of me singing: 

I thought air balloons worked by invisible giants lifting the balloon into the sky. 

I thought I was a fire bender. 

I thought the Disney princess movies were the original stories. 

I always thought that movies were made by people with cameras following around real people. Actors and special effects didn't exist. 

I believed this was the most complicated thing a drummer could do:

And this was the most complicated drum set beat:

I believed that if you wore a princess dress, you were a princess

I thought thunder happened when drummers in the sky put on a concert. Lightening happened when they dropped a stick. 

I thought I could communicate with animals. Nope. 

whoops. 

Also, seeing as this blog has reached over 2,000 views,

I'd like to recommend you all "like" the blog on Facebook 

^^^That's the profile picture!^^^

ROCK ON

I Know Dino

Dinosaurs pop into my head about 37 times a day. 

Once you see this post, I'm sure you'll have Dino-Fever as well! 

The other day someone asked me my favorite type of dinosaur and I just looked at them like: 

One of the first things I tell ANYONE is that the Velociraptor is my favorite dinosaur! 

Not knowing that, is like not knowing rats have collapsable skeletons. 

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. 

(BTW: Cats do not have collapsable skeletons. That's a common misconception because "rats" and "cats" rhyme.)

So, in response to the question I initiated my "Velociraptor Dance"...

(This is sort of what it looked like, I didn't think to have anyone record the dance)

The person just sort of backed away...

And y'know what?

Also!

I bought a comb/brush that is the shape of a dinosaur fossil! 

AAAHHHHHH!!!!

DINOSAURS!