Vegan today, Vegan tomorrow

Its not about the food.

Its not about the bag,

the shoes

or even the organic cruelty free pomegranate hand lotion.

For some people going vegan is all about the look, the scene. Those people don't seem to last very long. They tend to be vegan apologist. What is a vegan apologist? A vegan apologist is someone who is vegan unless the following occurs: they find dumpstered muffins, go to Morocco, have a bad day, and just about any bullsh*t excuse one can think of. There are a ton of reasons that people go vegan. I'm cool with most of those reasons but for fucksake man read some AR lit or something.

Find out why STAYING vegan is important.

Side Rant: I'm never been a big drinker but I could really go for some hard cider. I'm also hungry at the moment.

Paying bills and other adult duties

I've just posted payments for my student loans. Only 9 more years of payments and then I'm free. I keep telling myself that I'm lucky because had I gone to a California Uni I would be at least $40,000 more in the hole.

I really need to go to the store and buy toilet paper. I'm also out of hand soap so I've been using this lemon scented crap that the former resident left behind.

I also need to return some House DVD's.

Gas up my car because I've gone past the Seinfeld driving beyond E limits.

Take out the trash.

Wash and Iron my dress shirts.

I could do all this in half an hour but I'm lazy and I would much prefer to sit in my jockey shorts, drinking a fine cup of coffee and watching Sleeper Cell on Itunes.

Excuse me but do you have breast implants?

I've been sick with a flu bug or something since Friday. My bathroom and I have been like this :crosses fingers: ever since. I went to the doctor just to make sure I wasn't having an allergic reaction to my new medication. After my first round of chest X rays I returned to the examination room. The doctor enters and says, "The X rays didn't come out clear.Do you have breast implants?" Me: No, What? So after 2 hours of waiting around and another round of X rays I finally get my prescription for my inhaler.

Why must they have TV's in every room? I saw that movie with Rock and some little girl in its entirety. Its entirety damn it.


Note to self: Find GRE prep book and overpriced writing manual.

In Recent News:

Finished that novel Replay by Ken Grimwood. Not bad.

Currently reading For Her Own Good which is a Feminist analysis of women's health care from the 19th century to the present.


I think I let planning G have way too much fun today.

Fuck you PlanningG.

Thanks to PlanningG

Looking presently to change Insurance gigs
I'm taking the GRE in October (need to get at least above 55 percentile) and a 4 on the essay
2 additional Teacher Certification Exams in November / One in the spring
Taking Statistics and Accounting in the Spring
Applying to School Districts to teach Economics
Apply to MPH an MS programs/ ideally PG wants to be in a MPH/MBA program.

We could have gotten in to an Economics or Public Ad program ASAP but PlanningG wanted a more rigorous program.

Thanks PlanningG I didn't have anything to do. *go back in your cage*
KozmicG : " No we aren't going to learn fucking Serbian. That's so early nineties you don't even know."
PlanningG: "But we love Slavic languages and this one is free form I hear."
KozmicG: Get real
Planning G " How about a Grad Certificate in Risk Management while you wait.
KozmicG: " I will bury you"
PlanningG: "You know you love it."

Aside: PlanningG also wants to tutor teen mothers, get a library card and eat a Mitch.

Random happenings

I have been attempting to write an entry for the past few minutes however the Bee Gees song playing in the background is fucking with my concentration. I don't really have anything profound or insightful to blog about today. I'm pissed that I'm at the office today when its seems that half the world is out enjoying what's left of the summer. On days like today I really miss California.

Friday Night Koz

Its Friday and another work week has come and gone. I want to see the Dark Knight but I think people have lost it. Last night my flatmate said her bible study group went to Legacy Cinema to wait for tickets. This isn't Star Wars the first time round and I'm not waiting on queue to see a movie that I could buy tickets for quite easily Saturday or Sunday morning. So I'm going to have my flatmates mom buy them for us.

Reading Rainbow

Back in the day when I was in my prime I could get through 2-3 books on a school day and 8 or more during the course of a weekend. I simply devoured books.I lived in the pages. Visiting fantastic lands and uncovering ancient cultures. Why? I've always felt that I want to know how "we" worked and books seemed to be the best avenue. I remember asking myself at nine if thoughts, what I now understand to be consciousness,are eternal? We are born, we live, we die but ideas seem to defy nature. The threads of human consciousness remain unbroken. The texts are but snap shops of what humans are capable of understanding. Our ancestors leave for us a trail to find who we are and all we need do is follow it.
New additions to my shelf

Replay by Ken Grimwoood. Replay is the account of 43-year-old radio journalist Jeff Winston, who dies of a heart attack in 1988 and awakens back in 1963 in his 18-year-old body as a student. Jeff then "replays" his life and dies again at 43. This pattern continues and each time Jeff returns a bit older and wiser than the last.
Lion's Honey: The Myth of Samson by David Grossman I was introduced to the work of Isreali novelest David Grossman last summer. Mr. Grossman appeared on Bill Moyers "Faith and Reason" series and made quite the impression on me. I headed over to the University library and checked out The Book of Intimate Grammar . I couldn't put it down. Today I added Lion's Honey to the shelf. My early years were spent at a Christian school. I lived for the Bible stories. Myth is king. Nothing was more passionate or exciting than the stories of Moses or King David at least based on my five year old perceptions. I liked it when God showed his wrath somehow it meant he was more like us or just maybe we were more like Gods.



edit: WTF I just got an email from B&N my books are going to ship on AUGUST FUCKING FIRST. Seriously this sucks ass. I'm going to check out a local library.

Group Think

"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. "

Groucho Marx

They like me. They really like me. I seem to get on with most people. Sometimes its a good thing and other times its annoying as fuck. Its hard when you see favoritism with in an organization. How does one combat preferential treatment when one may benefit from it? Another mans demon is the devil scratching my back. If the group fucks over Maxim and I don't voice my concern it is as if I condone it. I guess I'll stick with it and try to reform from within or watch the group crash and burn. I like the flames. That's probably Condilezza Rice's strategy and it seems to be working. At least I never joined a sorority.


"I felt like a Nazi but it had to be done."

Raoul Duke, Fear and Loathing in LasVegas

You want to what?

I'm for animal rights,the environment and just about every social justice movement. Tactics should be discussed. The ends do not always justify the means. I will admit that there are limits to what I will do for the cause. When you advocate ethical treatment of animals shouldn't it be done ethically? There are those who believe that home demos are the way to go. Huh? Are you serious mate? Take a step back count to three. I've thought about how I want to structure my life. In the future I would love to work for GLBTQ civil rights. How would I feel if pro life, anti gay marriage groups showed up on my doorstep? Sure they have the right to disagree with my politics but to invade my home and accost my family? The very thought of it sends me in to a Samuel L. Jackson mode. Some motherfucker is going to go down. Home demos are not "for the animals" they are for people who are anti social fuckwits.

Go Vegan, Stay Vegan or Kiss Off

I'm typically a balanced person. Sure I get irritated by asshatery just like the next person. I don't know when I became "that vegan" it could have happened over night I suppose. When I refer to "that vegan" I mean the vegan that accepts nothing less than veganism. That vegan who will tell you to get lost if you start in on how much you "love, love, love cheese." That Vegan who will bitch you out if you think for a minute that I will bestow upon you compassionate absolution when you confess to eating something OT VEGAN. Go fuck yourself seriously. A Koz does not have time for that shit.