Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Meat Free Mondays



Some times my obsessions lead me to discover very worthy causes! I discovered Meat Free Mondays through my weekly stalking of Paul McCartney...hahaha I know I have issues. It is something he and his daughters started. Because it is impracticle to ask people to go Vegetarian, all this is is a once a week break from Meat. Going meat free once a week is good for your body, helps the environment (eating meat releases more green house gases than cars!) and is a way to take a stand against animal cruelty. Now don't get me wrong, I love me some meat but going without it once a week is not hard at all!

I understand that God put animals on the earth for our use and that our bodies really do need meat so I could never go permanently veggie but I also recently watched a video on what goes on in slaughtering houses and I was disgusted! Yes, animals are here for our use but they should not be treated with such inhumanity. They should be treated better and in a sense they should almost be considered sacred. We should be grateful to have these animals to eat and not put them through terrible misery (like slitting their throats while they are still awake!).

If you are still not convinced go to www.supportmfm.org, there are places to read more about meats affect on the environment (since I stink at explaining it!) Also if you don't believe me about the slaughterhouses go to the video of Paul on www.peta.org. Ok enough ranting from me! Please support Meat Free Mondays!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Sarah Jane's Got the Yips

Psych is my favorite TV Show...honestly. I can't help but crack up every time I watch it. There is one episode where Shawn does not have his usual "A" game....He calls it the yips. It makes him choke and make mistakes and mess up where he normally wouldn't. You could call it nerves, I guess or "having an off day" or STRUGGLES but I prefer using the YIPS. And that my friends is what I currently have.

Aural skills used to be a breeze for me. I would get up sing and only make little mistakes. I mean don't get me wrong I practiced a lot and got nervous in that class till the last weeks of the semester but somehow I always pulled through. Now something has gone wrong, I have gotten the yips. For some reason, intervals are suddenly painfully difficult to find, conducting is a spazzy little dance and solfege gets stuck in my throat. I feel unbalanced in that class. Maybe my Chi isn't in the right place. So far I have not done well at all and I still try hard and practice and all that jazz...So I blame the YIPS. And I am asking them to PLEASE PLEASE go away.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

People Call Me Goob




I LOVE GOOB...If you haven't seen Meet the Robinsons you should just for this kid...HILARIOUS! This is a clip of some of his funny parts!