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My name is Dakota, and I am 17 years old. I have very liberal political tendancies and I love staying active in creating positive changes in our community, country, government, and world. I don’t really know if there is a god(s) or not, I’m not big on religion/rituals. I am NOT athiest/agnostic- I just don’t care. If anything I’m Sleepist- I love sleeping! Anyway, I started and was the President of my old high school’s Gay-Straight Alliance in the 2006-2007 school year. Because I transferred to a different school, I currently hold a Co-Vice President position in that GSA. When I was 10 I chose to become a vegetarian. I try to limit my intake of eggs, dairy products and conventionally grown and/or processed products, preferring to consume organic and natural products. But, lazy is my middle name, so that whole “trying not to consume processed foods” thing doesn’t always work out :)
I love watching movies but not tv (althought DVR or whatever is the coolest), reading comics, body modifications, dumpster diving, thrifting, sewing, cooking and building things. I love graffiti, gaming (im old skol yo), rock climbing, dirt biking, yoga, riding my bicycle, and taking public transportation, even though it sucks around Bmore. I love science, motorcycles, hybrids, reading and writing zines and books, and learning. In fact, I love school. How many kids you know can say that with a straight face?
This is my most favorite picture of all time (well, right now that is):
That little tiny white/blue dot is Earth, our home! I love this picture because it makes me feel so insignificant. I mean, yeah, our problems on Earth are very real, and effect us every day, but they’re nothing compared to the cosmos.
And what kind of person is that who wants to hurt poor, helpless animals like these? I don’t get it! They’re so cute!
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July 18, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Carson
I like your website. But on your becoming vegan: I was vegan for about four months, and it went pretty well for a while. I ate right- I work at a vegan cafe, so I had a pretty much endless supply of vegan food and I was not reduced to being a junk food junkie. I thought I had the proper nutrients and vitamins, but then I got really really sick at my other job one day. I double at an arts & crafts gallery and I started shaking violently, and getting pains in my stomach. I ate some nuts and sunflower seeds to see if that would help but I had to sit down to keep from passing out. The vegan diet isn’t always the best choice because it made me sick like that- and even the most fastidious of vegans can get sick. Everyone told me not to because one of my friends got anemic (sp?) from being vegan and another boy got sick as well. Now I’m just veggie and now it’s good. So if you’re gonna be vegan, I would do a ton of research. I mean I even cooked my own meals and it still ended up being difficult. So if you want to save cows and chickens from the torment of giving milk and eggs, simply go organic/free range. No harm comes to them nor you.=D
December 1, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Dakota
Only organic things are regulated by the government, everything else, meaning natural and free range products, are all “regulated” by the company itself, or another organization (that /could/ be working with the company, not independently of it). You have to be careful with those things, because you think you’re buying “free range” eggs, but you could be buying eggs from a company that keeps the chickens in battery cages on a “free range” field. Just be on the lookout for that! And don’t buy Wegman’s eggs just to be a little more on the safe. [Edited Dec. 1]