in July 2009, i decided i was going to be a vegetarian. now i am sure that you have the same question that everyone else asks me, why, lauren? why did you decide to become a vegetarian? well, that is a very good question, unfortunately i don't really have a good answer. in all honesty, i just got bored, and wanted to try something new. i was enticed by the challenge of whether or not i would be able to do it. being a fairly lazy young adult, i didn't really eat too much meat to begin with, unless i went out to eat. cooking gourmet chicken for one never really seemed worth it. so i figured it couldn't be too hard to abstain for a while, and now six months in, i feel like i can't just give up on a random whim.
don't get me wrong, i am not going to be a vegetarian forever. since i really have no moral feelings about the situation, there is nothing tying me to this lifestyle. go PETA and all, but i am definitely going to want a big juicy hamburger sometime again. my goal is to hold out for another six months, to hopefully culminate the entire thing in a year. when i decided to attempt this challenge, i knew i had to go out with a bang. i went on vacation with my friend, for the fourth of July, and i made sure to eat as much meat as possible. we are talking hot dogs, sausage, chicken, hamburgers, the whole nine yards. and now, having lived without meat for what will be a year, i am going to have to find something ridiculously delicious to break it with. good thing i have six months to figure it out...i'll be taking suggestions as well.
in the end, it's something i can cross of that list of things to do. maybe i can inspire others to partake in random antics as well...i mean we are only young once, why not spend a year of it meatless. =) all i know is that in july, my brother and i have a date with mac and cheeseburgers. that's right, that is exactly what it sounds like. mmmmm hmmmm
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