Ok, so back in February of this year (2008) I was in the book section at Target, feeling fat, and I saw a book titled Skinny Bitch. It was a funny title so I picked it up and after looking over the first few pages, littered with crude phrases, I thought, “oh yeah, this is my kinda book!” So I bought it thinking I’d found something that’d make me laugh my way into size 2 jeans, but come to find out, I was only 1/2 right.
I did laugh out loud a lot, but I also cried and gagged and swore off meat for life! No lie, I will never, ever, ever eat meat again. It is now the end of July, I haven’t had any meat, I haven’t thought about having meat and I still get pretty darn grossed out when I see raw meat. I also try to avoid all other animal products, such as eggs, milk, CHEESE!
now, i know what you’re thinking, ” this girl is nuts! Total whack job!” because that’s pretty much how i always thought of vegetarians, not to mention vegans. I always pictured vegans as dirty, tree-hugging hippies, who loved animals more than human beings and would pour red paint all over women in furs and leather, set them on fire and feed their charred remains to their 20 cats… but now i know that was a pretty unfair assumption; only a small handful of vegans do that. thinking all vegetarians/vegans are insane lunatics is like thinking every German is a nazi and every Baldwin can act. see, not always the case. (yeah, I’m talking about you Stephen)
So, needless to say if i had any idea back in February what the heck the book was really about i’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have given Target my 13 bucks. but i didn’t know, so i did.
Of course I don’t regret reading it though, not one single bit, it showed me how ignorant I’ve been. I learned how intelligent pigs and cows really are, how unhealthy the meat we eat truly is, what exactly the meat we eat really is, where it’s actually coming from and also the affect it has on our environment. This book hits you with some hardcore scary facts. that’s right, FACTS! I’m not one of those people who believes everything they hear/read (I used to though until I started dating my husband) so I did research a lot of the info Skinny Bitch spouts and was real surprised to learn they weren’t bullshitting.
So go ahead, think I’m crazy, that’s fine by me, but I will never eat an animal again! Not to worry though, if I see you eating meat I won’t lecture you or make barfing noises in your general direction. No, I will sit there eating my veggie burger most likely across the table from my husband, who’s eating some sort of chicken dish (chicken is the grossest though, yuck, you have no idea, especially don’t buy Perdue, trust me, puke, nasty) and know i was once exactly like you. so i certainly have no right to criticize.
A year ago my favorite meal in the whole entire world was the filet mignon at Silo’s Steakhouse and if you would have told me back then that in a few months I’d swear off meat forever I would totally have peed myself laughing, took another bite of my steak and in mid-chew called you a fricken crackass!
Ok, i’m tired of writing about this topic now. I’m going to finish watching Super Troopers and get ready for bed. I know, I’m lame, I work real early in the mornings so i have to get to bed soon or I’ll be a crazy witch zombie tomorrow and no one likes dealing with me when i’m a CWZ! no matter how cool those initials may sound.