Become a vegetarian

by homemade meatballs. I did not cave.

I’ve been on the cusp of vegetarian for a long time. After reading “Skinny Bitch” on Christmas Eve, it was enough to drop me officially over the edge. I walked into work yesterday and there was a large spiral ham on the menu. And yams. I ate the yams. Could anyone tell me what the heck to sub for chicken breast? (Sietan is not at all like chicken, it’s more like a weird, chewy beef.)

Concerning finding new, untouched forest:

“Under the forest’s lush canopy, animals hunted to extinction elsewhere were so plentiful and unused to human contact that they approached the naturalists unafraid, allowing themselves to be handled easily.”
from:http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/3640447.html

I can barely imagine a wild animal so innocent that it’s first instinct is to trust and not hide or lash out.
So, today, I did not eat meat until I was faced with a small piece of fish that I’d cooked on Friday night. I couldn’t throw the fish away, (it had given up it’s life, it was wasteful, disrespectful,) so I decided to give thanks for the fish and be mindful of eating it instead. Pretty soon, the fridge will be back to no meat in it to eat. There is very rarely any to cook. I suppose it’s time to figure out what I will be eating besides bread, frozen veggies and candy!