Morality debates...
Jul. 3rd, 2003 09:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalI'm trying to figure out where I stand on my vegetarianism right now. It's been a pretty trying afternoon. *sigh*
My boyfriend and another couple we hang with a lot(they're married) and I are going to our local Japanese steakhouse tomorrow- you know, the sort of place where they cook in front of you and do the onion volcano and shrimp tossing and all that.
I've been a hundred times before- I always order the hibachi shrimp... but I haven't been since I became a vegetarian. Now, usually watching him prepare the meat squicks me a bit, so I just don't watch. But it's a bit different now that I've told myself that I don't eat seafood. I'll be forced to order one of the salads and that's it. And I don't care about the amount of food... I just don't like to get singled out. And I would love to enjoy it all with them- eating the rice and sprouts and mushrooms and zuccini and onion and salad and soup that come with the meal is fine... Man... why couldn't they have a hibachi veggies choice? *sigh*
I don't know why I'm suddenly being tempted into eating seafood now, though. It's just that I haven't really been in a situation like this where there's nothing else to eat. But I don't suppose that's really any reason to go against my morals, though.
I don't know. Maybe I should read Ishmael and Ecotopia again and feel better about standing up for my beliefs *sits up straighter* Peer pressure be damned, I'll just drink water if I have to and they can laugh all they want at me. Or maybe I can order the hibachi shrimp hold the shrimp? heehee I do that at Burger King "Saussage and egg biscuit meal, without the saussage". But it's a little different to eat a salad while people are catching shrimp in their mouths and watching dead pieces of chicken do dances across the stove to our school song(our, um, school mascot is a bird). Why couldn't they have a hibachi tofu choice? LOL
People always make such a big deal when I can't eat something, worrying about what I should order, pointing out the pathetic options on the menu that I wouldn't consider anyway, etc. Wish people would just deal and move on and stop brining it up... it's a personal choice- it's not like I tell them what they should eat or ever bring up the subject. But I guess it's human nature to be fascinated with things that are different from us...
Methinks I need to move to California or Oregon or the Findhorn Garden or something :-)
My boyfriend and another couple we hang with a lot(they're married) and I are going to our local Japanese steakhouse tomorrow- you know, the sort of place where they cook in front of you and do the onion volcano and shrimp tossing and all that.
I've been a hundred times before- I always order the hibachi shrimp... but I haven't been since I became a vegetarian. Now, usually watching him prepare the meat squicks me a bit, so I just don't watch. But it's a bit different now that I've told myself that I don't eat seafood. I'll be forced to order one of the salads and that's it. And I don't care about the amount of food... I just don't like to get singled out. And I would love to enjoy it all with them- eating the rice and sprouts and mushrooms and zuccini and onion and salad and soup that come with the meal is fine... Man... why couldn't they have a hibachi veggies choice? *sigh*
I don't know why I'm suddenly being tempted into eating seafood now, though. It's just that I haven't really been in a situation like this where there's nothing else to eat. But I don't suppose that's really any reason to go against my morals, though.
I don't know. Maybe I should read Ishmael and Ecotopia again and feel better about standing up for my beliefs *sits up straighter* Peer pressure be damned, I'll just drink water if I have to and they can laugh all they want at me. Or maybe I can order the hibachi shrimp hold the shrimp? heehee I do that at Burger King "Saussage and egg biscuit meal, without the saussage". But it's a little different to eat a salad while people are catching shrimp in their mouths and watching dead pieces of chicken do dances across the stove to our school song(our, um, school mascot is a bird). Why couldn't they have a hibachi tofu choice? LOL
People always make such a big deal when I can't eat something, worrying about what I should order, pointing out the pathetic options on the menu that I wouldn't consider anyway, etc. Wish people would just deal and move on and stop brining it up... it's a personal choice- it's not like I tell them what they should eat or ever bring up the subject. But I guess it's human nature to be fascinated with things that are different from us...
Methinks I need to move to California or Oregon or the Findhorn Garden or something :-)
