Janedoe's profile

More About Me

Reasons why I prefer to eat vegetarian or vegan:

Animal rights, without question. Before I went vegan, or even vegetarian at age 20, I thought the same thing most people do about where their "food" comes from: happy animals running around a farm, only being minorly inconvenienced in their lives leading up to an eventual humane demise. And then I read the book Lullabye which was my first exposure to the truth. Since then, my whole attitude about other creatures has changed completely.

I joined HappyCow Members Community because:

I just got out of a 5year relationship and want to talk to new people who's views and interests reflect my own. Sure, I could skulk around outside Whole Foods waiting for actual tangible 3-dimensional people I could entrap in conversation, but people and public (*shiver*) and live conversation sort of scare the crap out of me right now, so I'd like to start slow in a controlled environment.

Here are some places I've been that I liked... and places that I would like to visit one day:

I've lived and worked in Osseo for 5 years, and I unfortunately, haven't been very far from it in that time. I have a car, but freeways and traffic (again, *shiver*) are rather ominous to me. I like forests, and places with plants and flowers that I can take pictures of, and I'd really like to start going to the city more, though I don't really know what I expect to do once I get there...

Some of my favorite veg*n foods include:

I like the Trader Joe's knock off of Amy's cheeseless pizza because it tastes the same and costs half as much. Boca Chick patties are my favorite food, especially with brown rice. I'm trying to get into body building, so I'm eating like 7 times a day. I don't really have much time/energy to put into food prep, so whatever's vegan, quick and high in protein.

Here are some books, movies, magazines, and my favorites that I would recommend to other HappyCow members:

Fight Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, American Beauty, Storytelling, Supersize Me, Chumscrubber. Those are some of my favorite movies. I like South Park, and most anything claymation will capture my immediate attention.