Earhtlings: the video narrated by Joaquin Phoenix.
I cannot describe how much I hate people so much after watching this video. People were GLADLY even HAPPILY torturing and killing these animals with SMILES ON THEIR FUKKIN FACES?!
The image of a dog who thought its "captors" were there to give it water and food, maybe even a home. What did they do? They put it in the back of a GARBAGE TRUCK. Where it was put through the COMPACTION to crush it to its death.
The dog had a grin on its face even as it was tossed into the back of the truck.
If you eat meat, and care nothing about the way what you are eating was tortured you are JUST AS GUILTY.
If you don't wish to spay or neuter because of cost or personal beliefs you are JUST AS GUILTY.
If you turn away from these graphic films with TRUE footage, TRUE practices, and BLATENT examples of cruelty, you are JUST AS GUILTY.
Shame on all of us for treating a sentient being that feels fear and pain in such a way.
YOU ARE NOT A LION, YOU ARE NOT A WOLF, YOU DO NOT NEED MEAT<>
Vegan+Voice=Change
That dog needs you to change.
VEGAN UNTIL THINGS CHANGE.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Monday, April 17, 2006
Kraft n' Stitch INFO
Meetings will be Thursday 6PM @ Recess Coffee House and Roastery on 110 Harvard Place.
We will meet to discuss crafting and craft related things, show off our goods, and learn from each others crafts!
I also want to make crafts for good causes to sell for charity (or we could sell them and donate the moola) Since not all good causes have a not-for profit label I won't say that is a requisite.
Any questions please e-mail me.
KeenJoy@gmail.com
We will meet to discuss crafting and craft related things, show off our goods, and learn from each others crafts!
I also want to make crafts for good causes to sell for charity (or we could sell them and donate the moola) Since not all good causes have a not-for profit label I won't say that is a requisite.
Any questions please e-mail me.
KeenJoy@gmail.com
Circle Jerking...
OK...For the life of me I COULD NOT figure out how to knit on the circular needles!
I have FINALLY found a pair of small knitting needles that I can make a baby cap for my friends baby! I was getting hella pissed. I made the flyers for Kraft n' Stitch and handed them out. I asked Recess if it was OK to meet there and they said "Rad" which I assume to be good.
We will meet Thursdays at 6 PM at the Recess Coffee House and Roastery. This is 110 Harvard Place, Syracuse, NY.
If anyone wants to join us or has questions e-mail me or post a reply on da' blog.
I have FINALLY found a pair of small knitting needles that I can make a baby cap for my friends baby! I was getting hella pissed. I made the flyers for Kraft n' Stitch and handed them out. I asked Recess if it was OK to meet there and they said "Rad" which I assume to be good.
We will meet Thursdays at 6 PM at the Recess Coffee House and Roastery. This is 110 Harvard Place, Syracuse, NY.
If anyone wants to join us or has questions e-mail me or post a reply on da' blog.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Hope Floats
No this is not an opinion article on Sandra Bullock in that horrible movie.
It is an article about poop. My sister recently told me all about the needed consistancy, duration, frequency, and after care of a bowel movement.
One of the things she told me that surprised me was that Poop is SUPPOSED to float.
So needless to say in my desire to move the perfect bowel I began to do exactly the same thing her colon therapist had told her to do.
Water, no caffiene, no wheat, no dairy (I'm already Vegan this isn't tough!) no white sugar...
Ohhhh...K
No coffee...Oh hell. Yeah that was REALLY tough.
So I'd hover over the toilet and do my bidding and take a gander.
It started a quaint little conversation with my partner Chris "Any floaters hun?"
"No" I'd sigh.
Then this afternoon with my hands clutched to my chest and peering into the bowl I saw my long awaited award.
Floating poop.
All that hope welled up and floats. I felt like a kid who just got potty trained.
So for those of you out there who are seekers of the professional poop. Take heed if it don't float, its a flush.
It is an article about poop. My sister recently told me all about the needed consistancy, duration, frequency, and after care of a bowel movement.
One of the things she told me that surprised me was that Poop is SUPPOSED to float.
So needless to say in my desire to move the perfect bowel I began to do exactly the same thing her colon therapist had told her to do.
Water, no caffiene, no wheat, no dairy (I'm already Vegan this isn't tough!) no white sugar...
Ohhhh...K
No coffee...Oh hell. Yeah that was REALLY tough.
So I'd hover over the toilet and do my bidding and take a gander.
It started a quaint little conversation with my partner Chris "Any floaters hun?"
"No" I'd sigh.
Then this afternoon with my hands clutched to my chest and peering into the bowl I saw my long awaited award.
Floating poop.
All that hope welled up and floats. I felt like a kid who just got potty trained.
So for those of you out there who are seekers of the professional poop. Take heed if it don't float, its a flush.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
See? I'm angelic
 | You scored as Faerie. Faerie: Aren't you a cute little flying person? Faeries are earth spirits. They live among each element completely hidden. They have cousins called Pixies. Pixies however, are very mischevious. They enjoy tormenting other creatures for fun. Little pranksters.. I hope you never meet one. Pixies have a bad reputation for finding a creature and clinging to them until death. Faeries can be somewhat close to a Pixie, but mostly they are loving, playful, and carry with them a child-like enthusiasm for life. Hide among the pedals of a Daisy, you are a Faerie.
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Rock out with your sock out
 | You scored as Skater. Your A Skater!
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Finding Faith in a Blender...
I took a test. At first it told me I shold be muslim.
Yeah RIGHT.
I have nothing against the muslim except for the whole "women are subordinate to men" and "dress appropriate at all times"
Need to dress a LITTLE slutty at times LOL
So...I decided to give you all my answers...
Try your own...
Yeah RIGHT.
I have nothing against the muslim except for the whole "women are subordinate to men" and "dress appropriate at all times"
Need to dress a LITTLE slutty at times LOL
So...I decided to give you all my answers...
 | You scored as Buddhism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Buddhism. Do more research on Buddhism and possibly consider becoming Buddhist, if you are not already. In Buddhism, there are Four Noble Truths: (1) Life is suffering. (2) All suffering is caused by ignorance of the nature of reality and the craving, attachment, and grasping that result from such ignorance. (3) Suffering can be ended by overcoming ignorance and attachment. (4) The path to the suppression of suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right-mindedness, and right contemplation. These eight are usually divided into three categories that base the Buddhist faith: morality, wisdom, and samadhi, or concentration. In Buddhism, there is no hierarchy, nor caste system; the Buddha taught that one's spiritual worth is not based on birth.
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Try your own...
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Garden Brothers Circus
So I went undercover at the recent Garden Brothers Circus. I didn't trespass, I had permission to be there I showed them a badge from a donation I had made to an organization that will remain nameless, and they let me in.
I exspected they would be more apprehensive but playing dumb and talking up these carnies was like shooting tin cans point blank.
First and foremost I was allowed into the Circus simply by saying I needed a phone. Once inside I easily slipped away and took a private tour to get my bearings.
I found the elephants easily in a parking garage... Upon being stopped by a male trainer I whipped out my contribution badge which I had laminated and said I had called ahead to check that the elephants had everything they needed.
The man didn't even look at it.
I have worked with elephants before and am familiar with their commands. I will be honest. What I saw there was not horrific, it was just sad. These elephants appeared so bored and so hopeless it broke my heart.
The three ladies were standing on bare concrete flooring. They had shackles on their feet connected to a concrete pillion. Less than 24 feet away lie an huge pile of dung 3 feet by 4 feet in size.
The smell was overpowering. There was no Hay, Timothy or otherwise for the ladies to munch or stnad on. They had dirty feet, and were swaying back and force in rhythem to the cars driving by. There was no music, no interaction, no food and no water.
A beautiful young woman came down as I was writing down my observations and introduced herself as the wife of the male trainer. She had been working with elephants all her life and appeare to have a deep love for the animals, but little understanding of anything being wrong with the surroundings.
She carried no bullhook although her husband did. She dressed the elephants in shiny masks and gave each one a scratch before untethering them and having them line up.
The ladies were forced to stand on a steep concrete drive and wait for the trainer to ask one of the elephants to lift her foot so as I could brush caked on feces from the bottom. I got two swipes before the man took the brush way and said "we don't have time for this"
Previosly I had asked each elephant to open her mouth so I could view her teeth and chin. I saw old healed marks and cuts but nothing recent at all. The ladies were very curious about me and each took turns reaching into pockets and touching my hair.
I truly felt like they knew my concern for them.
After the ladies went into the ring I was asked to leave and walked outside. I found a place where I could continue to view the girls without being seen.
Upon returning to the garage they were immediately shackled again, and given a 5 gallon bucket of water. No apples, affection, treats or brush down.
I observed the male trainer asking one of the elephants to open her mouth, peer in, and blow a thick cloud of cigarette smoke into her mouth.
I was disgusted and decided it was time to do some more research.
I found a carnie smoking in the back of the duilding with another female who had her child on some sort of leash. I feighned ignorance of the event inside and attempted to flirt with the carnie man. The man took all of three seconds to warm up before he was talking about Sarasota Florida being the Circus capital of the world. He told me the elephants are always transported in a huge truck and often do back to back shows throughout the entire year. He further informed me that the Garden Brothers Circus didn't even own the animals that they leased them from Sarasota Florida. I asked about a well known elephant abuser whom I'd seen in Peta Video's pretending to be facinated at his bravery. The man smiled and said "Well you know, these elephants are really like huge dumb dogs I hear, they don't do nothin and only respond to a little military discipline ya know? Like...Pain doesn't seem to effect them they'll trust anybody, cute animals but dumb, they are lucky there are circuses that can find a use for them."
I thanked the man for his time and gave him a fake phone number. Then proceeded directly to the picket line and informed my boss of what I had found.
We were both saddened and amazed.
Elephants are intelligent animals that nurse their young, travel in groupd of woman, and are curious and fun loving by nature. Elephants enjoy music, exploring, swimming, sratching and being near one another. They have favorite foods just like people and form lifelong friendships.
Elephants truly have the capacity to remember people and it is true that even though scars fade, elephants never forget cruelty. Nor do they forget compassion. Be kind to these gentle creatures. Do not attend the circus of patronize zoo's that are innadequete shelters for these magnificent animals.
For more information please go to www.circuses.com
I exspected they would be more apprehensive but playing dumb and talking up these carnies was like shooting tin cans point blank.
First and foremost I was allowed into the Circus simply by saying I needed a phone. Once inside I easily slipped away and took a private tour to get my bearings.
I found the elephants easily in a parking garage... Upon being stopped by a male trainer I whipped out my contribution badge which I had laminated and said I had called ahead to check that the elephants had everything they needed.
The man didn't even look at it.
I have worked with elephants before and am familiar with their commands. I will be honest. What I saw there was not horrific, it was just sad. These elephants appeared so bored and so hopeless it broke my heart.
The three ladies were standing on bare concrete flooring. They had shackles on their feet connected to a concrete pillion. Less than 24 feet away lie an huge pile of dung 3 feet by 4 feet in size.
The smell was overpowering. There was no Hay, Timothy or otherwise for the ladies to munch or stnad on. They had dirty feet, and were swaying back and force in rhythem to the cars driving by. There was no music, no interaction, no food and no water.
A beautiful young woman came down as I was writing down my observations and introduced herself as the wife of the male trainer. She had been working with elephants all her life and appeare to have a deep love for the animals, but little understanding of anything being wrong with the surroundings.
She carried no bullhook although her husband did. She dressed the elephants in shiny masks and gave each one a scratch before untethering them and having them line up.
The ladies were forced to stand on a steep concrete drive and wait for the trainer to ask one of the elephants to lift her foot so as I could brush caked on feces from the bottom. I got two swipes before the man took the brush way and said "we don't have time for this"
Previosly I had asked each elephant to open her mouth so I could view her teeth and chin. I saw old healed marks and cuts but nothing recent at all. The ladies were very curious about me and each took turns reaching into pockets and touching my hair.
I truly felt like they knew my concern for them.
After the ladies went into the ring I was asked to leave and walked outside. I found a place where I could continue to view the girls without being seen.
Upon returning to the garage they were immediately shackled again, and given a 5 gallon bucket of water. No apples, affection, treats or brush down.
I observed the male trainer asking one of the elephants to open her mouth, peer in, and blow a thick cloud of cigarette smoke into her mouth.
I was disgusted and decided it was time to do some more research.
I found a carnie smoking in the back of the duilding with another female who had her child on some sort of leash. I feighned ignorance of the event inside and attempted to flirt with the carnie man. The man took all of three seconds to warm up before he was talking about Sarasota Florida being the Circus capital of the world. He told me the elephants are always transported in a huge truck and often do back to back shows throughout the entire year. He further informed me that the Garden Brothers Circus didn't even own the animals that they leased them from Sarasota Florida. I asked about a well known elephant abuser whom I'd seen in Peta Video's pretending to be facinated at his bravery. The man smiled and said "Well you know, these elephants are really like huge dumb dogs I hear, they don't do nothin and only respond to a little military discipline ya know? Like...Pain doesn't seem to effect them they'll trust anybody, cute animals but dumb, they are lucky there are circuses that can find a use for them."
I thanked the man for his time and gave him a fake phone number. Then proceeded directly to the picket line and informed my boss of what I had found.
We were both saddened and amazed.
Elephants are intelligent animals that nurse their young, travel in groupd of woman, and are curious and fun loving by nature. Elephants enjoy music, exploring, swimming, sratching and being near one another. They have favorite foods just like people and form lifelong friendships.
Elephants truly have the capacity to remember people and it is true that even though scars fade, elephants never forget cruelty. Nor do they forget compassion. Be kind to these gentle creatures. Do not attend the circus of patronize zoo's that are innadequete shelters for these magnificent animals.
For more information please go to www.circuses.com
Knitting Pretty
I have completed my sisters knitted pashmina!
It is 100% no dye cotton thick yarn in sky blue and cream. It is 64 stitches long on 7 gauge needles with a Knit row, purl row pattern.
My next project is a Vogue scarf I saw in black and pink. For me. So far everything else I have given away except my snuggly leg warmers. I have them on now and I LOOOOOVE them.
I never felt this way about crochetting...Knitting is addictive! I only think about "Knit, Purl, Turn"
Cathartic even.
It is 100% no dye cotton thick yarn in sky blue and cream. It is 64 stitches long on 7 gauge needles with a Knit row, purl row pattern.
My next project is a Vogue scarf I saw in black and pink. For me. So far everything else I have given away except my snuggly leg warmers. I have them on now and I LOOOOOVE them.
I never felt this way about crochetting...Knitting is addictive! I only think about "Knit, Purl, Turn"
Cathartic even.
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