What a difference...
Feb. 19th, 2003 07:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalWhat a Difference A Day Makes by the lovely Sir Ian McKellen. I read this a number of months ago when exploring his writings and sometimes I feel the need to go back and reread it, laugh, cry, and silently thank him. I should probably e-mail him sometime and thank him, shouldn't I? Maybe I'll be brave enough some day... I'm a Hufflepuff by nature, though.
Anyway, I like his use of term "effortlessly superior" because that's how I feel sometimes... and other times I just cry or swear lightly at the world (which usually happens after commercials) And other times I just hurt. And no, I'm not a vegan, but I wish I were. I can't seem to manage to cut dairy products out of my diet, as much as I like some soy things (I have NOT been able to adjust to soy milk, though I've tried three times). Maybe one day when I've got more money and strength. As is, I really need to buy stock in Morning Star Farms. :-)
It's not like I need courage or strength or reassuring, but sometimes it hurts... and it seems to hurt less when I recall this short essay by Ian. *hugs Sir Ian* It's just nice to know there are like minds out there, I guess. I went off meat in one day as well, though I sometimes eat shrimp or sushi or eggs. I am going off seafood, though. Only one per month at a minimum is what I have been doing... maybe I just need to stop all at once like I did for the other meats.
But yeah... boyfriend and I were at dinner and after nearly crying at the classy menu because I could order a side of breadsticks or a $2 side salad, I got to spend dinner watching him eat a steak sub and pull all the lettuce out to discard and pull the steak out to eat, leaving the bread and veggies. Ug. I know, I know, I need to be more tolerant. I'm trying. But it made me sick. *sigh* One day. Anyway, I needed to read Sir Ian's words again, so I thought I'd post them so I could look back more easily in the future :-)
Anyway, I like his use of term "effortlessly superior" because that's how I feel sometimes... and other times I just cry or swear lightly at the world (which usually happens after commercials) And other times I just hurt. And no, I'm not a vegan, but I wish I were. I can't seem to manage to cut dairy products out of my diet, as much as I like some soy things (I have NOT been able to adjust to soy milk, though I've tried three times). Maybe one day when I've got more money and strength. As is, I really need to buy stock in Morning Star Farms. :-)
It's not like I need courage or strength or reassuring, but sometimes it hurts... and it seems to hurt less when I recall this short essay by Ian. *hugs Sir Ian* It's just nice to know there are like minds out there, I guess. I went off meat in one day as well, though I sometimes eat shrimp or sushi or eggs. I am going off seafood, though. Only one per month at a minimum is what I have been doing... maybe I just need to stop all at once like I did for the other meats.
But yeah... boyfriend and I were at dinner and after nearly crying at the classy menu because I could order a side of breadsticks or a $2 side salad, I got to spend dinner watching him eat a steak sub and pull all the lettuce out to discard and pull the steak out to eat, leaving the bread and veggies. Ug. I know, I know, I need to be more tolerant. I'm trying. But it made me sick. *sigh* One day. Anyway, I needed to read Sir Ian's words again, so I thought I'd post them so I could look back more easily in the future :-)
